Andrew Jackson Bullard, Sheriff

Roger Mills County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff Bullard and his Deputy John Cogburn were investigating reports of stolen cattle and horses on June 30, 1902. They located a group consisting of four men, a woman and two children about 6 P.M. eight miles north of the town of Cheyenne. While Deputy Cogburn talked with the rest of the group Sheriff Bullard talked to a man named Frank Doan. While talking they observed a man, Pete Whitehead pass a gun to another man, Sam Green. The Sheriff started to ride toward the two men as Doan rode away. After a few minutes Doan heard some gunshots and saw the Sheriff fall as Whitehead and Green rode away. Returning to the camp, Doan found Sheriff Bullard dead from eleven wounds from a shotgun blast. Deputy Cogburn was also dead from being shot in the back. The suspects, believed to be members of the Bert Casey Gang, had taken the Sheriff’s horse and rifle with them.

 

John Cogburn, Deputy Sheriff

Roger Mills Country Sheriff's Office

On Monday, June 30, 1902, Sheriff Andrew J. Bullard and his Deputy John Cogburn were investigating reports of stolen cattle and horses. They located a group consisting of four men, a woman and two children about 6 P.M. eight miles north of the town of Cheyenne. While Deputy Cogburn talked with the rest of the group Sheriff Bullard talked to a man named Frank Doan. While talking they observed a man, Pete Whitehead pass a gun to another man, Sam Green. The Sheriff started to ride toward the two men as Doan rode away. After a few minutes Doan heard some gunshots and saw the Sheriff fall as Whitehead and Green rode away. Returning to the camp, Doan found Sheriff Bullard dead from eleven wounds from a shotgun blast. Deputy Cogburn was also dead from being shot in the back. The suspects, believed to be members of the Bert Casey Gang, had taken the Sheriff’s horse and rifle with them.

 


 (Courtesy Photo By Arthur Trammell)

I. Clarence Trammell, Deputy Sheriff

 Roger Mills County Sheriff’s Office

On Saturday, February 17, 1923, at about 6 P.M., Deputy Trammell met a man named Fate Dodson in front of the building where the Cheyenne Star newspaper was published in Cheyenne. During an exchange of harsh words, both men drew their guns and fired.  Dodson was wounded in the hip. Deputy Sheriff Trammell was fatally wounded in the abdomen and chest.  Sheriff J.M. Lester arrested Dodson and took him to Sayre to keep him from being lynched. Deputy Trammell had been the Undersheriff for the previous sheriff.