Deputy U.S. Marshal Z. W. "Bill" Moody

Deputy U.S. Marshal Z. W. "Bill" Moody

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

End of Watch Friday, March 15, 1889

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Z. W. "Bill" Moody

Deputy Marshal Moody was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to serve a warrant for murder on a man near Tulsa, Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma). As the posse approached the home a suspect inside opened fire, mortally wounding Deputy Marshal Moody and wounding a second deputy marshal.

The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The man who was wanted on the warrant was acquitted of Deputy Marshal Moody's murder.