William H. Abbot, Deputy

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Abbott was attempting to serve a warrant for insanity on William D George on February 14, 1912, when George shot him with a shotgun. Deputy Abbott died from his wound on February 17, a month before his fortieth birthday, leaving a wife and eight children.

Charles W. Adams, Constable

City of Tom

Constable Adams, a retired railroad engineer, was attempting to arrest Henry Hill for drunk and disorderly about 9 A.M. on September 3, 1949, when Hill shot him three times with a .32 revolver. Constable Adams, 69, died from his wounds the afternoon of September 5th, survived by a wife and three children.

(First Name Unknown) Adams, Posseman, Deputy U S Marshal

U. S. Marshals

Thomas C. Adkins, City Marshal

City of Dewar

Thomas Adkins, 45, had been City Marshal of Dewar two weeks when at 11:09 P.M., July 25, 1974, he stopped a pickup while answering a prowler call. As Adkins approached the pickup, the driver, 20 year old, Darrell Andrews, fired a 12-gauge shotgun at him but missed. Adkins turned to return to his patrol car when Andrews fired again, striking the Marshal in the back of the head, killing him. Andrews would kill Henryetta Auxiliary Police Officer Walter T Hembree and Okmulgee County Deputy Sheriff Burton Brewer within the hour before being wounded and taken into custody.

Homer Adrean, Deputy Sheriff

Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Adrean, 40, and Federal Prohibition Agent Stanton Weiss were shot and killed on August 28, 1920, during an investigation of illegal liquor at the home of Charlie Chandler, just across the Logan County line near Arcadia, by Charlie’s 18 year old son Claude. Adrean’s partner, Deputy Claude Tyler was shot in the neck by Charlie Chandler but survived. Adrean killed Charlie just before he was killed. Claude Chandler was broke out of the Oklahoma County jail the next evening by a mob and lynched from a tree on Reno Street.

Robert Eugene Ake, Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Trooper Ake, 28, apparently had stopped a vehicle near NE 36th and Westminster, in far NE Oklahoma City, shortly before 10 P.M., Monday, September 18, 1972. Soon afterwards Ake was found lying shot in front of his patrol unit with his service revolver missing. Ake was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Trooper Ake had not radioed in any information on the vehicle or its occupants and no witnesses were immediately found. Seven months later Jerry Cudjo, 19, was arrested with the Trooper’s revolver. Cudjo was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison. Ake served as an Alva Police Officer before becoming a Trooper and was survived by his wife Donna and two sons, 4 year old Steven and 22 month old Richard.

William Oscar Alexander, City Marshal

City of Hoxbar

Marshal Alexander, 33, was shot and instantly killed about 10 P.M. on September 1, 1916, near the edge of Hoxbar, southeast of Ardmore when he and three other officers were shot at by the Love brothers, George and Mose. The Loves were pulling a wagon containing cases of whiskey with a team of mules when the officers intercepted their illegal cargo. George Love was convicted of the officer's death. His wife and a son survived Alexander.

Rondal Ray Alexander ,Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Trooper Alexander, 34, and U S Army Military Police Officer Ronald D Russell were observers in a Cessna 182 single engine aircraft, piloted by OHP Trooper Richard Oldaker, being used as a traffic spotter aircraft on July 3, 1978. Sometime between 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. that day, the aircraft crashed about three miles west of the Salt Fork River in Harman County, near the Texas border, killing all three officers. Alexander had a wife and five year old son.

Glenn Allison , Patrolman

Tulsa Police Department

The morning of Thursday, February 7, 1918, Officer Allison, 28, was guarding two robbery suspects in his patrol car while other officers were attempting to locate and arrest a third suspect. One of the two suspects, John “Woody” Russell located a tire pump and struck Officer Allison in the head, knocking him unconscious. Russell took the officer’s gun and started to drive off in the police car as Officer Allison began to regain consciousness on the floorboard of the car. Russell shot Officer Allison in the stomach. After a short distance Russell wrecked the police car and fled on foot. Officer Allison died that afternoon from a fractured skull caused by the blow to the head. His wife and three children survived Allison.

Alexander A. "Griff" Anderson, City Marshal/Deputy Sheriff

City of Verden/Grady County Sheriff's Office

Marshal Anderson’s body was found in a Rock Island Railroad boxcar the morning of December 3, 1925. His gun and extra bullets were missing. He had been dragged 350 feet into the boxcar from in front of Bruce’s Garage in Verden. According to a doctor’s report “his head had been pounded into a jelly” sometime during the night. Marshal Anderson left behind a pregnant wife, three daughters and a step son.

Pete Anderson,  Posseman, Deputy Sheriff, Oklahoma County

On December 26, 1890, Pete Anderson, 40, and Frank Cook were deputized by Oklahoma County Deputy Sheriffs Frank Gault and Charles Gilbert to assist them in serving an arrest warrant on John Bly just across the county line in Pottawatomie County. As the posse dismounted their horses and were attempting to sneak up in the area of the Bly ranch they were fired upon by Bly with a rifle and the first shot struck Anderson in the forehead, killing him instantly. Bly was wounded by the other posse members and taken into custody. Pete Anderson was survived by his wife Julia and seven children.

John A. Armstrong , Constable

City of Tecumseh

Constable Armstrong, 59, and Constable John Parman went to the farm of Jake Alexander about 11:15 A.M. on July 11, 1940, to serve a judgment against Alexander for an unpaid bill of $7.10 worth of gasoline plus court cost for a total of less than $15. When Alexander told the officers that he could not pay the judgment at that time they advised him they would have to take his car as collateral until he could pay it. Alexander walked back inside his house and returned with a 16-gauge shotgun. When the officers started toward him Alexander shot Armstrong in the upper chest and neck, severing his juggler vein. Armstrong died shortly afterwards leaving a wife, a son and daughter.

