KILLS SHERIFF
AND HIMSELF
O. F. Hefner was Slain Near Lakin, Kansas by Illinois Youth
Dodge City, Kas. - Fleeing into the country after shooting to death Sheriff O. F. Hefner near Lakin, Kas., Walter
Tunis, 23 of Mission City, Ill., turned his revolver upon himself and committed suicide last Tuesday night near
Holcomb, Kas., when surrounded by a posse. He had been wounded by one of his partners as the posse closed in upon
him. (The Kansas City Star, August 11, 1920, page 4)
Dodge City, Kas., Aug. 4 - Fleeing into the country after shooting to death Sheriff O. F. Hefner, near Lakin, Kas.,
Walter Tunis, 23 years old, of Mason City, Ill., turned his revolver upon himself and committed suicide late last
night near Holcomb, Kas., when surrounded by a posse. He had been wounded by one of his pursuers as th eposse closed
in upon him.
Tunis fired on Sheriff Hefner yesterday when the officer attempted to arrest him on a warrant charging a motor
car theft in Texas. (The Kansas City Star, August 4, 1920)
