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Thanks to Curtis Conkle for this information:
name: Albert L. Schmidt
death date: 02 Oct 1953
death place: Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., Texas
gender: Male
race: w
death age: 59 years 6 months 21 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 11 Mar 1894
birthplace: Tx
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Fritz Schmidt
father's birthplace: Tx
mother's name: Kessler
mother's birthplace: Tx
occupation:
place of residence: Eagle Lake, Colorado, Tx
cemetery: Oddfellows Rest
burial place: Columbus, Tx
burial date: 04 Oct 1953
additional relatives:
film number: 2113984
digital film number: 4165743
image number: 355
reference number: cn49827
---------------------------------------------------------∼Police Officer Albert Lewis Schmidt
Eagle Lake Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Friday, October 2, 1953
Biographical Info
Age: 59
Tour of Duty: 5 yr
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, October 2, 1953
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Schmidt was shot and killed while attempting to arrest an intoxicated man. The suspect was able to gain control of Officer Schmidt's weapon and shoot him in the chest.
Officer Schmidt had been with the agency for five years and was survived by his wife and seven children.
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Thanks to Curtis Conkle for this information:
name: Albert L. Schmidt
death date: 02 Oct 1953
death place: Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., Texas
gender: Male
race: w
death age: 59 years 6 months 21 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 11 Mar 1894
birthplace: Tx
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: Fritz Schmidt
father's birthplace: Tx
mother's name: Kessler
mother's birthplace: Tx
occupation:
place of residence: Eagle Lake, Colorado, Tx
cemetery: Oddfellows Rest
burial place: Columbus, Tx
burial date: 04 Oct 1953
additional relatives:
film number: 2113984
digital film number: 4165743
image number: 355
reference number: cn49827
---------------------------------------------------------∼Police Officer Albert Lewis Schmidt
Eagle Lake Police Department
Texas
End of Watch: Friday, October 2, 1953
Biographical Info
Age: 59
Tour of Duty: 5 yr
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, October 2, 1953
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Schmidt was shot and killed while attempting to arrest an intoxicated man. The suspect was able to gain control of Officer Schmidt's weapon and shoot him in the chest.
Officer Schmidt had been with the agency for five years and was survived by his wife and seven children.
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