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ELMER J LENNON



Officer Rank: Night Marshal

Memorial Panel: 46-ET -1

Department: Postville, Iowa, P.D.

End of Watch: 11/09/1939

Cause: Gunfire

Age: 55

Length of Service: 9


Night Marshal Lennon was shot when he caught a man stealing gasoline from a filling station. Marshal Lennon sustained gunshot wounds to the neck, stomach and leg and died at the scene. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

 

 

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