Delaware Marshal's Office, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Saturday, January 6, 1917
Age: 31
Tour of Duty: 1 day
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 6, 1917
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Not available
Posseman John Garritson and City Marshal Charles Bullock where shot and killed when Marshal Bullock led a posse of seven men pursuing the "Poe/Hart gang" for the armed robbery of a local store. The gang was trailed to a wooded area where a gang of fifteen men ambushed the Marshal’s small posse.
Posseman Gartison was survived by his wife.