National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Officer Rank: City Marshal

Memorial Panel: 50-W: 27

Department: Jefferson County, Oklahoma, S.O.

End of Watch: October 16, 1909

Cause: SHOT

Age: Unk

Years of Service: Unk

Description: City Marshal Garrett was shot and killed in an act of revenge. In February 1909, Marshal Garrett and the county commissioner advised a local family that a road leading to a new steel bridge would be erected on their property. An argument ensued, and Marshal Garrett, in self defense, shot and killed a member of the family. Eight months later, Marshal Garrett was shot four times in the head and the county commissioner was shot twice by an angry family member seeking revenge.