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| Sheriff Charles Stephens
Red River County Sheriff's Department
Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 30, 1912 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, July 30, 1912
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Shot and killed At approximately 9:30 p.m., Sheriff Charles Stephens, City Marshal Tom Ferguson and Constable Enos Elder went to a residence in search of Leonard Potts, who was wanted for the murder two days earlier of Dallas Police Officer T. A. Tedford. Potts was sitting on the porch when the officers approached the house. Potts began firing two automatic pistols, killing Sheriff Stephens and slightly wounding Constable Enos Elder. Potts escaped into the river bottoms, but was located five days later by a posse. Potts was shot and killed by the posse.
At the time of his death Sheriff Stephens had been married for only six months to Mollie Stephens, a school teacher. They are both buried in the Old Shamrock Cemetery, rural Red River County, Texas Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
