Cochise County Sheriff's Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Thursday, July 12, 1917
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 1 day
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 12, 1917
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Deputy Sheriff Orson McRae was shot and killed while rounding up striking miners.
He had been sworn in as a deputy the day before and on the morning of the deportation, he joined a posse of five deputies who were assigned to pick up striking miners from rooming houses. Deputy McRae was unarmed when he forced his way into a boarding house room. After shooting the deputy, the other posse members returned fire and killed the subject.
Deputy McRae was survived by his wife and four children.