Eugene Mooney

Death by Force

In the autumn of 1907, the life of Sheriff Eugene Williams Mooney, a 33-year-old male, was cut tragically short. On October 5th of that year, he was in the process of transporting an escaped prisoner, William 'Wild Bill' Estes, back to Baxter County, Arkansas. They were aboard a train that was pulling into the depot at Holdenville, Oklahoma, when a fateful accident occurred. As Sheriff Mooney leaned over to peer out at the platform, the service weapon he had secured in his suspenders dislodged a ...Read More

Sheriff Eugene W. Mooney - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)

Sheriff Eugene W. Mooney, Baxter County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas

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