The Topeka Daily Capital Wednesday March 28, 1951 Claude C. Douglas. Claude C. DOUGLASS, 71, of Holton, died Tuesday in a Topeka hospital. A veteran of World War I, Douglass had been a deputy sheriff for years in Jackson County. He suffered a heart attack last week and was brought to a hospital in Topeka Sunday. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alta Douglass, of Holton and a son, C.C. Douglass, Jr., of Wichita. (Note: Douglas and Douglass typed as printed.)