Mark E. Switzer, Patrolman
Pawhuska Police Department
On Wednesday, January 12, 1927, Officers Mark Switzer and Dutch Mayes of the Pawhuska Police saw C.F. Edens driving down a street in Pawhuska. Suspecting that he was hauling illegal whiskey, the officers followed him until he pulled into his driveway. The officers approached his car, Mayes on the left side and Switzer on the right. “Get out Clem and let’s see what you’ve got,” Maze is reported to have said. Instead of getting out on the left side, Edens is alleged to have left the car on the ride side and upon seeing Switzer, fired. Switzer dropped to the ground mortally wounded with a bullet through the chest. He died before an ambulance could reach him.