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Jim Beckwith

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Jim Beckwith

Birth
Death
10 Nov 1855
Monterey County, California, USA
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Monterey County Sheriff's Deputies Jim Beckwith, Charles Layton and Joaquin De La Torre were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted for murdering two other people. The suspect was captured by a mob and lynched.

Deputy Beckwith is honored at the California State Peace Officer Memorial in Sacramento, CA, and the National Peace Officer Memorial in Washington, D.C., Panel E-3, Line 55.
Monterey County Sheriff's Deputies Jim Beckwith, Charles Layton and Joaquin De La Torre were shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect wanted for murdering two other people. The suspect was captured by a mob and lynched.

Deputy Beckwith is honored at the California State Peace Officer Memorial in Sacramento, CA, and the National Peace Officer Memorial in Washington, D.C., Panel E-3, Line 55.

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