Walter C. Floyd, City Marshal

City of Roff

On Saturday, June 23, 1923, Marshal Floyd encountered a local blacksmith named J. M. Neal carrying a shotgun while walking down Ninth Street. Floyd demanded he surrender his weapon. Neal refused and the unarmed Floyd left, armed himself and again sought out Neal. A witness stated that Neal opened fire on Floyd as soon as he saw the Marshal approaching him. Marshal Floyd died from his wounds the next morning, June 24th, in a Sulphur hospital.