Dow Braziel previously served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal and as a U.S. Internal Revenue Prohibition Agent before he was killed in Ardmore, Oklahoma by Carter County Deputy Sheriff Bud Ballew. The two men apparently had a long standing feud because Braziel, in his previous job as a Prohibition Agent, felt that Ballew and his boss, Sheriff Buck Garrett, had not aggressively enforced the Prohibition laws. On January 31, 1919, Ardmore Chief of Police Les Segler met Deputy Bud Ballew in the east part of the city, where gunshots had been heard. The two officers headed to the California Café, at the corner of Main and Mill Streets. As they entered the café, they noticed Dow Braziel standing across the room. Without warning, Braziel fired two shots at Ballew, but missed. The deputy immediately returned fire, emptying his pistol and hitting Braziel with all six shots, leaving him dead on the floor. Ballew was arrested and taken to the county jail. However, after police Chief Segler made a formal statement as to the facts of the encounter, Ballew was released and not tried for the killing on grounds of self defense.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave member George Bacon #46523227.
Source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Friday, January 31, 1919.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave member George Bacon #46523227.
Source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Friday, January 31, 1919.
Dow Braziel previously served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal and as a U.S. Internal Revenue Prohibition Agent before he was killed in Ardmore, Oklahoma by Carter County Deputy Sheriff Bud Ballew. The two men apparently had a long standing feud because Braziel, in his previous job as a Prohibition Agent, felt that Ballew and his boss, Sheriff Buck Garrett, had not aggressively enforced the Prohibition laws. On January 31, 1919, Ardmore Chief of Police Les Segler met Deputy Bud Ballew in the east part of the city, where gunshots had been heard. The two officers headed to the California Café, at the corner of Main and Mill Streets. As they entered the café, they noticed Dow Braziel standing across the room. Without warning, Braziel fired two shots at Ballew, but missed. The deputy immediately returned fire, emptying his pistol and hitting Braziel with all six shots, leaving him dead on the floor. Ballew was arrested and taken to the county jail. However, after police Chief Segler made a formal statement as to the facts of the encounter, Ballew was released and not tried for the killing on grounds of self defense.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave member George Bacon #46523227.
Source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Friday, January 31, 1919.
Information courtesy of Find A Grave member George Bacon #46523227.
Source: The Daily Ardmoreite, Friday, January 31, 1919.
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