FELIX CHAPMAN

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Officer Rank: Special Deputy
Memorial Panel: 54-W: 24
Department: Okmulgee, Oklahoma, P.D.
End of Watch: November 15, 1908
Cause: SHOT
Age: 26
Years of Service: 1
Description: Deputy Chapman and Chief Henry Klaber went to a residence to settle an escalating dispute between two men regarding a catch of fish. As the lawmen approached the home, they were shot by the suspect. The suspect also fatally wounded Sheriff William Robinson when he arrived at the scene. The suspect barricaded himself in the house, set it on fire and perished.
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