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Cabell, A. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Cabell, Benjamin Elias was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In January of 1887, Ben Cabell was a spectator at the hanging of Lamb, Odell, Echols and Stephens on the Ft. Smith gallows. In July of 1888, Ben was dispatched to pick up six prisoners that officer John Phillips had in his possession when he was killed by outlaw, Dan Barnett in Eufaula.  Ben’s father, William Lewis Cabell served as marshal in the Northern District of Texas. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - January 21, 1887; July 6, 1888) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Cabell, Jack was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Cade, W. S. U. S. Marshal 1911

CRIMINAL DOCKET WILL BE HEAVY

Trial Calendar in U. S. District Court to Be Announced Soon

W. S. Cade Sworn In

New Marshal and Entire Force Take Oath of Office Here

April 2, 1911—Daily Oklahoman—What gives promise of being one of the largest criminal dockets to be handled by the United States district court for many terms will be taken up by Judge J. H. Cotteral, April 17.  Work of preparing this mass of documents for the trials is now in progress.  It is expected that the calendar will be announced early next week.

            United States Marshal W. S. Cade, of Shawnee, recently appointed, came to Oklahoma City Friday night and with his force of deputies was sworn in by Judge Cottrell Saturday morning.  His force will consist of Chris Madsen, of Guthrie, chief deputy; Miss Lillian Vickers, stenographer, and deputies, Jack Langston, of Beaver County; John M. Bellamy, of Lawton;  Allen G. Goff, of Guthrie; John B. Jones, of Shawnee; Jacob E. Jacobson, of Guthrie and David Hodden, of Guthrie.

            Mr. Cade for the last four years was postmaster of Shawnee, his term expiring at midnight Friday.  His associates and friends rendered him a farewell banquet at which a handsome loving cup was given him, after he introduced his successor, C. M. Cade, Jr., a nephew, to the employees of the office.

            Through the entry of a plea of guilty by Peter Granvelle to a charge of violating the cattle quarantine law, what was credited with being a prospective troublesome trial, the case closed.  Granvelle, who owns a large ranch near Holden, was fined $100.  The hearing in the bankruptcy proceedings against S. E. English of Walters was continued until Monday.

            In the circuit court arguments in the case of G. W. Irwin vs the Santa Fe Railroad Company, involving damages to the amount of $26,000 were concluded.  The case probably will go to the jury Monday morning.

Cail, James W.  served in the Central District in 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Caine, Bill was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, under Marshal Sheb Williams. He was shot and killed in April of 1893, attempting to arrest Bud English, a prominent stockman near Woodville, Chickasaw Nation.  Bud English was arrested in Ardmore, nine years after Caine’s murder. At the time of the murder Caine with a posse was in pursuit of a gang of horse thieves, of which English was a member.  Overtaking them a fight resulted during which Caine was killed.  One of the members of the posse met English on the streets of Ardmore and claimed to recognize him as the man that shot Caine.  Bill Luttrell, one of the most notorious outlaws to ever roam Indian Territory also took part in the killing of Bill Caine.  Luttrell was the head of the gang that held up the Missouri - Kansas - Texas train at Pryor Creek in June of 1893.  The gang stayed in Woodville and worked an area from the Washita River to the Red River on the Chickasaw - Choctaw border.  Lutrell had three men in the Chickasaw Nation, Herman Eastwood, Dick Choate and another man on his “To Be Killed” list.  Eastwood, heading the list, was in a stable at Oakland, Chickasaw Nation, when Lutrell came to kill him.  Eastwood was fortunate for he saw Lutrell approaching the stable armed with his Winchester rifle.  Eastwood grabbed his Winchester and rushed the door as both men fired three shots simultaneously. Three of Eastwood’s rounds struck Lutrell leaving him with three fatal wounds to the neck, heart and lung.  Eastwood was unharmed.  Lutrell’s body was taken to his home near Woodville where he was buried. 

(The Kingfisher Times - June 8, 1893) (Daily Chieftain, Vinita - October 8, 1902) (Woodward Bulletin - October 17, 1902)

Caldwell, A. J. was commissioned on June 12, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George Crump. Caldwell lived in Muldrow, Indian Territory.  On May 5, 1894, he was working with Officer Tucker when they arrested Poley Empson for the murder of Dave Buchanan, a deputy marshal and Indian Policeman who was killed by several men.  The prisoner was taken to Paris, Texas to be tried for the murder. 

