Deputy U.S. Marshal W. F. Deiter

Deputy U.S. Marshal W. F. Deiter

United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service, U.S. Government

End of Watch Tuesday, March 1, 1932

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W. F. Deiter

Deputy Marshal W.F. Deiter succumbed to injuries sustained five days earlier when he was struck on the head with a hammer while conducting a liquor raid in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The suspects who assaulted him were charged with murder.

Deputy Marshal Deiter was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Spanish-American War and served with the United States Department of Justice - United States Marshals Service for 10 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.