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 Sheriff G. W. Garrison - Fairlawn Cemetery - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA Posted by:  vulture1957
N 35° 29.846 W 097° 31.697
14S E 633483 N 3929203
Headstone of Sheriff George Washington Garrison, shot in a gun battle while on a posse chasing Alf Hunter (alias James Kingsbury) on June 5, 1908.
Waymark Code: WM12B6P
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2020
Views: 3
Sheriff Garrison and his wife, Martha, are buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City. The Sheriff was killed in a gun battle in a wheat field in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
SHERIFF GEORGE
WASHINGTON GARRISON
SEPT. 20, 1857 - JUNE 5, 1908
Sheriff of Oklahoma County killed in the line of duty on June 5, 1908 in a wheat field on the Gilbert farm in Blaine County, Oklahoma during a desperate 45 minute gun battle with Alf Hunter (alias James Kingsbury). Hunter was wanted for the May 19 murder of Susie Pride in Oklahoma City. Hunter and the posse were shooting at one another from behind straw stacks as the lawmen heard the bullets "sing around our heads". The three man posse included - Deputies M. L. "Fate" Sanders, wounded during the battle, and Todd Warden, who later wrote of Garrison's "absolute fearlessness" during the battle. Shot in the neck, Sheriff Garrison was found "in a kneeling position with his head thrown forward on his rifle." His death was described as "almost instantaneous". Hunter fled the scene and was not arrested until Sept. 27, 1909 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was found guilty of the murder of Sheriff Garrison on Oct. 6, 1909 and executed by hanging on Apr. 8, 1910 in Watonga, Oklahoma.
OK County Sheriff FOP-RPDA
OKC FOP-123 Okolha
Type of Death Listed: Murder
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Shot in the neck by Alf Hunter
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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