Deputy Sheriff James Myron was shot and killed in Biwabik as he and other deputies attempted to serve warrants on the leaders of a miners' union who were inciting the miners to strike.
As the deputies approached the home they were met with gunfire and Deputy Myron was fatally wounded. A bystander was also killed after being hit by a stray bullet.
Four miners and a wife of one of them were arrested and charged with murder.
Deputy Myron was survived by his wife and children.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/21411-deputy-sheriff-james-c-myron#ixzz38p1xA3TQ
Deputy Sheriff James Myron was shot and killed in Biwabik as he and other deputies attempted to serve warrants on the leaders of a miners' union who were inciting the miners to strike.
As the deputies approached the home they were met with gunfire and Deputy Myron was fatally wounded. A bystander was also killed after being hit by a stray bullet.
Four miners and a wife of one of them were arrested and charged with murder.
Deputy Myron was survived by his wife and children.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/21411-deputy-sheriff-james-c-myron#ixzz38p1xA3TQ
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Mildred Melinda Cooper Horton
1838–1863
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Catherine Phoebe "Kate" Cooper Crary
1840–1874
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Henry Johnson Cooper
1842–1942
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Jason Walker Cooper
1843–1925
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Cynthia Sophia Cooper Estes
1845–1933
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Sarah Maria Cooper Burrus
1849–1938
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Edgerton Ezra Cooper
1853–1940
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Arthur James Cooper
1855 – unknown
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Julius Fenimore Cooper
1861–1913
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