(The Weekly Elevator - December 22, 1893) (Daily Oklahoman - May 27, 1894) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Caldwell, A. R. D. U. S. Marshal April 1905

Caldwell, C. H. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal W. H. Darroughs. 

(File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library)

Caldwell, C. H. D. U. S. Marshal 1907 Department of Justice Register

Caldwell, Caryl, D. U. S. Marshal, Vinita 1903  DJP

Caldwell, Iris E. was commissioned on March 26, 1892 in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Caldwell, R. A. was commissioned on January 21, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Caldwell, Thomas W. was commissioned on October 19, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Callahan, Harry H. was appointed deputy marshal in the Fourth District of the Texas Eastern District in 1893.  Harry worked the Osage country with Deputy Marshals Lee Taylor and Charles Douglas.  Marshal Nagle replaced Marshal Evett Nix in February of 1896, when he placed Harry and T. H. Mitchell in charge of the Indian reservations.  In August of 1896, Harry reported that his posse had become involved in a running gunfight with the Bill Doolin Gang.  During the gun battle, one of the outlaws was shot but was carried off when the outlaws made their escape.  Bill Doolin never left his wounded, if they were able to ride he carried them away, if they couldn’t he didn’t leave them.  Bill Doolin and his second in command, William Dalton, were very selective in choosing their gang members, giving each member full protection. Callahan lived on Big Caney River in Osage country near Hominy.

 (The Woodward News - August 14, 1896) (The Enid Weekly Sun - April 14, 1898) (Indian Pioneer History - W. C. Jacobs) (Indian Pioneer History - George Overfield) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (Shoot from the Lip) (Charles Francis Colcord) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of duty.

Callahan, Harry H., D. U. S. Marshal Indian Reservation 1897 (DJR)

Callison, A. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Calloway, Wallace T. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Campbell, George W. was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1895 and 1896, under Marshal Sheb Williams.  Ryan 1897

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Campbell, James J. was commissioned on August 6, 1881, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshals Valentine Dell, Thomas Boles, John Carroll and Jacob Yoes.  James was killed on May 25, 1891. 

(Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Campbell, L. H. was commissioned on June 29, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  Campbell lived in Wister, Indian Territory. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Campbell, P. L. served in the Central District in 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Cannon, Lee was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Cannon, Rufus “Rufe” received his commission on September 15, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He was commissioned again on June 1, 1893.  Rufe was riding with fellow Deputy Marshal Rogers on January 20, 1893, when they encountered Jesse Jackson, Henry Starr and George Newcomb alias “Slaughter Kid” near Bartlesville, Osage nation.  The outlaws refused arrest resorting to a gun battle to try to gain their freedom.  During the fight, a barrage of gunfire was directed toward Jesse Jackson, first striking the outlaw in the side, before several other rounds blew off his right arm forcing him to surrender.  Knowing they could not win, Henry Starr and “Slaughter Kid” decided their only chance to survive was to retreat when the attention was shifted toward Jesse Jackson.  Rufe was working with Heck Thomas and Heck’s son Albert when Bill Doolin was shot and killed in August of 1896.  Some writers credit Rufe Cannon with the shot that killed Bill Doolin.  Rufus was half Cherokee and half Negro living to be one hundred-five years old before his journey came to an end.  Rufus Cannon was living in Ft. Smith in 1893. 

(The Weekly Elevator - January 27, September 22, 1893) (West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Bill Doolin O. T.) (Shoot from the Lip) (Heck Thomas) (Guardian of the Law) (Picture - Black, Red, and Deadly) (Outlaws and Peace Officers Of I. T.) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employees Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

September 28, 1894—Afton Weekly Herald --Rufus Cannon, a deputy marshal served under Marshal Yoes, came to the city Monday morning and surrendered himself.  While engaged in trying to arrest some desperadoes in the Creek country a couple of years ago a man by the name of Price was killed.  Price’s friends claimed that the killing was unjustifiable, and after several unsuccessful attempts succeeded in having Cannon and Stanfill another deputy, indicted.  Cannon is a colored man.

