J.C. Magar, Trooper
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
On Sunday, June 29, 1975, the day after Trooper Magar’s 29th birthday, he stopped to assist a stranded couple two miles south of Hugo on Highway 271. Trooper Magar gave the couple, Charles and Irene McAlpine, a ride into Hugo to a car wash to use a pay phone. Trooper Magar then drove to the Hugo police station a block away. The McAlpines soon followed the trooper into the police station. Charles McAlpine walked over to the trooper and asked him to make a phone call for him then grabbed Trooper Magar’s gun from its holster. McAlpine ordered the trooper outside and to take him to an airport. Once outside the police station McAlpine shot Trooper Magar in the chest then ran pursued by Hugo officers. During the exchange of shots with the officers McAlpine shot himself in the head. The trooper and McAlpine were taken to the hospital where they both died that afternoon. His wife Brenda and two children, Dana, 8, and James, 5, survived Trooper Magar. His son James went on to become an Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper.
Steven Leroy Mahan, Sergeant
Elk City Police Department
Shortly after 2 A.M. on Wednesday, January 5, 1983, Sergeant Mahan stopped by the Los Cuartos Inn on I-40 to check the welfare of the night clerk as he routinely did. He noticed the clerk was absent then saw a black man run around the corner of the hotel. Sergeant Mahan was then confronted by two other armed robbers, who then shot him in the abdomen. While the officer was laying face down on the ground he was disarmed and shot several times in the head. Three men arrested 30 minutes later in Clinton were charged with the armed robbery of the motel and the murder of Sergeant Mahan. Sergeant Mahan died at 5:30 A.M. that morning. His ex-wife and 2 year-old-daughter, Heather, survived him.
Thomas Elbert Majors, Deputy Sheriff
Seminole County Sheriffs Office
About 12:30 A.M. on Saturday, October 1, 1927, Deputy Majors and Deputy Jim Villines had tracked some jail escapees to a rooming house in Wilsonville. Deputy Majors went to the front door while Deputy Villines went to the back. Upon finding the back door locked Deputy Villines returned to the front door and observed Deputy Majors fighting with one of the escapees, Jack Bailey, for control of the Deputies gun. Deputy Villines drew his gun and fired at Bailey but accidentally shot Deputy Majors in the head. Bailey escaped again and Majors died soon after arriving at the hospital. Majors, 40, had been an officer at Citra in Hughes County for 12 years prior to becoming a deputy in Seminole County a few days before his death. His wife Ruth, and 4 children ranging in age from 5 to 12 survived Deputy Majors.
James E. Maloch, Chief
Perry Police Department
About 8 P.M. on December 11, 1915, Chief Maloch had an informant but make a “buy “ of liquor from a known bootlegger named Lee Hilbert. Afterwards when Chief Maloch and Noble County Deputy Sheriff Barnes started toward Hilbert to arrest him, Hilbert pulled a .38 revolver from his pocket and fired once as he started to run. Chief Maloch returned fire but soon slumped to the ground shot in the abdomen. Hilbert was captured the next day. Chief Maloch died three days later at 2 A.M. on December 14th. Hilbert was found guilty of the killing of Chief Maloch and sentenced to life in prison. His wife Maggie and five children survived Chief Maloch.
Stephen Mann, City Marshal
City of Medford
Marshal Mann, 45, was shot and killed almost instantly early Sunday, June 28, 1925, during a gun battle with Ray Johnson and Albert Greer whom he surprised in an alley as they were burglarizing a store. Marshal Mann was survived by his wife Annie and two young children, Doris and Stephen “Walter"
Dan Maples, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
On Wednesday evening, May 5, 1887, Deputy Maples was returning to camp in Tahlequah where he was with a posse attempting to serve arrest warrants on Bill Pigeon when he was shot from ambush. Deputy Maples fired four shots at his attacker as he fell, missing him. Deputy Maples died the next morning from his wound. For many years the Cherokee militant Ned Christie was suspected of being Maples’ killer but thirty years later an alleged eyewitness revealed that the killer was Bud Trainor.
Herbert E. Marlow, Officer
Dewey Police Department
At 3:30 A.M. on Saturday, November 11, 1922, Officers Marlow and Ralston while patrolling observed two men inside a clothing store putting clothes in suitcases. Marlow sent Ralston, who was unarmed, for the other armed officer on duty while Marlow stood by an open door of the store. Officer Marlow was unaware that the street light back lighted him. A third man acting as look out shot Officer Marlow in the left lung with a rifle with the bullet then traveling downward. Officer Marlow fired all five rounds in his revolver before he collapsed. The returning officers pursued the suspects but they escaped. The two officers then returned and found Officer Marlow to be dead.
