Morgan Haddock, City Marshal

City of Caddo

Shortly after 4 A.M. on Thursday, December 13, 1951, Marshal Haddock’s dead body was found lying near the Jones Brother’s Service Station at the intersection of Highway 69 and Buffalo Street. His pistol was still in it’s holster, his flashlight was in his hand and a cigarette still burned in his mouth. Three men were later charged with the shotgun slaying ambush of Marshal Haddock. Of the three men charged only Jasper Lee Winineger was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in March of 1952. Grady Sargent died of natural causes before going to trial and Hiram Robinson’s three trials all ended with hung juries. Winineger was granted a parole in 1964, over the protest of Haddock’s wife but was returned as a parole violator in April 1965. Besides his wife, three sons and two daughters survived Marshal Haddock. On April 19, 1965, Mrs. Haddock, one of her sons, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were killed in a train-car collision near Miami, Texas.

Ronnie Lynn Haggard, Patrolman

Oklahoma City Police Department

On Thursday, March 21, 1963, Haggard, who had been a motorcycle officer for only three months, was pursuing a speeding motorist on his police motorcycle in the 7300 block of South High. Haggard, 22, was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed. The speeding motorist kept going and was never identified.

J. B. Hamby, Chief

Catoosa Police Department

Shortly after 8 A.M. on Friday, September 1, 1978, Chief Hamby responded to an armed robbery in progress call at the Catoosa Tag Agency on the corner of Highway 66 and Pine Street. Chief Hamby parked his unit out front then ran to the front door of the agency with his .357 Magnum revolver in hand. As Chief Hamby entered the business he became involved in a close range gun-battle with two armed men, Jackie Ray Young, 29, and David Gordon Smith, 25. The two robbers were in the process of tying up the employees and customers when the Chief surprised them. Chief Hamby made his six shots count as he shot Young in the temple and leg, killing him instantly, and shooting Smith in his hand, leg and groin. Chief Hamby was wounded under his right arm and in a leg. The Chief then stumbled back out the front door and next door to a Laundromat where he collapsed and died trying to reload his gun. Smith was able to get to his car and drive off but was arrested later in the day when he went to the hospital for treatment of his wounds. Smith was convicted of the Chief’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Chief Hamby was divorced and survived by his two teenage sons James Ray and Mark Wayne.

James A. Hands, Sergeant

Sapulpa Police Department

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 2, 1918, Sergeant Hands, 50, became involved in an argument with former Chief of Police Dan Redmond, 30, in front of the Police Station. Sergeant Hands had recently testified against the chief in a hearing that cost the chief his job. Sergeant Hands walked away from Redmond and into the station. Redmond followed him into the station, knocked him down and kicked him in the head. Redmond was arrested and placed in jail. Sergeant Hands died in the hospital from his injury early the next morning, Sunday, March 3rd and Redmond was charged with his murder. His wife and two daughters survived Sergeant Hands.

Ernest M. Harkins, U.S. Postal Inspector

U.S. Postal Service

About 8:15 A.M. on the morning of Wednesday, January 12, 1949, Inspector Harkins, 51, was bent over checking his post office box for mail at the Main Post office located in the Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City when a man walked up beside him and shot him in the back of the head, killing him. The man, Joseph Donnelly, 69, blamed Inspector Harkins for the loss of two postal money orders for $20 each. After killing Harkins, Donnelly calmly walked a few feet and waited for police. His wife Grace and two daughters survived Harkins

Henry L. Harper  – Undersheriff, Harmon County

About 10:00 A.M. Sunday morning, September 14, 1919, 33 year old Undersheriff Harper and Justice of the Peace O. O. Hager went to a school house in Gould to check out a couple of suspicious men who were camped out near the school in a Ford car with California license plates. The men were found inside the school house. While talking to the two men Harper noticed that one of the men had a gun and took it away from him. He then told the men to go with him into town. As they were starting to walk toward town one of the men drew a gun and shot Undersheriff Harper twice. Harper was able to return fire before he died. Hager was wounded in the hand. The two men escaped but were soon located and arrested. Curley Williams was convicted of killing Harper and sentenced to life in prison. The other man, Bob Cox, turned state’s witness and was not charged in Harper’s death. The Ford was found to be stolen from California.       Undersheriff Harper was survived by his wife and three young daughters ages 8, 4 and 1 year old.

Mark Owen Harris, Lake Patrolman

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

About 5 A.M. on Sunday, September 2, 1984, Lake Patrolman Harris, 36, was issuing a ticket to a speeder on the shoulder of the southbound lanes of I-35 near Indian Hills Road in Cleveland County. Patrick Fitzgerald, 24, was driving southbound when his car went off the roadway and struck Patrolman Harris’ patrol pickup then the speeder’s car and Patrolman Harris, knocking him 70 feet on to the roadway where a second car struck him and kept going. Patrolman Harris was dead at the scene from multiple internal injuries. Fitzgerald was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The driver who did not stop was never identified. Patrolman Harris was survived by his wife Christine “Chrissi” as well as a young son and daughter.