Cannon, S. R. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Cansdale, J. A. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in October of 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (National Archives, Washington, D.C. - Account # 8714)

Canton, Frank M.  was commissioned on June 11, 1894, in the fourth District of the Texas Eastern District at Paris, Texas, serving under Chief Deputy Charles Colcord.  Canton served three years as a deputy marshal, working for George Crump of the Western district at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Frank later lived in Pawnee, Oklahoma Territory where he worked for Marshal Evett Nix who was headquartered at Guthrie. One of the most notorious outlaws to operate in Indian Territory was Ben Cravens.  He started his career as a bootlegger, selling whiskey along the southern border of Kansas before moving into Indian Territory when he started stealing cattle.  Canton made his acquaintance and lodged him in the jail at Perry where he and several other prisoners escaped in less than a week.  The outlaw teamed up with Dick Ainsey near the Sac and Fox Agency where they holed up in a cabin waiting to rob a bank in Blackwell.  Deputy Marshal Lund and his posse spent the night waiting for daylight to arrest the pair, knowing they would not give up without a gunfight.  When daylight came both outlaws ran from the cabin with guns-a-blazing.  Cravens fell to the ground wounded, only a few feet away from the cabin, while Ainsey made forty yards before he fell dead.  The officers felt that Cravens cohort was “Dynamite Dick” so Frank Canton was called to the scene where the body was identified as Dick Ainsey.  Frank was placed in charge of the Perry District in February of 1896, under Marshal Patrick S. Nagle.  Frank Canton and desperado Bill Dunn had a definite dislike for each other.  Dunn openly bragged that he was going to kill Canton on sight which caused their hatred to grow.  Canton met Dunn in a duel in December of 1896, on a street in Pawnee where Frank Canton killed Bill Dunn.  Dunn worked both sides of the law, flip-flopping to the side which would give him the most benefit.  Canton disliked Dunn for this, feeling he could not trust him.  Gold fever struck Frank Canton causing him to resign his job as deputy marshal to search for gold in the Alaska Klondike.  Canton came back to Texas in his later years to meet with the Governor to reveal crimes that he committed when he was a youth.  Canton disclosed his true name, Joe Horner, a wanted man. The Governor granted him an official forgiveness but the old lawman continued to use the Frank Canton name, wanting to be known as a gunfighter for the law.  Around 1885 Frank Canton became involved in the Johnson County “Range War” in Wyoming which involved the rich cattle barons and the settlers.  Large numbers of cattle roamed the ranges that were not branded and were called maverick cattle that could be claimed by anyone that wanted to place their brand on them.  The large cattlemen felt their group was the only ones that could claim the cattle and when the settlers became active in holding round-ups gunman such as Canton were hired to discourage the settlers.  The settlers formed a group led by Nate Champion to support them.  Nate Champion realized how dangerous Canton was and tried to kill him while he slept but his attempt was averted when Frank shot his way out of the assault.  Frank Canton was suspected in killing one of the prominent settlers that was riding in a wagon when he was ambushed.  Frank Canton’s activities as a lawman were many as indicated by the number of references below.  Frank died in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1927. 

(Marietta Monitor - December 24, 1896) (Indian Pioneer History - Horton Cook) (Indian Pioneer History - Ben Lehew) (Indian Pioneer History - Bill Swimm) (Indian Pioneer History - T. Clyde Vandruff) (Picture - The Gunfighters) (The Cherokee Strip) (Pioneer Foot Prints Across Woods County) (Encyclopedia Of A Gunfighter) (Guardian of the Law) (Bill Doolin O. T.) (Picture- West of Hell’s Fringe) (Shoot from the Lip) (Charles Francis Colcord) (Frontier Trails)  (The Western Peace Officer) (Oklahombres) (Outlaws on Horseback) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

November 19, 1896—Kingfisher Free Press—Last Friday Deputy F. M. Canton, one of the best officers in the territory, shot and killed Beck Dunn, one of the worst characters in the territory.  Dunn was standing in front of the butcher shop on Main Street in Pawnee when Canton passed.  Dunn stopped Canton and remarked;  “Canton, I understand you have it in for me, by G--.”  With these words Dunn went after his gun.  Canton was too quick for him, however, and shot the tough.  Dunn’s gun caught on his suspender.  Canton fired one shot and killed Dunn instantly.  Canton gave himself up to Sheriff Lake, but was simply placed under guard.  Dunn is the slayer of Slaughter Kid and Bill Doolin.  He was considered one of the worst men in the country and had just been given a commission as deputy by United States Marshal Nagle.   Public sentiment is entirely with Canton.  Canton’s trial will come up next week.  Dunn’s brothers arrived and threatened to fire the town of Pawnee and kill Canton.

