OFFICER: WILLIAM H. VEACH     

DEPARTMENT: Sheridan County Sheriff's Office

DATE OF INCIDENT: June 13, 1914 

DETAILS:  Undersheriff Veach and a Deputy Sheriff from Basin were trying to arrest a suspect for horse theft at a livery stable in Sheridan when a gun battle developed.  Undersheriff Veach was shot and killed, the deputy from Basin was wounded and the suspect was wounded.  The suspect died several days later.  At an inquest, it was determined that the bullet that killed Undersheriff Veach was accidentally fired by the Deputy from Basin.