West Harris, Deputy U. S. Marshal

U. S. Marshal Service 

The evening of Friday, September 14, 1894, Deputy Harris and his posse Frank Faulkner went to the home of John Seabolt where a large dance was being held to locate a man named Bush for whom Deputy Harris had an arrest warrant. Seabolt’s home was located seven miles from Muldrow, Indian Territory and twenty miles from Fort Smith, Arkansas. During the evening a dispute began between the lawmen and a Cherokee Indian named Charlie Benge. Shots rang out in the front yard of the house with at least three men shooting. When the smoke cleared both lawmen and Benge lay dead. Deputy U. S. Marshal Jim Cole was sent from Ft. Smith to investigate. Cole found the three men still laying in the front yard of the house. Deputy Harris was shot once in the chest still clutching his empty gun in his hand, posse Faulkner had been shot seven times with his empty gun found about ten yards from his body and Benge was shot once through the body with his empty gun in his hand. Cole noticed that all three men had been shot with a hand gun or rifle but Faulkner also had been shot with a shotgun. Deputy Cole was unable to find any witnesses who were willing to tell what happened. No one was ever charged with the deaths of the lawmen.

Bill Harrison, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 9, 1894, Deputy Marshal Harrison was part of a posse searching for escaped cattle thief, James E. Head in some woods east of Lexington. Shots were heard and other members of the posse soon found the dead bodies of Head and Deputy Harrison. The men were laying about 15 feet apart with a large tree between them. Evidence indicated that they had circled the tree, each trying to get a clear shot at the other until they wounded each other fatally.

Clyde Raymond Harrison, Deputy Sheriff

McCurtain County Sheriff's Office

Shortly before noon on Friday, October 11, 1963, Deputy Harrison, 39, became involved in a pursuit with a vehicle on Highway 259 south of Smithville. The vehicle finally pulled over to the side of the road. The driver, George Ralph Nichols, 54, of Dogpatch, then got out with a 30-30 rifle, pointed it at the deputy as he pulled in behind Nichols’ car. Deputy Harrison turned off his engine and began approaching Nichols when he was shot once in the chest. Deputy Harrison drew his pistol after being shot and fired twice at Nichols but missed, before he died. Nichols was arrested later that day. Deputy Harrison was survived by his wife and three children.

Carl Lee "Don" Hart, City Marshal

City of Bokchito

Late the evening of Sunday, May 21, 1972, Marshal Hart had stopped by Easter’s café for a cup of coffee and a roll before going off duty. It was his last night as acting City Marshal, filling in for Marshal Doc Harris who had been on vacation. Hart had parked his car in front of the café but the business had closed and locked the front door before he finished his coffee so he exited through the back door. After exiting, Hart came back in because he had forgotten to pay for his food. After paying he exited out the back door again at 10:45 P.M. A shot was heard and the café employees ran to the back door and found Hart dead and a white man with a long gun running away. Hart had been shot in the chest with a single barrel 20-gauge shotgun. James Edward Layman, 25, was arrested two days later. Layman confessed that he was intending on robbing the café and was about four yards from the back door when Hart came out and startled him. Layman said he panicked, pulled the trigger and ran. Deputy Hart was survived by his wife Dessie, two sons, a daughter and two step-sons.

Joe Dale Hartman, Deputy City Marshal

City of Texhoma

About 4 A.M. the morning of Sunday, May 20, 1962, City Marshal William A. “Bill” James and Deputy City Marshal Hartman had taken Kenneth James Hoover, 24, home after finding him drunk near the downtown area of Texhoma. Hoover did not stay home and walked back downtown where the officers took him into custody again after a brief fight. The officers took him to City Hall where Hoover hit Marshal James in the head and escaped. Hoover went home and got a 12-gauge shotgun and returned to City Hall because he felt the officers had been harassing him. Hoover saw Marshal James through a window and opened fire on him, killing him. Hoover reloaded and went inside where he saw the unarmed Deputy Hartman go into a room and close the door behind him. Deputy Hartman leaned against the door to keep Hoover out. Hoover then fired through the door, fatally wounding Hartman. The shotgun was found at the scene by responding officers and Hoover was located hiding in a ditch a few blocks away. Deputy Hartman was unmarried.

Edward Otto Hartwick, Deputy Sheriff

Pawnee County Sheriff's Office

On Sunday, December 7, 1930, two young men went to the farm of Jess Powell ten miles from Pawnee to borrow a logging chain. Finding no one home, they located the chain and took it. Jess Powell, 65, soon returned home and, discovering his chain missing, decided thieves had victimized him. Arming himself, he decided to wait for the thieves to return. The two young men soon came back to return the chain, stopping at his well to get a drink first. Powell opened fire on them, killing one and wounding the other. A neighbor notified the Sheriff who responded with his Undersheriff Lancaster and Deputy Hartwick. The officers arrived at the farm after dark and approached the house. Powell, still waiting for more thieves, opened fire on them from ambush. Deputy Hartwick was struck once fatally and Undersheriff Lancaster was wounded. Powell escaped but was soon arrested near Ralston. His wife and seven children survived Deputy Hartwick.

Lewis Franklin Harvey, Officer

Muskogee Police Department

About 10:50 P.M. on Tuesday, March 10, 1908, Officer Harvey, 45, was walking down Third Street with a waiter from the Ruby Restaurant named Jesse G. Cox, 34. Witnesses stated they appeared to be friends having a friendly talk. The two men were seen turning and walking down an alley. Within moments witnesses heard two shots. Jesse Cox walked out of the alley with a gun in his hand and stated he had “just killed Harvey” and for someone to get a policeman. They found the officer lying dead in the alley with both hands in his pockets and his gun still holstered, shot once in the face and once in the abdomen. Cox testified at his trial that Harvey had threatened him with harm if he did not run his prostitute girlfriend out of town. The jury acquitted cox. His wife and three children survived Officer Harvey.

