Sheriffs' Office - Memorials
Robert
Arthur VanAlyne, Jr 
June
15, 1952-August 1, 1985
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Deputy
Sheriff
Robert
was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and educated in Cheyenne schools.
Upon graduation from Cheyenne Central High School in 1970,
he joined the Army and served in Vietnam for a year.
When
he returned from the service he went to school at Laramie
County Community College and obtained an Associates Degrees
in Law Enforcement and History. He went to work
for the Cheyenne Police Department, the Green River Police
Department and the Laramie County Sheriffs Department. While
a deputy for the Laramie County Sheriff 's Department, he
died in the line of duty while trying to rescue a family
during a flash flood.
Robert
received the Carnegie Heroism Award, the Civil Air Patrol
Heroism Award, the Laramie County Sheriff s Department's
Medal of Valor, and the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year
Award, following his death.
He
is survived by a son, Robert C. VanAlyne, who lives in Cheyenne,
Wyoming. His parents are Robert and Dolfe VanAlyne
who live in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His siblings are
Roger P. VanAlyne, Rodney K. VanAlyne and Barbara Nash. Robert
Arthur VanAlyne, Jr
 Norbert E. Tuck
May 21, 1899 - February 15, 1961
Laramie
County Sheriff
Circumstances:
Sheriff Tuck was killed February 15, 1961, when his car was struck
by a freight train on the western city limits of Toledo, Ohio. He
had gone to Toledo to transport a prisoner back to Wyoming on a
non-support charge. Authorities believed that Sheriff Tuck saw the
flashing train crossing signals too late, since his car left 200
feet of skid marks on Highway 30, eventually coming to rest
broadside on the railroad tracks.
 Arthur
Emill Osborn
1882
- August 1, 1927
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Deputy
Sheriff
Circumstances:
Deputy
Sheriff Osborn was apprehending Herman Barker who had cashed
some stolen bank bonds at the American National Bank in
Cheyenne. Stationed at Pine Bluffs, Osborn proceeded to
a point on the Lincoln Highway about 5 miles west of Pine
Bluffs. He flagged the Barker vehicle down and when he
approached it on foot, Barker picked up a gun from the
seat beside him and shot Osborn twice. Barker later was
killed in a shoot-out in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The information
on the Osborn shooting came from a woman who was with Barker
and later arrested. Osborn was deputy to Sheriff George
Carroll of Laramie County. Barker was the son of Ma Barker
and brother of "Doc" Barker and Fred Barker.
 Frank
B. Roach
March
12, 1874 - May 1, 1916
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Sheriff
Circumstances:
Sheriff
Roach was killed on May 1, 1916, 18 miles southeast of Granite
Canyon, Wyoming, while pursuing horse thieves. Sheriff Roach
had been called to the area by a local rancher who had reported
the theft of three horses. Sheriff Roach, along with a posse,
went by automobile to the Webster Ranch, where he was killed
by Clyde Pearson. It was said that Roach was game to his
last breath and went down fighting in a desperate attempt
to uphold the law.
 Adolph Cuny
1842
- July 22, 1877
Laramie
County Sheriffs' Office
Deputy
Sheriff
Deputy Adolf Cuny
Born 1842.
Died in the line of duty July 22, 1877.
Lived in Ft. Laramie area where he was an Indian interpreter and confidant of Chief Red Cloud and Crazy Horse.
Deputy Cuny owned the Three Mile Hog Ranch, and the General Store in Fort Laramie in
what was then Laramie County.
Details of that fateful day in 1877; as reported in the Cheyenne Daily on Sunday, July 25,
1 877 Sheriff T. Jeff Carr deputized C.B. Hays who was tasked with “looking after road agents" which he was doing when he contacted suspects "Dunk" Blackburn and Billy Webster.
In need of assistance Deputy Hays deputized Adolf Cuny and with another man by the
name of Sprague they contacted Blackburn and Webster at Six Mile Ranch (in then north
Laramie County).
They surprised the some of the suspects in the ranch house at Six Mile and while Deputy
Cuny maintained watch over the some of the suspects Deputy Hays went outside to locate
others he felt where in the area.
Deputy Hays had not travelled far from the house when he heard shots and upon
returning found Deputy Cuny, “shot through the body" and dead. It was reported that
Webster was Deputy Cuny's killer.
NOTE: Deputy Cuny left behind his wife Joesephine Cuny (Bissonette) and 8 children.
1) Louise Martha
2) Charles
3) Lizzie
4) Millie
5) Susie
6) Lottie
7) Jule Francis
8) Adolph
One of Deputy Cuny's decendants, Jim Rainforth, a 3rd generation Police Officer ----- Ret. from the Orange New Jersey Police Department furnished much of the aforementioned information. I would like to thank Officer Rainforth and after many years, thank he and his family for the "Ultimate Sacrifice" made by Deputy Sheriff Adolph Cuny to the people of Laramie County, and the State of Wyoming.
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