Unnamed Marshal 3
Character Key Number:
1121
Display Name:
Unnamed Marshal 3
Sort Name:
Unnamed Marshal 3
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
In Requiem for a Nun, Jailor Tubbs refers to the man whose job it is to arrest "drunks and gamblers" only as "the Marshal" (209). In Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha fictions the "marshal" is a peace officer whose jurisdiction is the town of Jefferson.