WILLIAM OSCAR MCCARTY

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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 59-E: 25
Department: Burnet County, Texas, C.O., Pct. 4
End of Watch: April 11, 1942
Cause: SHOT
Age: 57
Years of Service: 1
Description: Constable McCarty attempted to quiet a disturbance outside of a theater and ordered the man causing the disturbance to leave the area. The man refused, drew a pistol and fatally shot Constable McCarty through the heart. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years.
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