George Edward Arnold , Sheriff
Lincoln Country Sheriff's Office
At 8:30 A.M. on August
22, 1917, Sheriff Arnold, 50, observed Quillie Mc Connell, 22, and Noah Barnard,
17, near the Chandler City Park bicycling after they had burglarized a store in
Chandler. The Sheriff stopped them and grabbed McConnell, who drew a .22 pistol
and shot Arnold twice in the head, killing him instantly.
Lewis Palmer Wallace, Sheriff
Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
On Monday afternoon, July 31, 1933, Mr. O. Sheppard had his car stolen in Meeker and notified Sheriff “Lew” Palmer. Sheppard armed himself with a shotgun and joined the posse in search for the car. Upon spotting the car, the officers engaged in a pursuit with the car thief. The thief soon abandoned the car and fled into some heavy underbrush. The posse went after the man while Sheriff Wallace went around the area in hopes of cutting the man off. Coming through the heavy underbrush, Sheppard saw Sheriff Wallace and mistaking him for the car thief, yelled “Stick ‘em up!” The Sheriff raised his hand and waved at Sheppard. Sheppard misinterpreted the wave as the fugitive going for his gun and shot once hitting Sheriff Wallace in the chest. The Sheriff died from his wound two days later shortly after 10 P.M. on Wednesday, August 2, 1933. As he lay dying, the Sheriff begged that O. Sheppard, who fired the fatal shot, be absolved of blame, repeating, “It really was my fault.”