Louis Harvill, Deputy Sheriff
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office 

About 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 28, 1928, Deputy Harvill, 45, and Grayston Township Constable W. Arthur Hood were patrolling the usual Saturday night dance in Addington to keep order. As the officers crossed the street between two Chevrolet sedans, someone in one of the cars opened fire on them. Deputy Harvill was shot in the right shoulder with the bullet ranging downward through his chest. He had been shot from such close range that the muzzle blast set his over coat on fire. Deputy Harvill died less than half an hour later but not before identifying Green Smiddly, 23, as their assailant. Deputy Harvill left behind a wife and four children. Constable Hood was wounded in the right leg near the groin. He died near midnight four nights later on February 1^st.

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.

J. William "Will" Hays , Patrolman

Lawton Police Department

About 5 P.M. on Saturday, April 8, 1916, Officer Hays and Captain Hale Landis responded to a call of a man being harassed because he helped Officer Hays earlier with an arrest. As the officers arrived, Carl Dudley, the man doing the harassing, saw the officers and ran into Ray’s Restaurant. As the officers approached Dudley fired at them hitting Hays. Captain Landis and a citizen, whom had picked up Officer Hays’ gun, returned fire, wounding Dudley in the shoulder, Dudley escaped but was captured soon afterwards. Officer Hays died at 4 A.M. the next morning, April 9th leaving a wife and son. At 10:45 P. M. that night a mob of 150 to 200 men overpowered the guards broke Dudley out of the Comanche County Jail and lynched him from a telephone pole.

Joseph P. Heinrichs, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

On Tuesday, March 14, 1899, Deputy Heinrichs and a posseman named Thomas Kirk arrested Matthew Craig in the Cherokee Nation for selling whiskey in Indian Territory. Heinrichs took the prisoner to his home in Tahlequah to spend the night before transporting him to the federal jail in Muskogee. Posseman Kirk did not accompany them. Deputy Heinrichs slept in the same bed as his prisoner. About 3 A.M. the deputy’s wife and two daughters were awakened by a gunshot. They found Heinrichs dead in the bed and Craig escaped out a window. Craig was captured two days later and charged with the deputy’s death. Posseman Kirk was charged also when Craig alleged that Kirk had given him the gun and several rounds of ammunition to escape

Walter Thomason Hembree, Auxiliary Officer

Henryetta Police Department

Shortly before midnight on Thursday, July 25, 1974, Henryetta Chief of Police Richard Larney and Auxiliary Officer Hembree, 60, responded to a call reference a man hiding around a residence in the nearby town of Schulter. As the two officers approached the residence, Darrell Andrews, 20, stepped out from a corner of the house and fired at the officers with a shotgun. Officer Hembree was wounded in the head and died. Chief Larney was wounded in the side, arm and leg. Okmulgee County Deputy Sheriff Burton Brewer, 57, and Morris Police Officer Buck Grace then arrived at the residence also. Andrews was now hiding in tall grass behind these two officers and as he rose up Deputy Brewer turned around and was shot in the face with the shotgun and killed. Officer Grace then shot and wounded Andrews and took him into custody. Less than an hour earlier Andrews had also killed the City Marshal of Dewar, Thomas Adkins. Chief Larney survived his wounds.

Jake Henderson, City Marshal

City of Dustin

On the night of Saturday, October 11, 1941, Marshal Henderson,40, had ordered two drunk Fort Sill soldiers to leave a bar and go home. A short time later Marshal Henderson saw the two men on the street and arrested them. Soon another soldier, John Gordon, 20, who had been drinking with the first two, learned that they had been arrested. Gordon went to the city jail and pleaded with Henderson to release his two friends. When Henderson refused to release the two men, Gordon went to his car, got a 12-gauge shotgun, returned to the jail where he shot Marshal Henderson in the abdomen. Marshal Henderson died three days later on October 14th.

Sam Randolph Henderson, Trooper

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

Shortly after 10:30 P.M. on Wednesday, May 7, 1941, Trooper Henderson and Trooper O. M. “Red” Kizziar stopped a car for defective lights in the 400 block of Lee Boulevard in Lawton. As Trooper Henderson, 39, walked in front of the patrol car he was stuck by a vehicle going in the opposite direction traveling approximately 50 miles an hour, sideswiping both stopped vehicles. Trooper Henderson was thrown 75 feet and died before he could be taken to the hospital across the street. The hit-and-run driver, a Fort Sill soldier, was later located at a bar and charged with driving while intoxicated and first degree manslaughter. Trooper Henderson was the first OHP Trooper to die in the line of duty. He was survived by his wife, a son and daughter.

Jesse W. Hendrickson, Deputy Sheriff,

“L” County (Grant County)