Mickey Bryant Maroney, Special Agent
U.S. Secret Service
Agent Maroney was the youngest of eleven children. Maturing to six-feet five-inches in height, he was recruited to the University of Arkansas football team by Assistant Coach Berry Switzer. He was defense end with Arkansas when they won the National Championship in 1964. Maroney became an agent with the Secret Service in 1970. Agent Maroney was killed in the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building at 9:02 A.M. Wednesday, April 19, 1995. His wife, son, daughter and stepson survived him
Robert Marshal, Private
U.S. Indian Police
Private Marshal may also have been commissioned as a Deputy U S Marshal and a member of the Creek Lighhorse. He is described as a mixed blood Creek-Negro. On Monday September 10, 1894, a black man named Charles Smith was in Muskogee and in the process of cutting the harnesses of some horses he intended to steal when another man, John Welch, interrupted him. Smith shot and killed Welch. Later that same day Private Marshal attempted to arrest Smith for Welch’s murder when Smith shot and killed Private Marshal. Smith was later arrested, convicted of murder and sentenced to death but his verdict was reversed and he was given a new trial. The new trial found Smith guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to ten years in prison.
John T. Martin, Night Marshal
City of Carnegie
On Tuesday night April 19, 1960, George Adkins had advised Marshal Martin, 57, that two men were burglarizing a barn on his father-in-law’s farm, two miles south of Carnegie. Martin and Adkins found one man still in the barn. Adkins stayed in the barn while Martin went to look for the second man. Marshal Martin saw the second man, Murbus Yarbrough walking with a shotgun. Martin ordered him to stop but he kept walking. Marshal Martin then fired at Yarbrough four times when Yarbrough turned and fired one shot at Martin striking him in the face and neck, killing him. Yarbrough pled guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. His wife, Louisa, a daughter Addie and a son Alfred, survived Marshal Martin.
Ben Mayes, Officer
Seminole Police Department
On Sunday December 1, 1929, Officer Mayes was attempting to arrest a black man named H. L. “Sonny” Carson when Carson shot him in the leg. Although Officer Mayes’ wound was thought not to be serious, he died in a Seminole hospital on the morning of December 3rd. Officer Mayes was a black officer with extensive law enforcement experience having served as a deputy sheriff in Seminole and Okmulgee Counties before becoming a Seminole officer.
Bill Mayes, Federal Prohibition Agent
Sunday morning, May 4, 1919, Agent Mayes along with another Agent, William Miller went to the Kiamichi hills near Sherwood in the northern part of McCurtain County with the purpose of raiding a moonshine still operated by West Henry. Both agents were killed from ambush when they were each shot in the back twice with a 30-30 rifle and Miller was shot once in the face with a shotgun by Henry. Henry soon after surrendered himself to the sheriff and admitted the killings. Agent Mayes was survived by his wife and two children
William R. Mayfield, Supervisor
Oklahoma Department Of Corrections
On Tuesday January 19, 1926, William Mayfield was supervisor for the brickyard at the State Penitentiary in McAlester. One of the prisoners in the brickyard that day was George McCall. McCall was originally sentenced to five years for burglary but in 1925 he killed his cellmate and received and additional twenty-five year sentence. McCall had a plan to escape on this Tuesday. McCall threw a brick at Mayfield striking him in the back of the head causing a deep wound and a fractured skull. Other prison guards then shot McCall. Mayfield died of his head wound the next morning. His wife and four children survived him.
William J. McAnally, Chief
Beggs Police Department
At 10:40 A.M. on Wednesday May 18, 1927, Chief McAnally was talking to a local merchant in front of the Farmers National Bank in Beggs, when three men walked past them, got into a car and drove off. The merchant recognized one of the men as Matt Kimes, notorious leader of a gang of bank robbers. The merchant advised the Chief who quickly stepped into the bank and found it had been robbed by the three men. The Chief stepped back outside and fired twice at the fleeing vehicle. The Chief was unaware that the Kimes gang was robbing two banks in Beggs that morning. Two more carloads of gang members were just leaving the First National Bank down the street. Seeing the Chief firing at their comrades in the other car, the two cars pulled up in front of Chief McAnally and opened fire on him with automatic shotguns. With 96 pellets of Number Four shot in his body, Chief McAnally died within twenty minutes. His wife, four sons and two daughters survived him.
William L. “Bill” McClendon, Trooper
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
About 1:20 p.m. on Sunday, October 1, 2006, Trooper McClendon, 37, was dispatched to an emergency call on the Will Rogers Turnpike near Claremore. While he was in route on the turnpike the call was canceled. Trooper McClendon pulled to the shoulder of the turnpike in preparation for a turnaround. As he attempted the turn through a concrete barrier opening his Dodge Charger patrol car was struck by an 18 wheel Peterbilt tractor-trailer. Trooper McClendon and the truck driver, Hussein Haji-ege Osman, 25, were both killed. McClendon had been a Trooper for eight years and was survived by his wife Hope, and three children, Dakota, 17, Maverick, 13, and Kendra, 10.
