The Cater Cemetery is located adjacent to 647 Route 202 in the Town of Barrington, NH and can be viewed from the highway. Deputy Smith’s marker is located in the left front corner of the lot marked with the initials "CES" on top and appropriately adorned with an American flag.


frenzy of excitement. Foss told the searchers what he had seen and told them that he though he could follow the tracks of the culprit to his hiding place. Leading the searching party, Foss was able to see where the team had turned into Sodum Road. He then left the party behind and walked along Sodum Road to avoid suspicion. Where the tracks turned off the road into the woods he did not dare to stop but walked

 some distance beyond. Then cautiously retracing his steps, he caught a glimpse of the carriage partially hidden in the underbrush and quickly went back to the searching party, which had now increased to nearly one hundred men lead by Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith. Shortly, finding himself surrounded by the posse, the thief approached James Henry Foss with a pistol in hand, and Foss let him pass as the posse closed in. Sheriff Smith grappled with the man and was shot and wounded by him. Then the enraged posse seized the thief and nearly pummeled him to death.
    McArthur was arrested and taken to the Dover jail. While awaiting trial he broke jail and was never found again. Sheriff Smith lingered on for a few weeks but died of the gunshot wound. He was buried in the Cater Cemetery on what is known as the John Dill place."      q

Editors Note: The Spring 2005 edition of Knight Stick will carry an updated article about Deputy Smith’s line of duty death, which will include newspaper articles courtesy of The Rochester Courier, Dover Inquirer, Portsmouth Daily Chronicle and The Manchester Union. These accounts provide the graphic details of Deputy Smith’s death due to infection of the gunshot wounds inflicted by the horse thief, Julius H. McArthur who was born in Calias, Maine; vivid details of McArthur’s life and previous criminal history; and facts and details surrounding his escape from the Strafford County Jail located off River Street in the City of Dover. This jail was named the “human squirrel cage” due to its round revolving cellblock and the fact that McArthur was the sole person to successfully escape from it. His escape was attributed to his membership in a certain fraternal organization and the fact he was aided by persons of like membership.