Category: deputy sheriff

The Days of the Wild West: A Writer Uncovers His Great-Grandfather’s Exploits as a Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma

Even as a youngster growing up overseas, Oklahoma was always “home.” It was also the homeland of my childhood hero. I never had the privilege of meeting my hero, as he died in 1928, but my father told me amazing stories about my great-grandfather, U.S. Deputy Marshal Wiley G. Haines. As a result, I grew…


Man Charged in Maryland Deputy Sheriff’s 1971 Killing

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—A New York man has been arrested and charged with killing a law enforcement officer in Maryland more than 50 years ago, police said Wednesday. Larry David Smith, 70, admitted to shooting Montgomery County Special Deputy Sheriff Capt. James Tappen Hall in 1971 when police detectives interviewed him in New York last Thursday, the…