Marshal Leonhard Scherger was shot and killed while questioning three suspicious men in a railroad yard near the water tower at 11:00 p.m.

The men had been seen throughout the day lurking around the town.  As soon as he attempted to take them into custody, the suspects disarmed him and shot him with his own weapon, killing him instantly.  The suspects fled and were never apprehended.

Marshal Scherger is the only Hartford law enforcement officer to die while serving the community and his death is Hartford's lone unsolved homicide.  He had served with the Hartford Police Department for two years.  He was survived by his parents and a fiancee.

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