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.

Grover Fulkerson, Deputy Sheriff

Cleveland County Sheriff's Office

On Friday, August 24, 1917, Deputy Fulkerson had only been a Deputy a month when he was stationed at an intersection two miles southwest of Norman stopping and checking cars possibly smuggling liquor.  About 5 P.M., a roadster with two men in it attempted to bypass him as he flagged them down. Deputy Fulkerson jumped on the cars running board and forced them to pull over. When he told them he intended to search their car, they asked on what authority? The deputy produced his .38 revolver and stated “This is my authority”. One of the men, John Jay, 27, began struggling with the deputy, causing him to drop his gun inside the car. The other man, Charles Holden, 30, then picked up the deputy’s gun and shot him twice in the stomach. The two men then loaded the deputy into their car and continued to drive north toward Moore. The deputy pleaded with them to take him to a doctor in Norman. After driving around about an hour they finally took the deputy to a doctor. The doctor said he needed to be treated in Oklahoma City and put him on a train. Deputy Fulkerson died on the train before reaching Oklahoma City. His wife and two children survived the deputy 

Six months later Charles Holden shot and killed Wilbarger County (TX) Deputy Sheriff James Coffee on the Oklahoma side of the Red River at the Webb Crossing. Holden was later arrested and sentenced to 99 years in prison.