Deputy Sheriff R. B. Williams, Gilpin County Sheriff's Office, Colorado

Deputy Sheriff R. B. Williams

Gilpin County Sheriff's Office, Colorado

End of Watch Sunday, April 19, 1896

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R. B. Williams

Deputy Williams was shot and killed while he and the sheriff attempted to arrest a suspect. The sheriff had deputized Deputy Williams earlier in the day to help arrest the man for threatening a judge. When they confronted the suspect both officers were shot. The sheriff recovered from his wounds but Deputy Williams succumbed to his wounds three days later.