Kenneth Glenn McCullough, Special Agent
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Agent McCullough, 36, served in the U S Army for six years leaving at the rank of Captain. He then worked for the Defense Investigative Service and had been a DEA agent for five years when he was killed in the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building at 9:02 A.M. Wednesday, April 19, 1995. His wife, son and daughter survived him.
W.C. McDaniel, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
On Friday March 15, 1895, Deputy McDaniel was part of a posse that located Bob Rogers at his father’s house at Horseshoe Mound in Indian Territory, 20 miles south of Coffeyville, Kansas. Rogers was wanted for cattle stealing, train robbery and murder. As the officers attempted to enter the house, Rogers fatally shot Deputy McDaniel and wounded another deputy. Rogers was finally killed by the posse in the gun battle that followed in which over 300 rounds were fired.
Henry McGill, Deputy Sheriff
Tishomingo County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
On Saturday night November 3, 1883, Tishomingo County Sheriff Jep Fry and Deputy McGill were attempting to arrest Edmiston Parker, who was drunk and firing his gun, when Parker shot Deputy McGill. Parker then emptied his gun shooting at Sheriff Fry who was able to escape unharmed. Parker then took the wounded deputy’s gun and shot him three more times, killing him. Parker then fell to his knees beside Deputy McGill’s body and committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with the deputy’s gun.
Andrew Madison McGinnis, Special Deputy Sheriff
Muskogee County Sheriff's Office
Around dusk on Sunday September 18, 1932, Deputy McGinnis was a member of a posse that had trapped the two remaining fugitives wanted for a murder a few weeks earlier and the killing of Deputy Webster Reece the day before. The fugitives were in some woods south of Tahlequah. The two men started firing at the possemen. Deputy McGinnis and Rogers County Deputy Sheriff J Hurt Flippin charged at the fugitives and were shot down. The rest of the posse then killed the fugitives. McGinnis was dead at the scene and Deputy Flippin died the next morning. His wife and four children survived McGinnis.
John L. McHenry, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
On Thursday December 26, 1895, Deputy McHenry was leading a posse attempting to arrest a group of outlaws about 16 miles west of Caddo in Indian Territory. One of the outlaws killed Deputy McHenry whose 16-year-old stepson then killed the outlaw. The rest of the outlaws escaped.
Mose McIntosh, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
Deputy McIntosh was a member of a large posse that had divided up into three posses to check houses for the outlaw Wesley Barnett and his gang. As the posse approached the house of Abe Carr, north of Okmulgee, that Friday morning, November 9, 1888, gunfire erupted from the house. Deputy McIntosh was killed and two other possemen were wounded. The gun battle lasted into the night. The next morning the posse found the outlaws had escaped. Deputy McIntosh was also a member of the Creek Lighthorse. Two months later Wesley Barnett was shot and killed but by another Deputy U S Marshal, Wallace McNac.
George McKee, Deputy Sheriff/City Marshal
Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office
Early the morning of Tuesday, December 14, 1915, Deputy McKee and Quinton City Marshal Henry Honea were searching a mile north of Quinton for ex-convict W C “Bill” Tidwell who was wanted for several armed robberies. When the officers came up on Tidwell’s hiding place, Tidwell opened fire upon the officers striking Deputy McKee three times. Tidwell escaped
Abner David McLellan, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
The evening of Friday, July 20, 1894, Deputy McLellan attempted to arrest Gerald Bryant, 19, for stealing corn about ten miles west of Caddo in the Choctaw Nation. As Bryant was leaving the cornfield he saw the Deputy and opened fire. Deputy McLellan was hit fatally in the right shoulder, the bullet passing through his body and exiting his left side. Bryant escaped to a farm about six miles away. The next morning Bryant and his horse were shot and killed by a posse as he tried to escape from the barn. Deputy McLellan was survived by his wife Susie, a young son and a soon to be born daughter, Abner D “Abby” McLellan.
John McWeir, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
Deputies McWeir and J H Wilkinson along with a cook were transporting a Creek Indian named Johnson Foster from Fort Reno to Fort Smith for trial on a charge of murder. On Monday, July 2, 1883, they made camp near the Osage Agency at Pawhuska. Deputy Wilkinson and the cook went to the agency leaving Deputy McWeir with the prisoner. When they returned to the camp later that day they found Deputy McWeir dead from several gun shot wounds and his head almost severed by an axe. Foster was missing along with the deputy’s guns and ammunition. Foster was shot and killed a few weeks later by friends of two brothers he had robbed and killed.
