Cub Burney, Deputy Sheriff
Kiamichi County Sheriff's Office/Choctaw Nation
On Friday, July 5, 1901, Deputy Burney and a local citizen named J. H. McIntire had harsh words over an undetermined situation. Later that night about 9 P.M. McIntire went to Burney’s home in Grant and called for him to come outside. Burney had already retired for the night but got up and went outside. The two men became involved in a fight and Burney was almost totally disemboweled with a pocket knife before he died.
William M. Russell, Sheriff
Kiamichi County, Choctaw Nation
On Friday, December 23, 1904, the Walter C. Jones Company was burglarized and over $1,100 worth of merchandise was stolen in Sherman, Texas. Telegraphs were sent to surrounding areas and a few hours later, the two suspects were arrested in Hugo, Oklahoma by City Marshal Tom Bryan. The next day, Christmas Eve, the suspects were being transported back to Texas on a train escorted by Kiamichi County Sheriff Russell and several other officers. When the train neared Mead, Oklahoma, one of the suspects pulled a gun and shot Sheriff Russell fatally. The suspects opened a window on the train, jumped from the train and escaped.