Luther Bishop, Agent
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
About 2 A.M. on December 5, 1926, shots were heard inside of agent Bishop’s home in Oklahoma City. His son and a neighbor went upstairs to investigate and found Bishop dead on the floor of the bedroom he shared with his wife. Bishop had been shot seven times. Two shots were in his back with powder burns, indicating that they were fired from close range. At least two of the bullets were from a .44 caliber pistol. Agent Bishop’s two .44 pistols, always kept close to his bed at night, were missing. The pistols were found the next day hidden in an upstairs closet and his wife was arrested but later released. No one was ever prosecuted in spite of a $1,000 reward being offered.
Crockett Long, Agent
Oklahoma State Bureau Of Investigation
Agent Long, 39, was a former Chief of Police of Madill. In that capacity he had arrested Wiley Lynn, the former Prohibition Agent who had killed Cromwell’s Marshal Bill Tilghman in 1924. Lynn was acquitted of Tilghman’s murder and still carried a grudge against Long. On Sunday afternoon, July 17, 1932, Lynn walked in to a corner drug store in Madill and saw Long setting at a table toward the back talking to friends. Lynn started walking toward the table with his gun drawn said “All right Crockett Long, throw them up, I’m going to get you sometime and it might as well be now.” Agent Long stood up and turned around to face Lynn while drawing his .44 revolver. Lynn fired striking Long in the leg, knocking him to the floor. Long emptied his gun striking Lynn four times as Lynn continued firing all six of his rounds with four hitting Long. Agent Long died a couple hours later at 5:45 P.M. in an Ardmore hospital leaving a wife and three sons. Wiley Lynn died at 5 A.M. the next morning.
Clifford W. Roberts,
Agent
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
On Tuesday, March 14, 1967, Agent Roberts car slammed into the side of a Rock Island train at about NW 5th and Portland, west of the State Fairgrounds Arena. His southbound car struck the side of the second diesel locomotive pulling the California-bound passenger train. The front end of Robert’s car was ripped apart and the agent’s body was thrown beneath the train. Roberts was on his way home to lunch when the accident happened. Agent Roberts was survived by his wife and one son.
Chester W. Stone, Agent
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Chester W. Stone was a native of Golden City, Missouri. He served over 25 years
as a State Examiner and Inspector for the School Land Audit Department before
joining the OSBI. Stone was widely recognized as one of the most knowledgeable
oil field crime investigators in the state. On Wednesday, March 11, 1981, Stone
responded to a call for assistance from Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Office.
Agent Stone after locating the suspect the deputies were looking for and then
suffered a fatal heart attack. Before collapsing, however, he was able to
handcuff the suspect to the steering wheel of his car to prevent the suspect’s
escape. Kingfisher County Coy Barker transported the 66-year-old agent to El
Reno hospital where he died at 2:30 p.m.