Sheriff James Summers
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Summers was shot and killed in Morgan Gulch while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on an 18 year-old youth for burglary of a rancher's cabin. The suspect was apprehended the following day. The suspect was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison May 26, 1901. In 1913 his sentence was reduced to 20 to 25 years.
- End of Watch:
- January 25, 1901
