Wicks, C Rollin

From Lane Co Oregon

Deputy C. Rollin Wicks was killed on May 14, 1937 by a neighbor during arrest after the man shot and wounded another neighbor while engaged in a dispute. Deputy Wicks was unarmed at the time.

The suspect later died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound after holding off deputies, state police officers, employees of the nearby Booth-Kelly Mill and 500 residents of Wendling. Deputies surrounded the house for five hours while tear gas was rushed to the scene from Salem.