Type of Officer: Deputy SheriffJurisdiction: Sumner CountyCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 10/18/1884Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Sheriff “Cash” Hollister, a former deputy U.S. Marshal, and George Davis, a member of a posse, attempted to...
Type of Officer: Deputy PolicemanJurisdiction: HunnewellCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 9/2/1884Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotDeputy Ed Scotten was killed when he attempted to disarm four cowboys who were “shooting up” the town. On August 12, 1884,...
Type of Officer: Assistant City MarshalJurisdiction: Dodge CityCounty: FordDeath Date: 7/21/1884Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotWell-known former buffalo hunter Nixon had a long-running feud with another well-known character, “Mysterious” Dave...
Type of Officer: SheriffJurisdiction: Cowley CountyCounty: CowleyDeath Date: 1/25/1883Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: AccidentSheriff Shenneman had received notice that Charles Cobb, who had killed Valley Falls Marshal Daniel Weiser, was traveling in...
Type of Officer: Police OfficerJurisdiction: Valley FallsCounty: JeffersonDeath Date: 1/6/1883Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotThe night prior to Weiser’s death, Charles Cobb and another man had argued after a lyceum presentation, Cobb shot at the...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: CaldwellCounty: SumnerDeath Date: 6/22/1882Added to Memorial: 1987Circumstances of Death: GunshotBrown was at the Red Light saloon attempting to disarm two brothers, Steve and Jess Green, for violation of the Caldwell gun...
