Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Cowley CountyCounty: CowleyDeath Date: 1/28/1907Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: Accidental GunshotSheriff Welfelt had tracked murderer Louis Bloomfield to Ponca City, Oklahoma Territory. On November 22, 1906, as...
Type of Officer: ConstableJurisdiction: Arkansas CityCounty: CowleyDeath Date: 11/27/1906Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn November 17, 1906, City Constable Breene surprised a burglar in his own house. The man, a known burglar that Breene...
Type of Officer: Special OfficerJurisdiction: Santa Fe RailroadCounty: FranklinDeath Date: 8/29/1906Added to Memorial: 2007Circumstances of Death: GunshotOscar G. Bodley, Santa Fe Railway Special Officer, was shot and killed by a freight car robber in the Santa Fe...
Type of Officer: Corrections OfficerJurisdiction: LansingCounty: LeavenworthDeath Date: 10/5/1905Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: BeatingOn October 4, 1905, Officer Owens had taken prisoner W. B. Cunningham to do survey work outside the penitentiary. In...
Type of Officer: Railroad DetectiveJurisdiction: Santa Fe RailroadCounty: ChautauquaDeath Date: 7/12/1905Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn the morning of July 13, 1905, Detective D. F. Calhoun was fatally wounded by gunfire while attempting to...
Type of Officer: ConstableJurisdiction: YaleCounty: CrawfordDeath Date: 12/11/1904Added to Memorial: 1992Circumstances of Death: GunshotSandy Calhoun was shot and killed at 2:00 P.M. December 11, 1904 while attempting to pull his revolver from his pocket to “quiet an...
