Deputy Marshal Thomas Hollifield and Special Deputy Marshal Simon Combs were shot and killed at Elkhorn Creek, in Letcher County, Kentucky.
Deputy Hollifield was leading a posse in order to destroy a still when they were attacked by a group of moonshiners and fired upon. Deputy Hollifield and Special Deputy Combs were both fatally wounded. Two other posse members were wounded and a third was taken hostage by the suspects.
