Andrew Marvin Mulder

Andrew Marvin Mulder, a 35-year-old man, died in Elmore County, Alabama, on January 26, 1917, after a gunfight that ended his life in the line of duty. He was serving as acting sheriff when he went to arrest a man who had shut himself inside a house and refused to come out. What should have been an arrest turned into a siege in miniature, tense and sudden, with the suspect using the shelter of the house as cover. From inside, the man opened fire, and Mulder was shot during the attempt to take hi ...

Acting Sheriff Andrew Marvin Mulder

Acting Sheriff Andrew Marvin Mulder, age 35