Marshal Alonzo Hertig was shot and killed while responding to a call of a disturbance.

On November 5, 1923, Blue Springs Marshal Alonzo Hertig responded to the Blue Springs Telephone Office early in the morning hours in response from a telephone operator requesting assistance after a man created a disturbance in the office and made advances toward the female operator. A struggle ensued and Marshal Hertig sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach. Marshal Hertig, although mortally wounded was able to return fire on the twenty-six year-old suspect. Marshal Hertig and the suspect died at the scene.

Marshal Hertig was born in Pennsylvania in 1860. His father was a French immigrant. He was educated in the law and served in the profession in Chicago before moving to Blue Springs where he farmed for 23 years. Following his retirement from farming he was appointed as Marshal in Blue Springs on September 1, 1923, serving for two months prior to his death. He was survived by a neice of the home and a brother. Services were held in the Blue Springs Methodist Church.