WILLIAM WILEY WILSON

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 41-W: 28
Department: Cherokee County, Oklahoma, S.O.
End of Watch: September 7, 1922
Cause: BEAT
Age: 56
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Sheriff Wilson was attacked and beaten after he allowed a suspect re-entry into the residence to get a change of clothes. Deputy Wilson had placed the intoxicated suspect under arrest for disturbing the peace and was preparing to escort him to the county jail. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
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