William Charles Meacham, Detective
Tulsa Police Department
On Tuesday, June 1, 1920, about 6 P.M. Detective Meacham was advised by one of his informants where a fugitive named George H Smith might be located. Detective Meacham located Smith about 7 P.M. in Downtown Tulsa and arrested him. Meacham searched Smith and removed a gun. He then went to a call box with his prisoner and while calling in for transportation, Smith shot the Detective three times with a second gun that the Detective missed in his search. Smith escaped and Detective Meacham died a week later at 8 A.M. the morning of Tuesday, June 8th. Smith was killed in a shootout with officers in Kansas City, Missouri on June 19th. Detective Meacham had turned in his resignation with the Tulsa Police Department at noon the day he was shot to become the City Marshal of Bigheart. He was survived by his wife and two sons.
Claude Arthur Medearis, Special Agent in Charge
U.S. Customs Service
Agent Medearis, 41, was transferred to the Oklahoma City field office in 1992, from Texas where he served as a Customs Agent along the Texas-Mexico border. Agent Medearis was promoted to Senior Special Agent in Charge of the Oklahoma City office shortly before his death in the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building at 9:02 A.M. the morning of Wednesday, April 19, 1995. Agent Medearis was survived by his wife Sharon, son, daughter and four grandchildren
Cleo Meeks, Deputy Sheriff
Washita County Sheriff's Office
Deputy Meeks, 54, had been a Washita County Deputy Sheriff almost 12 years on Saturday, October 21, 1967. About 8 P.M. that evening he was assisting Kiowa County Deputy Sheriff Virgil Weitner in serving an arrest warrant on Michael Caldwell, 19, for narcotics. As the Deputies approached the Caldwell house the young man’s father, Sid Caldwell, opened fire on the deputies, wounding both. Deputy Meeks was shot in the head and chest. Young Michael Caldwell dragged the wounded deputy to safety and called police and medical Assistance but he died before help could arrive. Deputy Weitner survived his wounds. Sid Caldwell was arrested for the deputy’s murder.
Guy Mercer, Sheriff
Texas County Sheriffs Office
On Thursday afternoon, December 9, 1948, Sheriff Mercer was transporting a prisoner, J L Morris, from Tahoka, Texas back to Texas County in the Oklahoma Panhandle when they were involved in a head-on collision south of Amarillo, Texas. Morris died shortly after the crash. Sheriff Mercer, 50, died two days later the evening of Saturday, December 11th from his injuries. Mercer had served 4 years as Chief of Police of Hooker before being elected Sheriff. Sheriff Mercer had been defeated in his bid for re-election and had 22 more days to serve as Sheriff. He was survived by his wife Zephry and a son Richard.
Lewis Merritt, Posseman, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshals
By 1883 Addison Beck had been a Deputy U S Marshal working out of the Fort Smith court for eight years and promised his wife he would find a safer occupation after one more trip to the Indian Territory. During that last trip Beck and his posseman Lewis Merritt were looking for John Bart (or Bark) for whiskey violations. About 11 A. M. on Thursday, September 27, 1883, they located Bart working in a corn field with Johnson Jacks near Big Vienne, east of Webbers Falls and about 40 miles from Fort Smith. As the officers approached the men a gun battle broke out and Deputy Beck was shot in the head and killed instantly. Merritt was wounded in the chest and head and was still alive when a wounded Jacks approached Posseman Merritt and shot him several more times before beating his head in with a gun
John Middleton, Deputy Sheriff
Kay County Sheriffs Office
About noon on Saturday, July 21, 1923, Deputies John “Two Gun” Middleton, 35, and George “Hookey” Miller went into a cafe in Three Sands. Seated at the counter of the café was Jackson Burns whom had been handled recently by both officers. When Jackson saw the officers enter the café he began shooting at them with his .45 revolver. Neither officer had time to draw their weapons. Deputy Miller was hit three times, collapsed and died on the way to the hospital. Deputy Middleton was also hit three times and died the next day, July 22nd. Jackson was later acquitted of killing Deputy Middleton and was never tried afterwards for the killing of Deputy Miller.
George Daniel Miller, Deputy Sheriff
Kay County Sheriffs Office
About noon on Saturday, July 21, 1923, Deputies George “Hookey” Miller, 55, and John “Two Gun” Middleton went into a cafe in Three Sands. Seated at the counter of the café was Jackson Burns whom had been handled recently by both officers. When Jackson saw the officers enter the café he began shooting at them with his .45 revolver. Neither officer had time to draw their weapons. Deputy Miller was hit three times, collapsed and died on the way to the hospital. Deputy Middleton was also hit three times and died the next day. Jackson was later acquitted of killing Deputy Middleton and was never tried afterwards for the killing of Deputy Miller.