November 19, 1896—The Shawnee Quill--Last Friday afternoon Deputy F. M. Canton, one of the best officers in the territory shot and killed Bee Dunn, one of the worst characters in the territory.  Dunn was standing in front of the butcher shop on Main Street in Pawnee when canton passed.  Dunn stopped Canton and remarked:  “Canton, I understand you have it in for me, by G--.”  With these words Dunn went after his gun.  Canton was too quick for him, however, and shot the tough.  Dunn’s gun caught on his suspender.  Canton fired one shot and killed Dunn instantly.  Canton gave himself up to Sheriff Lake, but was simply placed under guard.  Dunn is the layer of Slaughter Kid and Bill Dooliln.  He was considered one of the worst men in the country and had just been given a commission as deputy by United States Marshal Nagle.  Public sentiment is entirely with Canton.  Canton’s’ trial will come up next week.  Dunn’s brothers arrived and threatened to fire the town of Pawnee and kill Canton.

Rest In Peace

General Franklin Canton, who was Adjutant General from the beginning of statehood on November 16, 1907 to August 1, 1916, was a man of unusual personality and the central figure in many lurid and exciting incidents of early day and western frontier life. Without embellishment and freed from the record doubtful and chimerical exploits attributed to him by sensation mongers, his career was a most colorful and adventurous one, and the formative years of his life were spent on those fast fading frontiers of the old West and Northwest where law and lawlessness were at constant grips.

In this fierce struggle, Frank Canton was always on the side of law and an inveterate foe of those who had transgressed the statutes, the orders of the court or of those in authority. He was the ideal frontier peace officer; tireless in pursuit, and personally brave and courageous to a fault. His reputation for coolness and a deadly aim made him a terror to evil-doers in Texas, Wyoming and the Oklahoma of early days, when as Sheriff and Deputy Marshal he rode the waste places in search of outlaws and cattle rustlers.

As Adjutant General, Frank Canton increased his prestige and reputation as a champion of the law. He had that intense loyalty and sense of duty that amounts almost to an obsession and with few exceptions the members of the Guard, through sheer admiration for his fearless and straightforward character and his withering scorn of every moral or physical "streak of yellow," became sooner or later his strong partisans. He made no pretensions to military training, but he loved the method and efficiency of military discipline and the Guard improved under his administration.

General Canton was a firm and loyal friend, an implacable and fearless foe. He was a capable and upright officer and an efficient and worthy public servant, and if I were delegated to write his epitaph, I would put down in the language of that West of which he was a part: "HERE LIES A MAN."

Cantrell, Ben C.  was commissioned on July 4, 1887, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under marshal Jacob Yoes.  Deputy Marshal Cantrell arrested two men for commissioner warrants taking them to court in Muskogee, Indian Nation.  On April 12, 1888, four Choctaw Indians, John Billy, Thomas Willis, Madison James and Graham met a white man named Williams who had whiskey.  The four young Indian men drank his whiskey, killed him, robbed the money from his body and stole his pearl handled six shooter.  The killers buried their victim’s body in a shallow ravine, felled a tree across his grave, piled brush over his grave, then burned it.  On January 8, 1890, Deputy Marshal Cantrell arrested Graham who told the whole story and became a witness against the others.  When Williams’ grave was uncovered his skull and jacket revealed the bullet holes that sent John Billy and Thomas Willis to the Ft. Smith gallows on January 16, 1890.  Walter Hamilton and his wife killed Daniel Martell during a highway robbery in August of 1887.  Their victim was shot ten times, robbed of his horses, wagon and personal property before leaving him dead on the trail.  Deputy Marshal Miner and Cantrell were summoned to try to arrest the couple, finding them in hiding in dense weeds on Brazill Creek. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 19, 1889; June 10, 1892) (The Territorial Topic - December 12, 1889) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Cantwell, C. P. served in the Central District in 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T. 1893 - 1896)

Capps, S. V. was commissioned on April 28, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In February of 1893, Deputy Marshal Capps arrested Al Atchinson in Logan County on charges of introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory.

