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Lafayette 'Lafe' Augustus Shadley, a 49-year-old male Deputy United States Marshal, died on September 3, 1893, two days after being shot in a fierce gun battle in Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory. Shadley, a former Sheriff of Montgomery County, Kansas, was part of a posse of marshals who had traveled to the small town on September 1, 1893, in pursuit of the notorious Doolin-Dalton gang. The outlaws were wanted for various crimes, including the murder of another marshal.
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Lafayette Lafe Shadley
Male
White / Caucasian
Ingalls
OK
1893-09-01
49
Lafayette
Lafe Shadley
11/25/2025
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I've been digging into the Ingalls shootout, and one detail that really stood out t... ...Read More
09/19/2023
I've been digging into the Ingalls shootout, and one detail that really stood out t... ...Read More
09/19/2023
I was reading more into the events surrounding Deputy Marshal Lafe Shadley's murder, and what really... ...Read More
07/24/2023
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