Henry Miller, Deputy U.S. Marshal
U.S. Marshal Service
About 3 P.M. on Friday, April 9, 1886, Deputy Miller was one of a group of deputies who made camp near Flatwoods in the Cherokee Nation, about 22 miles from Fort Smith. The deputies were taking a Cherokee Indian outlaw named Big Chewery to Fort Smith for trial. Deputy Miller was left with the prisoner for a couple hours while the other deputies were away on business. When the other deputies returned they found Deputy Miller dead. It appeared his head had been crushed from behind by an axe found lying next to him. The prisoner was trailed and recaptured about a mile from the camp. Apparently he was later tried in a Cherokee court and acquitted of the murder.
Kenneth Ellsworth Miller, Undersheriff
Beaver County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after midnight on Saturday, December 10, 1977, Undersheriff Miller was notified of two men trying to stop traffic. Undersheriff Miller and a friend, Danny Cambern, went to investigate. The dispatcher was unable to make radio contact and sent other units to search for them. About half an hour later, they found Miller and Cambern north of Turpin on Highway 83 lying dead in a ditch. Both had been shot in the head with a .22 pistol. Miller’s patrol car was missing and a stolen station wagon was left nearby. The suspects were two men, James E Lewis and David Richardson, who had escaped from the Wagoner County jail two weeks earlier. The suspects were arrested later in Utah after a high speed chase.
Michael Grant Miller, Agent
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
On Monday August 28, 1995, BIA Drug Enforcement Agent Miller was a member of a multi-agency drug task force targeting marijuana growers and traffickers in the Tulsa/Bixby area of the state. Agent Miller, 34, was an observer in an Oklahoma National Guard helicopter flown by Chief Warrant Officer Dennis Laffick, 49. The helicopter was one of two being used that day to conduct airborne searches for marijuana fields and suspects. About 2:30 P.M. their helicopter struck some power lines and crashed. Both Miller and Laffick were killed. Agent Miller was survived by his wife, Gerri, and five children.
Nimrod Johnson Miller, Sheriff
Burnet County Sheriff's Office (Texas)
In late August of 1881 Sheriff Miller, 37, left Burnet County, Texas for Pauls Valley in the Indian Territory (I.T.) in search of a man named W. P. Brown who was wanted for a murder that occurred in Burnet County in February 1876. Sheriff Miller was last seen on September 1, 1881, in Dennison and Sherman, Texas area headed to the Indian Territory. Shortly after that reports of his death in the Indian Territory were received but his body and the circumstances of his death were never found. In August of 1882, there was an unsubstantiated report of a man named Sam Paul, who was in the Ft. Smith jail, stating that he witnessed the killing of a Sheriff Miller in Chickasaw County (I.T.) by a Sam S. Wood. Sheriff Miller was survived by his wife Pollie and seven children
Will Miller, Federal Prohibition Agent
Sunday morning, May 4, 1919, Agent Miller along with another Agent, Will Mayes went to the Kiamichi hills near Sherwood in the northern part of McCurtain County with the purpose of raiding a moonshine still operated by a man named West Henry. Both agents were killed from ambush when they were each shot in the back twice with a 30-30 rifle and Miller was shot once in the face with a shotgun by Henry. Miller apparently was able to turn and fire one shot from his revolver before being shot in the face. Henry soon after surrendered himself to the sheriff and admitted the killings. Agent Miller was survived by his wife.
Benjamin F. Milligan, Deputy Sheriff
Cimarron County Sheriff's Office
About 11:30 A.M. on Thursday, January 7, 1909, Deputy Milligan, 60, arrested Ezra Revis in a feed yard in Boise City to return him to Dalhart, Texas where he had jumped bond. Revis asked if he could use the restroom before leaving the feed yard. Deputy Milligan allowed him to go and waited outside for him. When Revis came out of the restroom he had a pistol and shot Deputy Milligan in the side with the bullet piercing his heart and killing him. Revis stole a nearby horse and rode west out of town never to be seen again. Deputy Milligan was survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild
Eugene Henry Mills, Patrolman
Oklahoma City Police Department
About 4 A.M. the morning of Thursday, December 11, 1954, Officer Mills, 25, and his partner Kenneth Dunlap responded to a drunken domestic disturbance in the 3200 block of North Shartel. The officers found two men , Billy D Spradlin and John C Copeland, fighting with their wives. The officers eventually arrested the two men. Spradlin began fighting with officer Mills and got possession of his gun. Officer Dunlap leaned over his partner and Spradlin as they wrestled on the ground and pointed his gun at Spradlin who slapped it, causing it to discharge. Officer Mills was struck in the left chest by the bullet and died. Officer Mills was survived by his wife Cletus and three young daughters.
