GEORGE SMITH

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 42-W: 29
Department: Grant County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: May 26, 1901
Cause: SHOT
Age: 25
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Sheriff Smith was shot as he attempted to arrest an intoxicated man who was brandishing two pistols and using abusive language. Deputy Smith was shot in the head and died the next day. The suspect was lynched by an angry mob.
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