Roll of Honor
Incident
Sheriff Carl Bright received information that a man named Time Battle had killed two men in Louisiana and was hiding out in a cabin near Hemphill in Sabine County. The sheriff gathered a posse and surrounded the cabin. When they attempted to arrest Battle, a gunfight erupted and the sheriff was shot and killed. The posse killed the suspect.
Sheriff Bright was buried in the Hemphill Cemetery in Sabine County. He was survived by his wife and six children. He had been elected sheriff of Sabine County on November 7, 1916.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children.
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Tributes
You barely got started.
Sheriff Bright gave the Sabine County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Hemphill community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sheriff Bright.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Sheriff Carl Bosco Bright is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carl Bosco Bright's cause is highlighted.
How Carl Bosco Bright Compares
Offender Outcome
Suspected killed by posse
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Carl Bosco Bright is highlighted in Jan.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Carl Bosco Bright was killed by unknown weapon.