William Summer "Bill" Ellis, City Marshal

City of Ochelata

On Saturday morning, October 25, 1924, Marshal Ellis went to a local garage to investigate a report of weapons in a car brought in for repairs by two brothers, R. L. Stevens, 26, and Eddie, 21. The marshal soon learned that the car was stolen from Kansas and a gunfight broke out between the marshal and the two brothers. The marshal wounded Eddie Stevens in the abdomen and lung before R. L. Stevens shot the marshal fatally in the throat. Marshal Ellis was survived by his wife and one child.

William B. Lockett, Night City Marshal

City of Ochelata

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 7, 1922, Marshal Lockett observed three men get out of a Ford roadster near Pritchard’s Garage which had been burglarized several times recently. Marshal Lockett followed the men and shortly witnesses heard a man yell “You’ve been following us long enough” then heard two shots. Marshal Lockett was able to fire two shots from his rifle at his assailants before he died from a .38 bullet wound near his heart. It was never proven but Dick Gregg is believed to have been the marshal’s killer.