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Charles Stewart

Case from Amarillo, TX dated Aug 13, 1908

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Railroad Charles L. Stewart

Male

Amarillo

TX

1908-08-13

27

Charles

Stewart

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Railroad Detective Charles L. Stewart, aged 27, was shot and killed on August 13, 1908, while patrolling the train yard of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Amarillo, Texas. Stewart, who had served with the railroad police for 15 months, was shot in the head by an individual hiding in a boxcar as he approached the train. The assailant used a .45 caliber handgun, and Detective Stewart was killed instantly.

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