JOHN R BOSTON
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 2-W: 19
Department: Bureau of Indian Affairs
End of Watch: July 20, 1881
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Officer Boston began tracking a gang of seven horse thieves from McAlester. He caught up with them in the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma. Officer Boston arrested two of the thieves with 14 horses and started back with his prisoners. They were overtaken by the other five gang members and Officer Boston was killed.
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