Captain Sam Cudgo
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Sunday, March 29, 1885
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Captain Cudgo was shot and killed when he and Officer Thomas Cloud were shot near Sacred Heart Mission, Oklahoma. A posse had gone to the location to arrest a man for the murder of his brother-in-law. As the officers approached the shack the man started firing through the cracks in the walls. Captain Cudgo was shot in the abdomen and died one hour later. Officer Cloud was shot in the leg and died two days later.