Town Marshal Leonard Geisler

Town Marshal Leonard Geisler succumbed to injuries suffered the previous day when he was assaulted by a group of intoxicated men.

Marshal Geisler had ordered the men to disperse earlier in the evening and when he confronted them a second time he was struck on the back of the head and knocked to the ground.

The man who struck him was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Marshal Geisler had served as the Town Marshal of Hagerstown for two years. He left for work in Indianapolis but returned to the position of Town Marshal only one week before his death.