George Young

Murdered

George Young, the 45-year-old Sheriff of Park County, Montana, was tragically shot and killed on November 9, 1900, in Springdale, Montana. He was attempting to apprehend a suspect wanted for robbery and murder when he was fatally wounded.

The suspect, described as a young man around 25 years old, had robbed a man on a train and later shot and killed a rancher named E.V. Beaver. Sheriff Young and his undersheriff, Frank Beller, were dispatched to Springdale to arrest the suspect.
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