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| Deputy Marshal Dan Maples
United States Department of Justice - Marshals Service
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Thursday, May 5, 1887 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, May 5, 1887
Incident Location: Oklahoma
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed Marshal Maples was killed in an ambush situation by an outlaw in Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma). The Marshals Service attempted unsuccessfully to raid the home five times over several years.
On October 19, 1892, the suspect shot and killed Deputy Marshal John Fields during an attempt to raid the home. The man was finally killed three weeks after Marshal Fields' murder during another attempt. 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 | |
