Loyal Constable's Office, North Dakota
End of Watch: Saturday, October 27, 1917
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: October 27, 1917
Weapon Used: Shotgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Constable Sam Douglass was shot and killed at a home in the Squaw Gap area by the father of a boy he was attempting to arrest.
He had gone go the boy's home but the boy's father armed himself with a shotgun and demanded that Constable Douglass leave at gunpoint. Constable Douglass returned home where he obtained his rifle and returned to the home to arrest the boy.
Constable Douglass the boy's father exchanged shots and both were killed.