One of Sheriff R.H. Hagar's brand new deputies in "L" County (later Grant County), Oklahoma Territory in 1893 was thirty-five-year-old Jesse Hendrickson, the brother of a local minister. Hendrickson had been on the job only a few days when Hagar assigned him to accompany Undersheriff Johnnie Jones in serving warrants for cattle theft on Frank Boydson and a man named Neil. Hendrickson and Jones rode out of Pond Creek, the county seat, at mid-morning on Saturday, November 11, 1893. When they arrived at the Boydson cabin, several miles west, they called for the two suspects to "come out." When there was no answer, the officers pulled Winchesters from their saddle scabbards and started to dismount; an action that was met by a hail of gunfire from the cabin. The first shot killed Jones' horse and another bullet struck Hendrickson in the leg. Jones returned fire from behind the carcass of his horse, while Hendrickson took cover by crawling into a nearby depression. Both officers were pinned down, and Hendrickson's horse had run off to a field near the house when the shooting started. The wounded Hendrickson called out to Jones, telling him he could "hold them off," if Jones went for help. As the Undersheriff cautiously crawled his way toward Hendrickson's horse, Boydson and Neil ran from the cabin, crouched behind a wagon and began firing, forcing Jones to retreat to cover again. Hendrickson, meanwhile, made his way around behind the suspects' shanty. When Boydson and Neil realized they had been outflanked, one of them ran back inside and began firing at Hendrickson through cracks in the walls, killing the deputy with a shot to the chest. The pair then retrieved their horses and rode away to the west. In the meantime, Jones had secured Hendrickson's stray mount and headed for help in Pond Creek. A posse that included cavalry troopers stationed at the county seat, trailed Boydson and Neil northwest through the town of Manchester and across the state line to Cameron, Kansas, but by then the pair had disappeared into the rough Gypsum Hill country of Barber County. There is no evidence to indicate that Boydson or Neil were ever captured or tried for their crimes. Deputy Hendrickson was laid to rest a mile south of the county seat, in the corner of a quarter section designated as school property. He was the first person buried in what later became Pond Creek Cemetery and the first Grant County lawman to be killed in the line of duty. 


 

John Edmond Hensley, Officer

Muskogee Police Department

About 8:45 P.M. on Monday, July 30, 1934, Officer Hensley and Officer William M. “Billy” Guy stopped a suspicious taxi cab at the corner of 21st Street and Boston Avenue. The officers thought it odd for a taxi to be in Muskogee with McAlester license plates. The officers were unaware that the cab had been hijacked in McAlester by State Prison escapee Charles Martin who made the cab driver change clothes with him. Martin got out of the cab and was talking to Officer Guy while Officer Hensley moved the police car out of traffic. Martin grabbed Officer Guy’s gun and hit him in the head with it. Officer Hensley got out of the police car and started toward his injured partner when Martin started shooting. Officer Guy was shot through the right thigh and Officer Hensley was hit in the foot, the shoulder and in the chest, grazing his heart. Officer Hensley was able to shoot Martin twice before he fell. Martin died the next morning in the hospital. Officer Hensley died shortly after noon the same day, July 31st, leaving a wife and two sons.

Alexander S. Heronime, Officer

U.S. Department of Defense Police

On the afternoon of Friday, December 5, 1958, Officer Heronime, 55, was directing traffic at Southeast 29th Street and Industrial Boulevard near Gate Seven (now Hruskocy Gate) of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. As he was directing a flatbed truck out of Gate Seven onto S.E. 29th Street Officer Heronime was struck by a car driven by 17-year-old Peggy Jack. Although Heronime was rushed to the Tinker Base hospital, he was dead on arrival. Officer Heronime was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

John Herrod, Sergeant

Tulsa Police Department

About 1:30 A.M. on Friday, November 9, 1917, Sergeant Herrod, 40, was painting traffic signs at Second and Main near police headquarters when his single action .41 caliber revolver fell from his shoulder holster and discharged. Sergeant Herrod was struck in the chest, the bullet passing through his heart. Sergeant Herrod died moments later in the arms of Captain Wilkerson who was in headquarters when he heard the shot and ran to investigate. Sergeant Herrod was the first Tulsa Police officer to die in the line of duty.

Isaac Lincoln Hicks, Special Officer

Bartlesville 

Shortly before 4:30 A.M. Friday, October 16, 1903, Special Policeman Hicks was making his rounds when he stopped by the Southwest livery stable minute before going off duty. He went into the office and set down. An employee of the stable named Paden was in the office when Hicks came in but left shortly after to tend to some of the horses near the rear of the barn. When Paden returned about half an hour later he found officer Hicks lying on the floor of the office in a pool of blood with a gun shot to his face, just below one eye. Doctors were summoned but Hicks was beyond their help and died shortly afterwards. Later that morning at 9 A.M. a jury was impaneled by U. S. Commissioner Gilluly. After hearing the testimony of a number of witnesses the jury at 2 P.M. returned a verdict that Hick’s death was caused by the accidental discharge of his own revolver. Officer Hicks was buried in the Bartlesville Cemetery.

William Hicks, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

William Hicks was one of 11 people killed, and as many as 19 wounded on April 15, 1872, at a schoolhouse east of Tahlequah, near the modern town of Christie in Adair County in the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation. Zeke Proctor was being tried by the Cherokee Nation at the schoolhouse for accidentally killing a widow named Polly Beck Hildebrand. The relatives of Polly convinced the federal court at Fort Smith to intervene in the case. The U S Commissioner issued an arrest warrant for Proctor on a charge of murder to Deputy U S Marshals Jacob G Owens and Joseph S Peavey. The Deputies led a posse including friends and relatives of Polly to the schoolhouse. As the federal posse entered the schoolhouse a massive gun battle erupted. Deputy Owens and possemen Black Sut Beck, Sam Beck, William Beck, William Hicks, George Selridge, James Ward and Riley Woods were killed.

