John Thomas Martin, Night Marshal

City of Carnegie

On Tuesday night April 19, 1960, George Adkins had advised Marshal Martin, 57, that two men were burglarizing a barn on his father-in-law’s farm, two miles south of Carnegie. Martin and Adkins found one man still in the barn. Adkins stayed in the barn while Martin went to look for the second man. Marshal Martin saw the second man, Murbus Yarbrough walking with a shotgun. Martin ordered him to stop but he kept walking. Marshal Martin then fired at Yarbrough four times when Yarbrough turned and fired one shot at Martin striking him in the face and neck, killing him. Yarbrough pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. His wife, Louisa, a daughter Addie and a son Alfred, survived Marshal Martin.