THOMAS NEWT PEARSON

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 42-W: 23
Department: McIntosh County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: June 13, 1909
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Pearson and his posse were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a suspect for assault on an officer and possession of the officer's weapon. As the lawmen closed in, the suspect produced the stolen pistol and fatally shot Deputy Pearson once in the head.
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