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| Deputy Marshal John Fields
United States Department of Justice - Marshals Service
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, October 19, 1892 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 19, 1892
Incident Location: Oklahoma
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Arrested Deputy Marshal Fields was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to arrest a man near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for the murder of Deputy Marshal Dan Maples on May 5, 1887. Several attempts had been made to arrest the man during the five years since Deputy Marshal Maples' murder. The man had been barricaded in a fortified cabin and was able to repel the attempts made to arrest him. Three weeks after the murder of Deputy Marshal Fields another attempt was made in which the man was arrested.
The suspect was finally killed in a succesful raid on the home. The home was riddled with thousands of rounds of gunfire, shot by cannon fire, and then blown up with dynamite. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