Thomas Ernest Milstead, Humane Officer
Tulsa Police Department Dog Pound
On May 11, 1961, Edward Schoonover went to the Tulsa Dog Pound to pickup a dog for a friend. Officer Milstead advised him that he could not pick the dog up until the next day. Schoonover left after a heated argument, went home, got a gun, returned and shot Milstead. Officer Milstead’s spine was severed by the bullet. Milstead died on November 30, 1961, from his wound. Schoonover was found mentally incompetent to stand trial and was admitted to Eastern State Mental Hospital.
Melvin Oliver Miner, Officer
Norman Police Department
On Sunday evening about 8 P.M., July 30, 1972, Norman officers chased Orben Gill, Jr. to a mobile home park near Stubbeman Avenue. Gill had just shot and killed his parents east of Noble. Gill opened shotgun fire on the approaching officers. Officer Robert Brown was wounded in the arm and Officer Miner, 25, was struck in the head and died just after midnight the next morning, July 31st, at St Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Gill was sentenced to life in prison for the three murders. Officer Miner was survived by his wife Raetta and 3 year old son Corey. Twenty-two years later Corey would become an Officer with the Norman Police Department and later a Trooper, with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Charles Nicholas Mitchell
Deputy Sheriff, Mayes County
Lawrence B. Mitchell
Tulsa Police Department
Lem E. Mitchell, Sheriff
Pontotoc County Sheriffs Office
Mitchell had served as a Deputy U S Marshal in
Oklahoma Territory and as City Marshal of Ada prior to being elected to two
terms as Sheriff of Pontotoc County.
Z W “Bill” Moody, Deputy U S Marshal
U. S. Marshals
About 11 A.M. on Friday, March 15, 1889, Deputies Moody, Bob Dalton and a posseman rode out to the Berryhill home near the Arkansas River ten miles northwest of Tulsa to serve an arrest warrant for murder on Jess Berryhill. As the officers approached the house they were fired upon by an Indian named William Bruner. Moody was shot in the chest near the heart and Dalton was wounded in one arm. Moody was able to ride about twenty yards, dismount and take cover before dying next to Dalton who had taken cover with him. When Dalton and the posseman threatened to burn the house down the men inside came out and surrendered. Moody was buried the next day in Tulsa. Jess Berryhill was later acquitted and Bruner was sentenced to ten years in prison. Bob Dalton’s brother Frank was killed in the line of duty as a Deputy U S Marshal two years earlier. Bob would later turn outlaw with his other brothers
Eugene W. Mooney, Sheriff
Baxter County, Arkansas
On Saturday, October 5, 1907, Sheriff Mooney, 33, and his cousin Deputy J. H. Conley were transporting a prisoner named Will Estes by train from New Mexico back to Baxter County to face a charge of burglary. Sheriff Mooney had spent the previous night with his brother Dr. Jesse Mooney in McLoud. About 12:30 P.M. the train pulled into Holdenville, O.T. As the train came to a stop, Sheriff Mooney leaned out a window to look around. In doing so Mooney’s Colt 44 revolver fell from it’s holster and discharged as it hit the floor of the train. The bullet struck Mooney in the heart killing him almost instantly. He was survived by his wife and six small children.
Eugene Clyde Moore, Deputy Sheriff
Atoka County Sheriffs Office
S. R. Moore, Deputy Sheriff
Pawnee County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after 3 P.M. on Tuesday, January 12, 1915, three unmasked men were robbing the First National Bank of Terlton. A customer was able to go out a back door and alerted the townspeople. A posse was formed, including Deputy Moore, which followed the robbers as they came out of the bank with two customers as shields. The robbers had gone about a quarter of a mile to where their horses were tied when Deputy Moore, 36, tried to take a shot at them but instead was himself shot in the heart by one of the robbers with a Winchester rifle. Moore was survived by his wife and four children.
Elmer “Buddy” Moorhead, Detective
Ardmore Police Department
The afternoon of Friday, January 23, 1931, Detective Moorhead went to a “Squatters” camp on Highway 70 east of Ardmore to deliver some tires to a destitute family. While at the camp he noticed two men setting in a green 1929 Buick with no license plate. Moorhead ordered the two men out of the car. The first young man, 18 year old Ray Wilson got out then the second man, Elbert Hart alias Pat O’Day exited the Buick. As O’Day exited the car he produced a gun and ordered Moorhead into the car. O’Day got in after Moorhead and with the gun in Moorhead’s side drove off leaving Wilson standing there. O’Day drove a short distance down the road, turned the Buick around and started back toward Wilson. Just before reaching Wilson a gun shot was heard from inside the car. As the car passed Wilson, Moorhead was pushed from the car and died there beside the road without saying a word. Moorhead was survived by his wife Elizabeth and infant son Jack. O’Day was killed in a shootout with officers in Esteline, Texas on January 29th.
