Deputy Constable Elijah Pevito, aged 35, was shot and killed on December 17, 1905, in Beaumont, Texas. Pevito, who served in the Jefferson County Constable's Office - Precinct 1, responded to the scene of the murder of Officer Bryon Merritt of the Beaumont Police Department. Officer Merritt had attempted to arrest a man carrying two guns along the streetcar tracks when he was shot and killed.
Upon arriving at the scene, Pevito and other officers surrounded the house where the suspect had
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