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Prior to beginning his lawman career, he and his two brothers worked as buffalo hunters. During his service as deputy marshal and then marshal of Dodge City, Kansas, Ed Masterson was shot twice. The first incident occurred in November 1877, when he was shot in the breast by Bob Shaw in the Lone Star Dance Hall.
The tandem law enforcement effort came to an abrupt end, however, when 25-year-old City Marshal Ed Masterson was shot and killed in the line of duty on April 9, 1878. Ed Masterson was mortally wounded by a cowboy named Jack Wagner, who was unaware that Bat Masterson was in the vicinity.
Edward "Ed" Master son, brother of Bat Masterson and Dodge City, Kansas Marshal, was killed in the line of duty by cowboys.
Ed Masterson Dies Keeping the Peace in Dodge City. 27,620 views. 215. As he was attempting to enforce a town ordinance forbidding the carrying of guns in Dodge City Bat Masteron's brother...
Mar 26, 2018 · Masterson didn’t have time to be that clever, or lucky, on the night of April 9, 1878, when a fellow lawman, his own brother no less, got into serious trouble in Dodge. Ed Masterson had been appointed city marshal the prior December.
Apr 3, 2013 · City Marshal Ed Masterson was at the Lady Gay Saloon, where trail boss Alf Walker and a handful of his riders were whooping it up. One of Walker’s men, Jack Wagner, displayed his six-shooter in...
Edward John "Ed" Masterson (September 22, 1852 – April 9, 1878) was a lawman and the oldest brother of the American West gunfighters Bat Masterson and James ...
