John Thomas "Tom" Cox, Constable/Deputy Sheriff

City of Konawa/Seminole County Sheriff's Office

On Wednesday evening August 16, 1933, Constable Cox and Deputy Constable Andrew Stephens were attempting to arrest Wiley Williams at a gas station in Konawa where he had tried to pay for some gas with a bad check. Cox told Williams to get in the police car but Williams drew a gun. Cox grabbed the gun and wrestled for it. Williams fired twice, shooting Cox in the abdomen and Stephens in the foot. Stephens returned fire but Williams escaped until recaptured later that night.. Constable Cox was taken to an Ada hospital where he was operated on for the wound to his bladder but he died about 8 P.M. Cox, 72, had been widowed a month earlier but was survived by five daughters and a son.