Eugene W Mooney, Sheriff
Baxter County, Arkansas
On Saturday, October 5, 1907, Sheriff Mooney, 33, and his cousin Deputy J. H. Conley were transporting a prisoner named Will Estes by train from New Mexico back to Baxter County to face a charge of burglary. Sheriff Mooney had spent the previous night with his brother Dr. Jesse Mooney in McLoud. About 12:30 P.M. the train pulled into Holdenville, O.T. As the train came to a stop, Sheriff Mooney leaned out a window to look around. In doing so Mooney’s Colt 44 revolver fell from it’s holster and discharged as it hit the floor of the train. The bullet struck Mooney in the heart killing him almost instantly. He was survived by his wife and six small children.