Cleo Meeks, Deputy Sheriff

Marshall County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Meeks, 54, had been a Marshall County Deputy Sheriff almost 12 years on Saturday, October 21, 1967. About 8 P.M. that evening he was assisting Kiowa County Deputy Sheriff Virgil Weitner in serving an arrest warrant on Michael Caldwell, 19, for narcotics. As the Deputies approached the Caldwell house the young man’s father, Sid Caldwell, opened fire on the deputies, wounding both. Deputy Meeks was shot in the head and chest. Young Michael Caldwell dragged the wounded deputy to safety and called police and medical Assistance but he died before help could arrive. Deputy Weitner survived his wounds. Sid Caldwell was arrested for the deputy’s murder.

Charles M. Nichols, Deputy Sheriff

Marshall County Sheriffs Office
 

The morning of Friday, February 4, 1921, Deputy Nichols, 45, along with Sheriff John Glenn and Deputy Bill Dickerson were searching a home near Kinlock where a whiskey still had been discovered. Deputy Nichols was in the house alone when a gun shot was heard. The other officers started into the house when they were met by Deputy Nichols at the door coming out. Deputy Nichols stated “I accidentally dropped my gun and have killed myself” before he pitched forward and died. Deputy Nichols was survived by his wife and four children. The supposition is that Deputy Nichols bent to look under a bed when his gun dropped from its holster and discharged striking him in the breast.