Deputy Edward Hogle was shot and killed as he rode with a posse who were tracking a group of Indians suspected of murdering four ranchers in Washoe County.

The posse located the Indians near Golconda, about forty miles east of Winnemucca. A prolonged shootout ensued in which Deputy Hogle and eight of the Indians were killed. Deputy Hogle had been deputized by the superintendent of the Nevada State Police in Eagleville, who was in charge of the posse.

He was survived by his mother and fiancee. He is reported to be buried at the Anderson District Cemetery in Anderson, California.