(The Weekly Elevator - February 10, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Carey, Terry, Dick rode with fellow Deputy Marshals Otis Tittle, Ike Gilstrap of Vinita and Than Wofford with two posse men of Tahlequah, Andy Dick and Bob Thompson in March of 1906.  The deputies mission was to capture the Wickliffe Gang who were full-blood Cherokees wanted for the murder of Deputy Marshal John Henry Vier on February 20, 1905.  The gang took refuge in the Spavinaw Hills near the Little Saline Creek, twenty-five miles southeast of Vinita.  Members of the gang were Charley, Tom and John Wickliffe, along with a following of several other tribesmen who were related or had sworn allegiance to the Wickliffe's. The three brothers were sons of the former justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court who had considerable influence in the Cherokee Nation.  Capturing the gang was a very difficult task for the marshal’s force had been trying to capture them for several years.  Scouts were posted in the tall trees where they surveiled everyone that entered into the area.  The hills, heavy brush and large boulders provided hiding and advantage points for ambush.  The outlaws swore they would not be taken alive.  The deputy marshals led by Ike Gilstrap trailed the gang with bloodhounds for a month.  On March 11, 1906, six lawmen making up a posse traveled to a cabin owned by Jim Wycliffe, uncle of the outlaw brothers.  The posse’s journey took them through a very hilly area where they were completely unaware that their assassins were laying in wait for them.  As the lawmen rode into the ambush, the gang fired a barrage of bullets from their Winchester rifles.  The gang had hidden themselves behind rock boulders which fully concealed and protected them from the oncoming marshal’s forces.  After the smoke cleared from the ambush, Deputy Marshals Gilstrap, Tittle and Carey lay on the ground.  The three officer’s horses were also killed.  The killing of the deputies’ mounts prevented any of the lawmen from escaping if they survived the ambush. Than Wofford, Henry Holdeman, Andy Dick, and Bob Thompson survived the ordeal by retreating in a hail of bullets.  Than Woodord’s mount was shot from beneath him which forced him to scramble to take cover.  The lawmen had ridden to the site of Jim Wickliffe's home which set on the bank of Spavinaw Creek.  The surviving posse took cover in Jim Wickliffe’s home which provided protection from the gang.  The deputies made several attempts to recover the bodies of their dead comrades, but on every attempt they were met with heavy gunfire which made a rescue effort to retrieve the dead men impossible.  Than Wofford and his two remaining deputies reported the incident to the marshal at the Northern District Court.  Marshal Darrough was infuriated; the number of deputy marshals killed by the gang was closing with no arrest made.  A posse of one-hundred deputy marshals which included the whole Northern District was ordered to the murder scene with Marshal Darrough in charge of the forces.  The reward was increased to one thousand dollars for each outlaw, “Dead or Alive”.  The Bennington Tribune on March 22, 1906, reported that after the battle in which Deputy Marshal Gilstrap was killed, Deputy Marshals Tittle and Terry fled to the home of Lewis Budds, a crippled Cherokee Indian.  Terry had been seriously wounded when he was shot in the back.  This article is in conflict with other records which show that Tittle and Terry were killed during the incident.  The newspaper covered the events of the Wycliffe Gang for several months, mentioning the death of Gilstrap and the wounding of Terry and Tittle. The Seiling Guide stated that Deputy Marshal Gilstrap was killed during the ambush with Dick Terry being shot through the body but his wound was not fatal. 

(Marietta Monitor - March 16, 1906) (The Bennington Tribune - March 2, 22, 1905; January 11, March 15, 22, 1906) (The Seiling Guide - March 29, 1906)

Carlton, E. D. was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Carlton, John was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He was killed off duty on November 5, 1887. 

 (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    K

 John Carlton was born about 1837. He was a deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Arkansas. He resided at Searcy, Arkansas. Prior to his service as a deputy U.S. marshal he was employed with the United States Secret Service. During the Civil War, he had been a member of the First Texas Confederate Infantry. He was killed in the line of duty on November 5, 1887. However, from period newspaper accounts, it appears that he was killed at Denison, Texas by John Hogan who was tried and convicted in a Texas court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1888

(Fort Smith National Historic Site Federal Employee Database, 1872-1896) (Silverstar Database, Deputy Marshals Killed In The Line of Duty)

Carlton, Marion was commissioned on May 8, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Carney, Iste was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Carr, T. H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He was killed on April 6, 1894. 

(Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)  Killed in the line of duty.