Billy Fairl Morgan, Agent
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
On Thursday morning, July 30, 1981, Agent Morgan, 29, was piloting a leased single-engine airplane looking for marijuana patches in Pittsburg County along with McAlester Police Department Corporal Ronnie Fox, 38, and Detective David Sheehan, 28. About 8:20 A.M. the plane came out of a cloud bank and Morgan had to put the plane in a steep climb to avoid a mountain. During the climb both wings cracked and the left wing fell off. The plane crashed in the foothills of the Jack Fork Mountains, six miles northeast of Daisy, just inside Pittsburg County killing all three officers.
Joseph P. Morgan, Deputy Sheriff
Muskogee County Sheriffs Office
Deputy Morgan and Muskogee County “speed officer” (County Highway Patrolman) John Barger had been sent to El Paso, Texas by train to recover Barger’s stolen patrol car and the Lawrence brothers, Bill and Albert, who were arrested driving it. The car had been stolen from Barger in Muskogee the month before. On the return trip back to Oklahoma, Deputy Morgan was riding in the front seat with Patrolman Barger driving the recovered patrol car with the two prisoners shackled in the back seat. About 7 P.M. on Monday June 16, 1924, just south of Fort Worth, Texas, Albert suddenly reached forward yanking Deputy Morgan’s gun from his holster. As Morgan attempted to retrieve his gun, Albert shot him in the head, killing him. Barger was forced to drive a ways before being told to stop the car and was forced from it. Deputy Morgan’s body was pulled from the car and dragged to a shallow ditch. The brothers then fled in the patrol car a second time. The Lawrence brothers would kill two more police officers before being apprehended near Tempe, Arizona on February 6, 1925. Bill was hanged January 6, 1926 in Arizona and Albert was sentenced to life in prison in Texas.
Henry C. Morrison, Detective
Tulsa Police Department
Morrison, 52, had been in law enforcement almost twenty years, having served as an officer in Coffeyville, Kansas and as a Deputy Sheriff in Okmulgee County before joining the Tulsa Police Department on May 4, 1932.
On Sunday, April 23, 1933, Morrison and his partner, J.A. Mellin, apprehended two men trying to steal a car. Mellin placed one suspect in his car to transport him to jail while Morris placed the other suspect, Dave Olinger, in his. When Morrison reached the intersection of second and Kenosha Streets, Olinger attacked him, wrestled Morrison’s gun from him and shot him twice. Olinger guided the car into a near by service station, dumped Morrison’s body in the back seat and shot him two more times killing him. Olinger was arrested two hours later. He pled self defense at his trial and was acquitted.
John W. Morrison, City Marshal, Sasakwa, I.T. / Deputy U S Marshal
U. S. Marshals
Late Thursday evening, July 18, 1907,
Morrison, 37, was part of a posse searching for some men who had robbed a store
in Spaulding, six miles north of Sasakwa, the night before. About 18 miles south of Wewoka, Morrison was
riding just ahead of his two possemen when he came upon the area where the four
robbers had set up an ambush. The robbers opened fire on Morrison, killing him
before his possemen could arrive to help.
The four men, John
Street, Joseph Harkins and brothers John and Ned Cudjo, were captured the next
day after a gunfight in which they also killed Deputy U S Marshal L P Dixon.
John Street and Joseph Harkins were charged with killing Morrison. Morrison left
behind a wife and two children.
Walter C. Mosier, Sheriff
Pottawatomie County Sheriffs Office
Sheriff Mosier had gone to Mount Pleasant, Texas with N. J. Jacobs, a local General Motors employee, to repossess a car and was returning with it the afternoon of Tuesday, February 16, 1937. Jacobs was driving the repossessed car followed by Mosier. As they approached Antlers they entered a portion of the highway that had been newly graveled. A car ahead of them was leaving a heavy dust cloud so Jacobs pulled off the road to let the dust settle. Sheriff Mosier passed him and drove into the dust cloud colliding head on with a truck. The driver of the truck was seriously injured. Sheriff Mosier died before arriving at a Hugo hospital. Mosier was survived by his wife, son and daughter.
Homer Moss, Night Officer
Madill Police Department
The evening of Thursday, April 25, 1935, Officer Moss, 62, was having dinner at a local café when Geneva Taylor, a young waitress in the café, became involved in dispute with her ex-husband, William Taylor. Soon William pulled a gun and shot Geneva four times. As Officer Moss stood up he was shot in the chest. William then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide. Officer Moss died in an ambulance on the way to an Ardmore hospital. Mrs. Taylor died three days later. Moss had served as Madill City Manager for ten years. He had been the Night Officer for two months when he was killed and was survived by his second wife Dora and three children.