Ben J.  Higbee– City Marshal, Coyle

Saturday night, January 30, 1904, 26 year old Higbee had only been the City Marshal a few weeks when he was scuffling with John Howe apparently attempting to arrest Howe on an unknown charge, when Higbee’s gun fell out of his pocket. The gun discharged as it hit the ground. The bullet struck Howe on the right thigh, cutting a hole in his pants and entering Higbee’s right groin and traveled upward through his body. Higbee was immediately treated by the local doctor but a doctor from Oklahoma City was telegraphed for. When the doctor arrived from Oklahoma City on Monday February 1^st he operated on Higbee but the young City Marshal died that day from extensive internal injuries caused by the bullet. Higbee also worked in the local bank and was survived by his father, a brother and a sister.

James Richard Hill, Officer

Marlow Police Deparment

About 2 A.M. on Monday, April 20, 1931, Officer Hill, 55, was on patrol with Night Chief Ike Veach when they became suspicious of three men in a 1930 Ford and followed them. The Ford pulled over a block south of Main Street on Seminole Avenue and the officers pulled up across the street from them. Before the officers could get out of their car, the men in the Ford opened fire on them. Both officers fell out the right hand side of their car, Hill atop Veach. Officer Hill had been hit under the left arm with a shotgun blast and killed almost instantly. Chief Veach was wounded in the left leg, hand and scalp but was able to return seven shots, wounding one of the men. The Chief’s shots also disabled the suspect’s car. The men then stole another car and escaped. Officer Hill left behind a wife and eight children. Chief Veach survived his wounds.

John Henry Hill, Officer

Altus Police Department

About 9:30 P.M. on Friday, September 7, 1934, Officer Hill, 35, was patrolling his beat in the colored section of Altus. The black officer saw two drunk white men, G. Frank Stover, 36, and Earl Rose, 35, in the area. After searching the men for weapons, Officer Hill ordered them to leave the area. Apparently incensed at being ordered about by a black officer, the men went to a nearby pawnshop and bought two .38 pistols. The two men then located the officer at the intersection of Hudson and Nona Streets. The men confronted Officer Hill, who while disarming Rose was shot in the back four times by Stover. Officer Hill returned fire killing Stover before he himself died.

Leonidas Sengel Hill, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

On Sunday, July 17, 1898, Deputy U. S. Marshals Hill and J. Boley Grady were attempting to serve warrants on Floyd Simpson and a man named Self for disturbing a religious meeting. Deputy Grady wrestled Floyd Simpson to the ground when he resisted arrest. Floyd Simpson’s father, W. Jasper Simpson went up to Deputy Grady and shot him in the neck with a .45 revolver. When Deputy Hill approached, the elder Simpson shot him in the chest. Deputy Grady died immediately and Deputy Hill died within an hour.

Romie H. Hinson, Officer

Muskogee Police Department

About 8:45 P.M. on Monday, December 3, 1934, Officer Hinson, 50, and Officer William M “Billy” Guy arrested James Vernon during a call to a minor traffic accident. Vernon broke free of the officers and ran to his car. As Officer Hinson pulled Vernon out of his car, Vernon shot the officer in the chest with a .32 revolver. Officer Guy then shot Vernon in the head killing him. Officer Hinson, shot through both lungs, died the morning of Sunday, December 9th

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.

Lee Hobbs, Special Officer

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MK&T) Railroad

Officer Hobbs, 38, had been a Special Officer for twelve years when his body was found in the north McAlester railroad yards about 7 A.M. on Thursday, February 21, 1935. Officer Hobbs had suffered a broken left arm and a massive gash between his eyes. Some witnesses reported hearing gun shots in the area the night before but Hobbs had not been shot nor had his gun been drawn or fired. It was eventually decided that his death had been caused by a swinging door or some type of steel projection from a passing railroad car striking his head while he was walking the tracks on his rounds. He was survived by his wife and two children

Dick Vernon Hobson Jr., Patrol Officer

Tulsa Police Department

At 9:35 P.M. on Monday, June 10, 1996, a white man, a black man and an American Indian robbed a fast food restaurant at 1400 South Peoria. Moments after the three robbers fled, a stolen white Mitsubishi was wrecked on I-44 near the robbery scene. A white male was seen running from the wrecked car with a “rifle”. Canine officers Hobson, 45, and Steve Downie, 38, responded to the scene to search for the suspects. The officers began searching an alley with their police dogs when they were fired upon from ambush with a shotgun. Officer Hobson was struck in the chest and Downie was struck in the leg. Three other officers in the alley returned fire and killed Steven Michael Williams, 21, the white robbery suspect. Officer Hobson died from his wounds the next morning, June 11th. Officer Downie recovered from his wounds. Officer Hobson was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Gerald Orvin Hodge, Deputy Sheriff

Ottawa County Sheriff's Office

About 8 P.M. on Wednesday, January 2, 1935, Deputy Hodge, 30, was leading several other officers in the search for ex-convict Buster Cooper, 27, wanted for several armed robberies in the area. The officers went to the home of Cooper’s sister near Picher. When Deputy Hodge went to the door and ordered that it be opened, a man opened the door and started backing up. Deputy Hodge followed the man inside. As Deputy Hodge entered the house, Buster Cooper ran into the room and shot the deputy. The other officers then opened fire on Cooper killing him with 27 bullet wounds. Deputy Hodge died the next day, January 3rd and was survived by his wife, daughter and son.

Charles Washington Hodges, Deputy Sheriff

Haskell County Sheriffs Office

On Saturday, February 26, 1910, about 5 p.m. Deputy Hodges arrested John Sanders in the town of Quinton near the Haskell County line in Pittsburg County. Just after the arrest, a man named Roy Kent who Deputy Hodges had been drinking with earlier in the day approached the deputy and said he wanted to talk to him. Deputy Hodges told Kent “Go on away. I ain’t got time to fool with you.”

