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James Golden

Death by Force
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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 ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    James Golden

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Dunmore-borough

    PA

    1900-08-14

    38

    James

    Golden

    11/11/2025

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