William Williams,
Constable
City of Bismark (Wright
City)
Constable
Williams and McCurtain County Deputy Sheriff J.J. Flowers and several other
possemen were pursuing two men who robbed the local bank. One of the robbers was
caught on Saturday, May 6, 1916, and taken to jail in Valliant. After jailing
the suspect, the two officers got into an argument over which of them deserved
more credit for the arrest. Flowers drew his gun and fired on Williams, killing
him. Flowers then rode to his home in Bismark. The rest of the posse pursued
Flowers at his home and, in the ensuing gunfight, Flowers was killed and one
posseman was wounded.