Jim Atteberry , City Marshal

City of Kiowa

The morning of July 28, 1970, Marshal Atteberry had responded to the home of a 74 year old mentally unbalanced man named Jack Cates because Cates had refused to go to the hospital for treatment with his son, Bill, and made threats against his son. Atteberry first went to the front door but soon started backing away and took cover behind his car, which he had parked in front of the house. As Atteberry rose up to look over the hood of his car, Cates shot him fatally.