Sheriff Joseph Bailey was shot and killed while attempting to arrest two brothers for hog stealing.
On March 26, 1867 Sheriff Bailey rode out west of Nevada to arrest two brothers suspected of being hog thieves. He was found dead beside the road, shot in the back. The suspects robbed the Sheriff of his gun, horse, and money. Two of the suspects escaped, a third suspect was lynched.
Sheriff Bailey had served with the agency for one year and previously as a Brigadier General during the Civil War and was a Freemason. He was survived by his wife, Mary, and four children. nterred: Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas.
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