Grayson County Constable's Office - Precinct 7, Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, May 5, 1881
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 5, 1881
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Murdered
Constable Dallas Hodges was shot and killed while attempting to question two men. Constable Hodges had stopped the men and shown them his badge when they opened fire on him. Two months later the two suspects shot and killed Deputy Reuben Coleman, of the Grayson County Sheriff's Department, as he attempted to arrest them for Constable Hodges' murder.
One of the suspects was subsequently murdered by another outlaw.
Constable Hodges had been with the agency for 2 years. He was survived by his wife and nine children.