Augustine P. Cate, 47, male, was the night marshal of Goldfield, Colorado, walking his rounds in the predawn quiet of September 21, 1902, when a glow inside a downtown drug store caught his attention. Slipping through a rear entrance to investigate a suspected break-in, he confronted a burglar amid shelves of medicines and glass, and was met by gunfire. Two rounds struck him in the chest. Though mortally wounded, he managed to return fire in the darkened shop before collapsing, dying within minu ...
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