J .C. Huskey, Patrolman

Sand Springs Police Department

About 11 P.M. on Saturday, December 9, 1933, Officer Huskey and Merchant Policeman Arthur Burkett were talking near a gas station when they noticed three men running down the MK&T railroad tracks. The officers yelled for the men to halt but they kept on running with the officers in foot pursuit. The officers soon lost sight of the men and started searching a nearby engine house. While searching the engine house, Officer Huskey was shot from a distance of about eight feet. The bullet went through one arm and into his chest. Both officers returned fire but the suspects escaped. Officer Huskey died before medical help could arrive. Officer Huskey, 48, had been a Sand Springs officer for seven months and was survived by his wife and three children.