Sanders asked the deputy if he would take him to his friend named Honea’s house to secure his bond. Deputy Hodges walked with his prisoner to Honea’s house which was near Kent’s house. The two men saw Kent going in his house. After a few minutes Deputy Hodges, Sanders and Honea left the house and started to go up the street. As they passed a near tree Kent stepped out with a Winchester rifle behind the three men and as Deputy Hodges turned around Kent shot him in the heart, killing him.

Kent then pointed the rifle at the other two men then walked off into the nearby woods. Kent was arrested the next evening about 6 p.m. in Red Oak. Kent was convicted of first degree manslaughter and sentenced to nine years in the penitentiary.

Deputy Hodges had been a deputy for three months and was survived by his second wife Mary and one year old son Harvey.

Alonzo Walter "Lon" Holden, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

During the early morning hours of Friday, May 7, 1909, the Sheriffs of McCurtain, Pushmataha and Choctaw Counties along with their deputies and Deputy U S Marshal Holden congregated to serve arrest warrants on two local men, J. W. Myers and “Dad” Lee for operating an illegal still. Holden had served as the first City Marshal of Hugo before becoming a Deputy U. S. Marshal. Before leaving on the raid Deputy Holden told his wife Sarah that he felt someone was going to be killed. His wife responded, “Oh Lon I hope it won’t be you.” The almost twenty officers surrounded the house at the Lee farm. Choctaw County Sheriff R. W. Connell then went to the front of the house and told a child to have the men in the house come out. At that point two men ran out the back of the house and Myers and Lee were captured. Deputy Holden then left his post on the east side of the house and began walking around to the south rear side. He saw an 18-year old youth running into the woods toward the still. Holden fired his weapon in the air to try to halt the young man. When he fired though a general gunfight broke out. The firing stopped just as dawn was breaking. Two of the posse had been wounded as well one moonshiner plus two moonshiners were killed as was Deputy Holden. Deputy Holden had been shot in the head with a rifle accidentally by one of the other officers. His wife was left to raise their six children alone. The officers confiscated a 60-gallon still and 15 gallons of mash whiskey.

Otto Holler, Night Officer

City of Eldorado

On Sunday, November 9, 1924, Night Officers Hollier and Tom Daniels were making their rounds when they noticed a car behind the bank near the Sterner and Stone Store. Washington had just burglarized the store. The car was starting to leave as the officers approached the driver Johnnie Washington aka J. D. Wagoner and stopped him. As the officers were looking in the car Washington jumped from the car and started running as he fired two shots over his shoulder at the officers. Washington’s first shot hit officer Holler, killing him.

Fred Hollingsworth, Deputy Sheriff

Washita County Sheriff's Office

The morning of Monday, July 12, 1915, Deputy Hollingsworth, 40, led a posse of local citizens in search of a suspect in the burglary of the Herring & Young general merchandise store in Clinton a couple nights before. A .38 revolver was taken in the burglary. The posse spread out and were to meet every few miles to compare progress. When Deputy Hollingsworth failed to show up at one of the meeting places, a search began. The deputy’s dead body was found about 11 A.M. eleven miles southwest of Clinton. He had been shot in the heart with the same .38 revolver taken in the burglary. Later that night Robert Miller was arrested in Elk City. Deputy Hollingsworth was survived by his wife.

Armstead Homer, Deputy Sheriff

Kiamichi County/Choctaw Nation I.T.

In 1891 Kiamichi County covered most of current Choctaw County. On Saturday, May 16, 1891, Deputy Homer went to the farm of James Lowman, near Antlers to search for illegal whiskey. While Deputy Homer was talking to Lowman about the whiskey and advising him he intended to destroy it, Lowman drew his gun and shot the deputy several times killing him.

Tom Hood, Deputy Sheriff

Sequoyah County Sheriffs Office

The body of Deputy Hood was found in the remote mountainous region of northeastern Sequoyah County about four miles from the town of Short Tuesday morning March 28, 1933. His body was found by his brother who began searching for him after he failed to return home Monday night. Deputy Hood had been shot in the face, head and left shoulder with Number 4 buckshot. Deputy Hood had left his home in Short late Monday afternoon, telling his family he was going to the “bluff” near where his body was found, to look for moonshiners. A family living in the vicinity of the bluff said they heard several shots Monday night. Deputy Hood’s body was near a whiskey still and cache which was within a few hundred yards of the farm home of Jim Tune. Tune and his son Jess were arrested for the murder of Deputy Hood.

William Arthur Hood, Constable

Graystone Township

About 10:00 P.M. on Saturday, January 28, 1928, Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff Lewis Harvill, 45, and Constable Hood were patrolling the usual Saturday night dance in Addington to keep order. As the officers crossed the street between two Chevrolet sedans, someone in one of the cars opened fire on them. Deputy Harvill was shot in the right shoulder with the bullet ranging downward through his chest. He had been shot from such close range that the muzzle blast set his over coat on fire. Deputy Harvill died less than half an hour later but not before identifying Green Smiddly, 23, as their assailant. Constable Hood was wounded in the right leg near the groin. He died just after midnight four nights later on February 2nd.

