Edward Ploughman

Death by Force

In the summer of 1905, a dispute over school district records in Anadarko, Oklahoma, escalated into a fatal confrontation. Special Constable Edward Ploughman, a male officer with the Caddo County Sheriff's Office, found himself at the center of this conflict. He was tasked with serving a warrant of replevin on the former clerk of the local school district, who had refused to relinquish the records after losing an election. The former clerk's refusal to cooperate prompted Constable Ploughman to o ...Read More

Special Constable Edward Ploughman