Joseph C Hause, Patrolman

Claremore Police Department

Just before midnight on Saturday, July 10, 1954, Patrolman Hause and Chief of Police Ed Hixson went to the Page Hotel to look for a man reportedly with a stolen shotgun. As the officers were walking up the hotel stairs and talking, the man, Henry P Miller, 47, fired at them, striking Officer Hause in the chest. Chief Hixson dragged Hause down the stairs while other officers blocked the Hotel’s exit. When officers later forced the door to Miller’s room they found he had committed suicide with the shotgun. Officer Hause died early the next morning on Sunday, July 11th. Officer Hause left behind a wife and two children.

Edward "Edd' Hixson, Chief

Claremore Police Department

Just before midnight on Tuesday, October 3, 1961, Chief Hixson radioed that he was involved in a pursuit with two men in a late model dark green Chevrolet. There was no further radio contact. Responding officers soon found the Chief involved in an accident five miles west of Big Cabin where he had apparently lost control of his car. Chief Hixson, 37, died from his injuries early the next morning in a Claremore hospital, survived by his wife, son and three daughters. Neither he suspects or their vehicle were ever identified.