Luther "Lute" Houston, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

Deputy Houston’s decomposing body was found on Wednesday, October 29, 1902, near Swan Lake in southwestern Caddo County. He had been dead almost two weeks. He had been shot numerous times and he was found with a rope around his neck, his hands tied behind his back and a nearby tree limb showed signs that he had been hanged there. Deputy Houston had been trying to infiltrate the Bert Casey gang but had been found out and murdered by the gang. Another deputy, Fred Hudson, had already infiltrated the gang and was a witness to Houston’s murder on Monday, October 20th. On November 2, Deputy Hudson and another deputy killed Bert Casey near Cleo Springs in Woods County.

Sequoyah Houston, Deputy Sheriff

Tahlequah Distric, Cherokee Nation, I.T.

Deputy Houston, 32, was a member of a posse that was attempting to arrest members of the Bill Cook gang at The Halfway House on Fourteen Mile Creek near present day Hulbert (halfway between Tahlequah and Wagoner) on Sunday afternoon, June 17,1894. Deputy Houston was in a ravine on the west side of the house when the gunfight with the outlaws broke out during which he was shot and killed. Although Jim Cook was convicted in Cherokee Court of manslaughter in the death of Deputy Houston it is generally believed that Crawford Goldsby “Cherokee Bill” actually killed the deputy. “Cherokee Bill” was later hanged at Fort Smith on March 17, 1896, for another murder.

John S. Howard , City Marshal

Town of South Oklahoma (City)

On Thursday, June 13, 1889, Howard, 32, was appointed City Marshal of South Oklahoma, replacing Clyde Mattox. About 4 P.M. the next day, June 14th, Mattox was drunk and disgruntled about being replaced. Mattox began firing his Winchester rifle into the ground in front of the South Oklahoma Municipal Judge’s office in the 100 block of West Reno Avenue. Marshal Howard came out of the judge’s office and Mattox began firing at him. Howard returned fire along with Assistant City Marshal, Dan McKay. When Mattox ran out of ammunition he ran away. All three men were wounded in the shootout. Marshal Howard died of his wounds. Marshal Howard was the first lawman to die in what is today Oklahoma City.

Cell C. Howell, First Lieutenant

Oklahoma Highway Patrol

At 9 A.M. on Wednesday, April 27, 1977, Lt. Howell was near the entrance to the H. E. Baily Turnpike on Highway 62 in far southwest Oklahoma City. As he walked on the shoulder of the highway to assist a stranded motorist, he was struck by a vehicle and knocked 30 feet, sustaining fatal injuries. The drunk hit and run driver was arrested a short time later at SW 15th and Agnew in Oklahoma City on his way to work in the stockyards. Lt. Howell was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Bob Hubbard, Deputy Sheriff

Stevens County Sheriff's Office, Kansas

Stevens County, Kansas was just north of what was then called “No man’s land” and later became the Oklahoma panhandle. The towns of Hugoton and Woodsdale in Stevens County became embroiled in a bitter county seat war in 1886. Hugoton was finally named the county seat. John M. Cross was elected Sheriff of Steven’s County over Sam Robinson in a desperately fought race. The embittered Robinson became City Marshal of Hugoton. In early 1888, City Marshal Robinson processed some county bonds to try and encourage railroad development in the area. His opponents claimed he had illegally overstepped his authority and got a warrant issued for Robinson’s arrest. Robinson and some of his allies fought off attempts to serve the warrant in Hugoton. In July of 1888, Robinson went into “No man’s land” on a camping trip. Woodsdale City Marshal Ed Short and a posse were sent to arrest Robinson while he was away from Hugoton. Unable to locate Robinson, Marshal Short sent back word for more men. County Sheriff Cross deputized a posse of four men, Ted Eaton, Bob Hubbard, Roland Wilcox and Herbert Tooney and rode out to assist Marshal Short. In the mean time Short had lost his way and became involved in a gun battle with a posse from Hugoton that pursued him back to Woodsdale Robinson had learned that Short and his posse were searching for him and returned to Hugoton, recruited a 15-man posse and started back to “No man’s land” after Short, unaware that he had already been chased back to Woodsdale. On Wednesday, July 25, 1888, unable to find Short or Robinson, Sheriff Cross and his men were returning back to Woodsdale when they encountered some men working in a hayfield. The officers bedded down for the night in the hayfield in what is now northern Cimarron County, Oklahoma. The officers were awakened a few hours later and found themselves the prisoners of Marshal Robinson and his posse. One by one Sheriff Cross and his deputies were gunned down by Robinson and his men. The hay workers witnessed the shootings but were not harmed. Robinson and posse then returned to Hugoton. Sheriff Cross, Deputies Ted Eaton, Bob Hubbard and Roland Wilcox died at the scene but Deputy Herbert Tooney survived to testify against Robinson. Marshal Robinson and five of his possemen were tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Federal Court in Paris, Texas. They were all released later when the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the Paris Court had no jurisdiction in the case as “No man’s land” was not part of the United States at the time. They were never tried again.

