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James Golden

Case from Dunmore-borough, PA dated Aug 14, 1900

Victim Details

James Golden

Male

White / Caucasian

Dunmore-borough

PA

1900-08-14

38

James

Golden

07/26/2026

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James Golden, a 38-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a Patrolman with the Dunmore Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania. On August 14, 1900, while attempting to arrest two men who were fighting outside a saloon near the intersection of Chestnut Street and Willow Street, Patrolman Golden was shot in the torso by one of the men. The man's brother retrieved a .32 caliber revolver from a nearby barber shop and handed it to him. Patrolman Golden succumbed to his injuries the following day ...
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