William Sterling

Death by Force

On the night of September 24, 1928, Merchant Patrolman William Sterling Ashby was working his rounds in Globe, Arizona, when what should have been a routine check at a downtown garage on Broad Street turned deadly. Ashby, a 67-year-old male whose race and ethnicity are not clearly documented in surviving public records, was employed as a merchant patrol officer, a type of private security guard tasked with protecting local businesses in the overnight hours. Contemporary accounts remember him sim ...Read More

Merchant Patrolman William Sterling Ashby

William Sterling Ashby (1858-1928) - Find a Grave-gedenkplek