Bio & Incident Details
Age: 44
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 9/20/1897
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentence commuted
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Sheriff Sunday succumbed to gunshot wounds received the previous day in the town of Rose, Oklahoma, while attempting to question a man wanted for the murder of a store owner and the Sheriff-elect. The suspect was taken into custody and convicted of Sheriff Sunday's murder.
The suspect was originally sentenced to death but the sentence was later commuted to 10 years in prison. The suspect escaped from prison 3 months later and joined the Army. All charges against the suspect were dropped after he joined the Army.
Sheriff Sunday was Sheriff of the Saline District of Cherokee Nation Indian Territory. He was survived by his wife and six children.
