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Note: Constable of Elmore City, Oklahoma in the late 1930s. He was not atea-totaler and indulged in the spirits from time to time but, henever bothered anyone. In 1940, he was defeated by a newcomer for thejob as constable. One evening after the election results were in,Grandpa Callahan was walking home, in the evening, after having a fewdrinks when he was accosted by the newly elected Constable. He toldGrandpa Callahan he was going to "take him in". Now, Grandpa wasn't abig man but, he was a scrapper. He told the Constable to leave himalone, he was almost home. The Constable would not hear of it, hedidn't like Grandpa. So, when he tried to take Grandpa in a struggleensued. There was quit a ruckus with people gathering around thescene. The Constable pulled his gun however, Grandpa overpowerded himand held him down on the ground. None of the bystanders thought totake the gun from the Constable. Grandpa would not let the Constableup until he promised not to shoot him. Finally, the Constablerelented and agreed not to shoot. So, Grandpa let him up at whichtime the Constable promptly shot Grandpa in the abdomen and chest. Onebullet passed across the chest, threw the tissue and went out his leftbicep. The second round entered his abdomen and pierced his liverand kidney lodgeing near his spine.
As he lay there on the ground he called for his daughter, Mary JoCallahan. She ran to the scene but, her mother was already there.Grandpa was loaded up in an ambulance and nonchalantly driven to thenext big town for treatment. The medical personnel thought he wouldexpire on the trip as no one had ever survived such a wound in thepast. However, he did survive and after about a year he was able tofunction again.
The next year, 1941, he took his family and moved to California, tookup residence in Patterson and lived out the rest of his life with hiswife, Etta, children and grandchildren.
Note: DeWitt Talmadge Callahan, my grandpa Callahan, was the elected
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