Thomas Jefferson Hueston, Deputy U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshals

In late August 1893, Bill Dalton, Bill Doolin, George “Bitter Creek” Newcomb, Red Buck Weightman, Dynamite Dick Clifton, Tulsa Jack Blake and Roy “Arkansas Tom” Daugherty, members of the Dalton/Doolin gang were reported to be in Ingalls, a small town ten miles east of Stillwater in Payne County, Oklahoma Territory. On Friday, September 1, 1893, two covered wagons entered Ingalls. Concealed inside them was the ominous number of 13 Deputy U S Marshals; Thomas J. Hueston, Lafayette Shadley, Dick Speed, Ham Hueston (Tom’s brother), Henry Keller, George Cox, M. A. Iauson, H. A. Thompson, John Hixson, Jim Masterson (Bat’s brother), Doc Roberts, Ike Steel and Steve Burke. Seeing Bitter Creek Newcomb leading his horse down the street, Deputy Dick Speed opened the battle by wounding Newcomb. Deputy Speed was then shot and killed by Roy “Arkansas Tom” Daugherty. Daugherty then shot Deputy Thomas Hueston in the left side and bowels. Deputy Lafe Shadley was shot three times while trying to climb through a fence by either Daugherty or Bill Dalton or both. Daugherty was arrested that day but the rest of the gang escaped. Deputy Hueston died the next day on September 2nd. Deputy Shadley died the day after that on September 3rd.

L C Hughes, City Marshal

Mill Creek 

Just before midnight Saturday night November 19, 1904, City Marshal L. C. Hughes, Deputy City Marshal Will Elliott and Deputy U. S. Marshal W. H. Sublett went to the south part of town and secreted themselves under a bridge to wait for some young men who were drunk and causing a disturbance in town to come by on their way home. When the two rowdy men approached the bridge on horseback the three lawmen crawled out from beneath the bridge to stop and arrest the men. Deputy City Marshal Elliott who was behind City Marshal Hughes stumbled causing his gun to discharge and the bullet striking Hughes in the back. The two rowdy men rode away when ordered to stop by the other two officers who then fired at them hitting one of the men, named Bud Works. City Marshal Hughes died half an hour later from his wound and Bud Works died that Sunday evening, November 20th at 10:30 P. M.

William H. Humble– Deputy Sheriff, Jailer, Kiowa County

Tuesday evening, June 10, 1930, about 8 P.M., 42 year old Deputy Humble and his wife were returning to their home from a baseball practice when they were flagged down in front of a service station by the owner Sam Allen’s wife Jeanette. Mrs. Allen told the Deputy that her husband wanted to see him. Deputy Humble left his wife in the car and went in the rear of the station where the Allen’s lived. As Deputy Humble entered the residence Sam Allen started shooting striking the Deputy three times. When Mrs. Humble heard the shots she tried to go to her husband’s aid but was stopped by Mrs. Allen who started hitting Mrs. Humble with a club. Mrs. Humble was hospitalized as was her husband. Deputy Humble died a few hours after being shot. Apparently Sam Allen held a grudge against the county officers because of raids on his station for liquor violations. Sam Allen was found guilty of First Degree Manslaughter and sentenced to twenty years in prison. Mrs. Allen was also charged but it is unknown if she ever went to trial or the results if she did. Deputy Humble had been in law enforcement for eighteen years prior to his death. Besides his wife Deputy Humble was survived by an adult son named Clifton

William Milton Humphrey, Motorcycle Officer

Logan County Highway Patrol

At 3 P.M. Sunday afternoon, March 27, 1927, Officer Humphrey, 49, was north bound on his motorcycle with a sidecar in pursuit of a speeder on State Highway 4 two miles south of Guthrie when a south bound car started to make a left turn in front of him. Officer Humphrey swerved to the left to go around the turning car and collided with a Chevrolet sedan that was behind the turning car. The force of the impact turned the Chevrolet over and threw Officer Humphrey in the air. The four persons in the Chevrolet were slightly injured and along with Officer Humphrey were rushed to the hospital in Guthrie. Officer Humphrey suffered a fractured skull, a broken leg and shoulder. He lost consciousness about 2 a.m. Monday morning and never regained it before he died at 12:30 P.M. the afternoon of Friday, April 1, with his wife and three sons by his side. Humphrey had served as County Assessor prior to being appointed as an officer six weeks before the accident. Following his death, his oldest son Vernon, 20, was appointed to take William Humphrey’s place as county motorcycle officer.

Jack Hunter, Deputy Sheriff

McIntosh County Sheriff's Office

About 8 A.M. on Saturday, May 8, 1920, Deputy Hunter, 43, went to the jail cell of Lester Clark, 27, and Will Davis, to collect their breakfast dishes. Deputy Hunter had served as jailer for ten years. Lester Clark was being held for Seattle, Washington authorities on charges of bigamy and forgery. Will Davis had been arrested for being insane. As the deputy turned to leave with the dishes, Clark told him he forgot something. When Deputy Hunter turned around, Clark shot him in the heart with a .25 automatic pistol. Clark and Davis then escaped over the dead deputy’s body. Deputy Hunter was survived by his wife and four children. Clark’s wife of a recent marriage and a friend, Hale Taylor, were arrested for smuggling the gun into the jail. Clark was shot and killed by officers near Alma, Arkansas when he resisted arrest on May 29th.

J.C. Huskey, Patrolman

Sand Springs Police Department

About 11 P.M. on Saturday, December 9, 1933, Officer Huskey and Merchant Policeman Arthur Burkett were talking near a gas station when they noticed three men running down the MK&T railroad tracks. The officers yelled for the men to halt but they kept on running with the officers in foot pursuit. The officers soon lost sight of the men and started searching a nearby engine house. While searching the engine house, Officer Huskey was shot from a distance of about eight feet. The bullet went through one arm and into his chest. Both officers returned fire but the suspects escaped. Officer Huskey died before medical help could arrive. Officer Huskey, 48, had been a Sand Springs officer for seven months and was survived by his wife and three children.