Barney Stiel

Death by Force

In the rural outskirts of Dumas, Arkansas, on a late September day in 1911, a violent confrontation unfolded that left three men dead and ultimately led to a grim act of mob justice. On September 26, 33-year-old Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel, a White male and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, accompanied his superior, Sheriff William Preston of the Desha County Sheriff's Office, to serve arrest warrants on two brothers at their cabin.

As the lawmen approached the dwelling, the situatio ...Read More

Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel

Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)