Eric Nicholson, Deputy Sheriff
Seminole County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after 5 P.M. on Wednesday, January 10, 1945, Deputy Nicholson, 41, arrested Harlen Broyles, a Missouri State Prison escapee, at Fourth and Broadway in Seminole for attempting to pass a forged check. Broyles resisted arrest, pulled a .32 caliber gun from under his coat and shot the unarmed deputy twice. One of the shots struck the deputy's heart, killing him almost instantly. Broyles then escaped. Deputy Eric Nicholson was survived by his wife, Esther, and four year old son, Philip.
On February 2nd Broyles was arrested in Waco, Texas after shooting another officer there. Broyles was convicted of Nicholson's murder and died in Oklahoma's electric chair on January 30, 1947.
Seminole County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after 5 P.M. on Wednesday, January 10, 1945, Deputy Nicholson, 41, arrested Harlen Broyles, a Missouri State Prison escapee, at Fourth and Broadway in Seminole for attempting to pass a forged check. Broyles resisted arrest, pulled a .32 caliber gun from under his coat and shot the unarmed deputy twice. One of the shots struck the deputy's heart, killing him almost instantly. Broyles then escaped. Deputy Eric Nicholson was survived by his wife, Esther, and four year old son, Philip.
On February 2nd Broyles was arrested in Waco, Texas after shooting another officer there. Broyles was convicted of Nicholson's murder and died in Oklahoma's electric chair on January 30, 1947.
Eric Nicholson, Deputy Sheriff
Seminole County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after 5 P.M. on Wednesday, January 10, 1945, Deputy Nicholson, 41, arrested Harlen Broyles, a Missouri State Prison escapee, at Fourth and Broadway in Seminole for attempting to pass a forged check. Broyles resisted arrest, pulled a .32 caliber gun from under his coat and shot the unarmed deputy twice. One of the shots struck the deputy's heart, killing him almost instantly. Broyles then escaped. Deputy Eric Nicholson was survived by his wife, Esther, and four year old son, Philip.
On February 2nd Broyles was arrested in Waco, Texas after shooting another officer there. Broyles was convicted of Nicholson's murder and died in Oklahoma's electric chair on January 30, 1947.
Seminole County Sheriffs Office
Shortly after 5 P.M. on Wednesday, January 10, 1945, Deputy Nicholson, 41, arrested Harlen Broyles, a Missouri State Prison escapee, at Fourth and Broadway in Seminole for attempting to pass a forged check. Broyles resisted arrest, pulled a .32 caliber gun from under his coat and shot the unarmed deputy twice. One of the shots struck the deputy's heart, killing him almost instantly. Broyles then escaped. Deputy Eric Nicholson was survived by his wife, Esther, and four year old son, Philip.
On February 2nd Broyles was arrested in Waco, Texas after shooting another officer there. Broyles was convicted of Nicholson's murder and died in Oklahoma's electric chair on January 30, 1947.
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