GEORGE FLUTE
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 62-E: 23
Department: Cherokee County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: July 6, 1941
Cause: SHOT
Age: 42
Years of Service:
Description: Deputy Flute was shot and killed as he attempted to arrest an Army deserter at a picnic. The suspect fled the scene but was later arrested. The suspect was tried in a court of law and found guilty of first degree manslaughter.
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