Marshal William C. Manis

In the quiet farm country of late July 1906, a manhunt for an Army deserter would end in the tragic death of a dedicated lawman. City Marshal William C. Manis of Richland, Missouri, a male, met his untimely end on July 27th of that year. His final moments played out in a hayfield, a few miles north of Richland in the neighboring Camden County, a place that would become the backdrop for a desperate struggle between duty and defiance.

The object of Marshal Manis's pursuit was a young man na ...

City Marshal William C. Manis

City Marshal William C. Manis - National Gun Violence Memorial