Benjamin Franklin Brashears, City Marshal

City of Panama City

About 4 A.M. on May 19, 1919, City Marshal Brashears was called to search for a burglar in the business district of Panama City in LeFlore County. A local merchant named Frank Massey was also called and told that someone was trying to burglarize his store. Massey armed himself with a shotgun and proceeded to his store. Seeing a shadowy figure near his store, Massey fired, fatally injuring Marshal Brashears, having mistaken him for the burglar.