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Joel Dubose

Case from Gila-bend, AZ dated Sep 04, 1910

Victim Details

Joel Dubose

Male

Gila-bend

AZ

1910-09-04

31

Joel

Dubose

07/09/2026

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In the dusty rail yards of Gila Bend, Arizona, a lawman's life was tragically cut short in the late summer of 1910. Special Officer Joel Robert Dubose of the Southern Pacific Railroad Police Department was on duty when he spotted a man attempting to hitch a ride on train Number 4 as it was pulling out of the yards. Officer Dubose, a male officer, saw the man climb onto the baggage car and, in the course of his duty, ordered the individual to get off the train.

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