Deputy Sheriff Orson McRae

Orson McRae

Deputy Sheriff Orson McRae was shot and killed while rounding up striking miners.

He had been sworn in as a deputy the day before and on the morning of the deportation, he joined a posse of five deputies who were assigned to pick up striking miners from rooming houses. Deputy McRae was unarmed when he forced his way into a boarding house room. After shooting the deputy, the other posse members returned fire and killed the subject.

Deputy McRae was survived by his wife and four children.