William Oscar Alexander, City Marshal

City of Hoxbar

Marshal Alexander, 33, was shot and instantly killed about 10 P.M. on September 1, 1916, near the edge of Hoxbar, southeast of Ardmore when he and three other officers were shot at by the Love brothers, George and Mose. The Loves were pulling a wagon containing cases of whiskey with a team of mules when the officers intercepted their illegal cargo. George Love was convicted of the officer's death. His wife and a son survived Alexander.