Deputy U.S. Marshal Howard Wilson

Deputy Marshal Wilson was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a suspect in Menifee County, Kentucky. He and another deputy marshal had gone there in search of a man who was wanted in Virginia for murder, robbery, and violations of liquor laws. They located the fugitive in Mariba walking with another man and two girls. When the marshals rode up behind them and announced themselves, both men turned and opened fire. Deputy Marshal Wilson returned fire killing the other man. The suspect shot and killed Deputy Marshal Wilson. The other deputy shot and critically wounded the suspect.

On January 4, 1901, the 22-year-old suspect escaped from the Frenchburg Jail after being transferred there from a hospital two days earlier. The following September, he shot and killed a man at a liquor still in Menifee County.

On November 8, 1904, while being chased by a posse in Breathitt County, he turned and opened fire, killing two posse members. The others returned fire and killed him.