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Department
Latah County Sheriff's Department
Tour of Duty
N/I
Badge Number
N/I
Cause of Death
Gunfire
End of Watch
On August 4, 1901, William Steffen rode into Moscow on horseback. He shot and killed the town doctor and wounded a storekeeper. Shortly after, he met up with Deputy Cool and shot Cool off his horse. Steffen was killed later in the day after a shootout with a posse. Deputy Cool died on August 5, 1901.