R. H. Pratt, City Marshal

City of Gore

The body of Marshal Pratt was found early Saturday morning March 12, 1927, under a street light on the main road through Gore. He had been shot in the heart with a .38 and in the head with a .44 caliber pistol. Witnesses in the area heard two shots just after midnight. The marshal’s gun had not been fired. It is believed that bootleggers in the area killed him as they had threatened him in the past.