Arthur D. Arnet , City Marshal

City of McCloud

At 2:05 A.M. on the morning of April 21, 1911, Marshal Arnett, 31, was making his rounds when he noticed the cellar door ajar on John Seikel’s store which was secure on his last round an hour earlier. Arnett opened the door and found two men hiding just inside the door. He ordered them out and as they were coming up out of the cellar, the second man started shooting. One shot hit Arnett in the head above the right ear, killing him. His wife of eleven years and five children survived Arnett.

George Edward Arnold , Sheriff

Lincoln Country Sheriff's Office

At 8:30 A.M. on August 22, 1917, Sheriff Arnold, 50, observed Quillie Mc Connell, 22, and Noah Barnard, 17, near the Chandler City Park bicycling after they had burglarized a store in Chandler. The Sheriff stopped them and grabbed McConnell, who drew a .22 pistol and shot Arnold twice in the head, killing him instantly.

Robert W. "Bob" Arnold , Deputy Sheriff

Osage County Sheriff's Office

On December 13, 1924, Deputy Arnold had gone to the home of William A Bailey in Wildhorse, 12 miles southeast of Hominy, to serve an arrest warrant on Bailey’s son Bill, 25. William advised the deputy that his son was not home. Deputy Arnold entered the house to look for the younger Bailey. When Deputy Arnold pulled back a curtain that divided a room, where Bill was hiding, Bill shot the deputy twice, in the groin and stomach. Deputy Arnold, 48, died the next night in a Tulsa hospital, survived by his wife and three children.

William "Bill" Arnold , Posseman / Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

In Claremore, on Thursday night, March 17, 1898, Deputy U S Marshal Hess Bussey and his posseman Arnold had just arrested Bill Johnson for being drunk and disorderly. Arnold had just placed a handcuff on Johnson’s right hand when Johnson drew a .44 caliber pistol with his free left hand and shot Arnold in the left cheek, killing him instantly. Deputy Bussey then shot and killed Johnson

Martin Luther "Luke" Arterberry , Officer

Mangum Police Department

Officer Arterberry, 32, was accidentally shot by his own weapon about 6 P.M. on November 4, 1969, when it fell out of his holster while he was setting in a reclining chair in the police station. His holster did not have a safety strap to hold the weapon and the weapon, a Spanish made .38 revolver, did not have any safety feature to prevent it from firing if the hammer received a sharp blow. The bullet went through the back of the chair striking Arterberry in the side penetrating his liver and one lung. Officer Arterberry died within a few minutes and was survived by a wife and two children

Isacc Daniel Ashburn , Patrolman

Oklahoma City Police Department

Patrolman Ashburn, 51, died on July 23, 1928, from injuries he had received two weeks earlier when struck by a car at Grand and Broadway, while walking back to police headquarters to go off duty. This was the same intersection where Chief of Police Melton Jones had been shot and killed 33 years earlier.

W. H. Aston , Guard

Oklahoma State Penitentiary

On Friday, July 30, 1948, Guard Aston had gone to the solitary confinement cell of Thomas Woods, 22, as Woods had extended a mirror from his cell, to observe the whereabouts of the guard, which was against the prison rules. When Aston opened the cell door, Woods jumped on him and started beating the guard’s head against the floor, wall and cell bars. Other guards rescued Aston and took him to the hospital where he was examined and, because he refused to be admitted, sent home. Aston’s conditioned worsened the next day and he was taken to a Holdenville hospital. He was found to have a fractured skull and intracranial bleeding. Aston died at 2 A.M. on August 4th. Aston was an ordained Methodist minister and a widower. He and was survived by his daughter and two sons

Jim Atteberry , City Marshal

City of Kiowa

The morning of July 28, 1970, Marshal Atteberry had responded to the home of a 74 year old mentally unbalanced man named Jack Cates because Cates had refused to go to the hospital for treatment with his son, Bill, and made threats against his son. Atteberry first went to the front door but soon started backing away and took cover behind his car, which he had parked in front of the house. As Atteberry rose up to look over the hood of his car, Cates shot him fatally.

Harry Harrison Aurandt , Officer

Tulsa Police Department

Officer Aurandt, 47, was serving as secretary to the Tulsa Police Commissioner as well as purchasing agent for the Tulsa Police and Fire Departments. The evening of Sunday, December 18, 1921, Officer Aurandt and Detective Ike Wilkinson had gone rabbit hunting in a rural area of Tulsa on Federal Road (now Admiral Place). About 9 P.M. the officers had returned to their car when approached by four armed men who had gotten out of a Buick touring car with the intent of robbing the officers. Wilkinson attempted to fire his shotgun at them but it misfired. The Four men started shooting at he officers while they were setting in their car. Aurandt, despite serious wounds in one lung, leg and liver, drove a mile to a farmhouse where he collapsed. Wilkinson was crippled for life from leg wounds just above the knees. Aurandt died from his wounds the afternoon of December 20. Harry Aurandt left behind a wife and two children, a 12-year old daughter and a 3-year old son. The son, Paul Harvey Aurandt, grew up to be the well-known conservative radio commentator, author and columnist Paul Harvey

Willard R. Ayers , Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

Deputy Ayers had a warrant for Emanuel Patterson on a larceny charge. Late the night of August 11, 1880, Deputy Ayers went to Patterson’s house near Cherokeetown in the Chickasaw Nation to serve the warrant. Ayers knocked on the door and entered the house, telling Patterson he was under arrest. Patterson asked Ayers if he could get some clothes on and Ayers agreed. Instead of getting dressed, Patterson picked up a gun and shot the deputy in the head killing him.