Marcello Garcia Moya, Guard, Deputy U S Marshal
U. S. Marshals
Moya, 34, was a Constable in Corpus Christi, Texas and on Tuesday, March 30, 1971, he was acting as a guard for Deputy U S Marshal Hilton Schorre while transporting three prisoners from Texas to the El Reno Federal Prison and then transporting two other prisoners from there to the Federal Prison in Texarkana, Texas. About 4:45 P.M. they were south bound on I-35, seven miles north of Pauls Valley when a truck pulled off the shoulder of the highway in front of them. Deputy Schorre swerved to avoid the truck, lost control of his car, crossed the center median and struck a north bound vehicle. Schorre was killed almost instantly. Guard Moya and both prisoners died a few hours later in a Pauls Valley hospital. The driver of the north bound car survived his injuries. Guard Moya was survived by his wife Minnie and four children.
Walter Lee Mull, Chief of Police
Dewey Police Department
On Sunday afternoon, August 11, 1918, Chief Mull, 45, responded to an address on the predominantly black West side of Dewey in response to a report of a man beating a woman. Upon arrival the Chief spoke with the occupants of the house, Aaron Wardlow, Lucy Hazelrigg and another man. While Chief Mull was discussing the situation with the people, Wardlow began cursing him. Chief Mull placed him under arrest. Wardlow was in front of the Chief as they were leaving the house. Wardlow stepped through the door, spun around and slammed the door shut in the Chief’s face while at the same time he drew a .45 revolver and fired through the door. The bullet struck Chief Mull in the heart and killed him instantly. Wardlow escaped but was arrested later that evening and taken to Bartleville for safe keeping. That night, a frustrated lynch mob burned at least twenty black families’ homes on the west side of Dewey. Chief Mull was buried next to his wife in the Dewey Cemetery.
James H. Murphy, City Marshal
City of Fairfax
About 9 A.M. on Sunday October 13, 1912, City Marshal Murphy and Osage County Deputy Sheriff George Andrews when to a field to arrest W. B. Shervington on a charge of horse theft. The officers located Shervington walking on a road toward them carrying a shotgun. When ordered to drop the shot gun he took aim at the same time Marshal Murphy was drawing his gun. Both men fired at the same time. Murphy was hit by several buckshot near the heart and died. Shervington ran off unhurt as Deputy Andrews fired several shots at him also
Howard Edmond Murray, Deputy Sheriff
Pittsburg County Sheriffs Office
In early January 1910, Deputy Murray had served a search warrant on a man named Irvin Morrow. The Deputy found a quantity of homemade “choc” (for Choctaw) beer and destroyed it, infuriating Morrow.
Around 10 A.M. the morning of Tuesday, January 25, 1910, Morrow was observed drunk on the streets of the town of Adamson by Deputy Murray. As the deputy approached, Morrow drew his gun and fired a shot at him. The deputy drew his gun and returned fire, both men missing. They both fired another shot almost at the same time. Each was mortally wounded. Morrow was shot in the heart and killed. Deputy Murray was shot in the head but lived until 8:30 P.M. that night. Deputy Murray was survived by his wife and two children.
James T. Musgrove, Sheriff
Cooweescoowee District
Cherokee Nation, I.T.
On Monday, June 3, 1895, Sheriff Musgrove went out to a home on Bird Creek north of Catoosa to arrest Frog Davis for illegally selling horses and cattle in the neighboring Osage nation.
As Sheriff Musgrove approached the house, Davis open fire on him with a rifle through a crack in the wall of a log outbuilding. The bullet struck Musgrove in the abdomen and he died about an hour later. Davis escaped but was arrested near Tulsa the next week. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for the sheriff’s murder. Davis was hanged September 13, 1895, and is believed to be the last person executed at the Cherokee Nation’s Prison at Tahlequah
Lon D. Muxlow, Patrolman
Guthrie Police Department
About 2:15 P.M. on Sunday afternoon September 7, 1913, officers Muxlow and Isaac Caldwell attempted to arrest Lou Green in his “bootlegger’s parlor” on the south side of Viles Street between First and Second Streets in Guthrie for yet another liquor violation. A fight ensued during which Green pulled a .38 automatic pistol and shot each officer in the head killing them instantly.
Hugh H. Myers, City Marshal
Davis, City of
On Saturday night, May 5, 1900, Pink Bruner,
Lyman Mahardy and Ben Gage were in Davis getting tanked up on rot gut whiskey
and becoming rowdy. Finished with the night’s celebration, the three men rode
out of town firing their guns in the air. Marshal Myers followed the trio. About
half a mile out of town the trio set up an ambush and when Myers arrived they
shot and killed him. Myers was survived by his wife and several children. A party of citizens caught Mahardy at the
scene, but Bruner, though wounded, and Gage escaped. Bruner’s blood drops were
easily trailed west and he was arrested near Wild Horse Creek. He was tried,
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Mahardy took sick and died before he
could be tried. Gage would not be arrested for sixteen years but would be,
tried, convicted and also sentenced to life in prison.