Arthur Goeglein

In the early 1910s, the town of Telluride, Colorado, was shaken by the murder of its young and popular Night Marshal, Arthur Goeglein. On a fateful night, the 22-year-old lawman was shot in the back and left for dead in the street of the town's red-light district. His death was not a random act of violence but the culmination of a simmering resentment held by a local miner and prospector named Jesse Munn.

Munn was a man known for his bad temper and a tendency to carouse. A few months prio ...

Night Marshal Arthur Goeglein - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)

Night Marshal Arthur Goeglein