Type of Officer: ConstableJurisdiction: BeaumontCounty: ButlerDeath Date: 6/2/1885Added to Memorial: 2006Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn June 2, 1885, Constable Thomas Cody was fatally wounded by gunfire while attempting to arrest Dave Hensey at a railroad...
Type of Officer: City MarshalJurisdiction: City of JewellCounty: JewellDeath Date: 3/14/1885Added to Memorial: 2019Circumstances of Death: GunshotOn March 14, 1885 the Rice County Kansas sheriff and a deputy traveled to Jewell County in search of a horse thief. The...
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...