Carr, William H. “Bill” was first commissioned in the Western District court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1887.  He was again commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in May of 1890, and also served in the Kansas District court at Wichita, Kansas under Marshals Walker and William Jones.  In August of 1888, he served a warrant of arrest to T. J. Waitman alias “George Thorn”, Isaac Frazier and William Bane on charges of larceny and arrested Leigh Sears for introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory.  In April of 1889, Bill was deployed to arrest Harris Austin, a Chickasaw Indian charged with the murder of Thomas Elliott, on May 25, 1883, at Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation.  Austin refusing arrest without a fight was wounded three times before he finally surrendered to Deputy Carr.  At the Ft. Smith, Arkansas court, “Hanging Judge” Parker sent Austin to the gallows to be executed on January 16, 1890.  In July of 1889, Carr was called to Lexington, Chickasaw Nation to investigate a case involving Francis Jones who got into an altercation with the Lexington city marshal, Henry Simmons.  Their dispute ended in a gun duel, where both men drew their weapons firing simultaneously, killing both men instantly.  In August of 1889, Carr confronted a gang of whiskey runners who were transporting whiskey into Indian Territory from Dennison, Texas.  The officer was waiting for the intruders at the Red River bridge as they stepped into Indian Territory.  Here he ordered them to surrender but they would chose to run trying to return back into Texas where the marshal did not have any jurisdiction over them.  As they ran across the bridge Lewis Jackson was left behind, and was killed in his effort to escape.  In October of 1889, Carr served a warrant of arrest to Thackerville residents G. C. Autrey and A. A. Randolph for introducing whiskey into Indian Territory and took them to the federal jail in Paris, Texas to await trial.  In March of 1892, it was reported:  “At a fire in Lexington, Indian Territory, Benjamin Montgomery lost his life.”  During the investigation, the source of the fire was from an incendiary origin and saloon keeper, W. H. Carr, hotel keeper; W. W. Ansley, C. E. Elkins, and George Elkins were arrested and charged with arson and murder.  All four men had previously been commissioned as deputy marshals.  In April of 1894, Marshal Nix and Officer Carr confronted Bill Dalton and his gang of outlaws near the Sacred Heart Mission in the Pottawatomie Reservation where they were suspected to be planning a raid on the banks at Tecumseh and Purcell.   During the confrontation a pitched gun battle ensued leaving Bill Dalton and one of his gang members, George Newcomb alias “Slaughter Kid,” badly wounded.  Carr being shot three times was left for dead which allowed the outlaws to make their escape.  On October 17, 1895, Carr arrested Bill Petty, Jim Greyson, James Stephens and Lee Poulson for the murder of John Swilling, near Tecumseh.  Swilling was ambushed, his body riddled with bullets and thrown into the river while he traveled to his home.  When he was discovered, his body had been robbed of everything of value causing many of the residents to want to lynch the culprits that committed the act.  Note:  the October 17th incident was after the Christians broke jail, so Bill Carr was still serving as deputy marshal at that time.  In June of 1895, Oklahoma City jailer Garver entered the corridor of the jail to lock the prisoners in their cells.  Two of the inmates were the notorious Christian Brothers, Bill and Bob, charged with several crimes consisting of robbing stores, train robbery and murder.  Prisoners, Vic Casey and Robert Christian attacked savage the jailer, knocking him insensible with weapons they had obtained from some outside source.  After leaving the jail, Casey seized a buggy driven by a man and his wife and forced them to get out.  Trying to stop the escape, Chief of Police Milt Jones fired at Casey, who returned fire at the officer.  Officer Jones and Casey were both killed and the man and woman that left the buggy were both wounded.  When the gun battle was over, the Christian boys escaped, one in a buggy and the other on Officer Jones’ horse.  Bill Carr became the primary suspect in the jail break because of his close association with Bill and Bob Christian.  Most of the officials that were acquainted with Carr felt Oklahoma County Sheriff Deford made the charges trying to clear his office of the negligence they were charged with.  Carr was released on a $14,000 bond that he raised by selling all of his property and personal possessions.  For reasons unknown reason, he forfeited his bond by jumping bail and going into hiding, ignoring his trial.  Some speculated that he went to Texas while others thought he remained in Indian Territory.  The Woodward News carried a story, stating he was seen at Laredo, Texas and having in his possession, currency valued at $1000 to $1500.  In January of 1896, the Beaver Herald carried a story stating that the outlaw, Bill Dalton, offered to make amends for his wrong doings by surrendering himself in return for serving a short sentence of two years.  The story also stated that Bill Carr was with Bill Doolin when the offer was made.  If the story was true, one might conclude that Carr’s role in the matter was that he might be involved with the notorious outlaw or was trying himself to gain some favor from the marshal’s force.  Undoubtedly the reason was to help himself because of the problems he had with the law, however, the marshal’s force refused Doolins offer and Carr disappeared again from society, never to be heard of again.  John Reeves with the help of a woman was charged with secreting guns to the Christian gang and was sentenced to the Kansas penitentiary on December 21, 1896, remaining there until January of 1909.  On June 1, 1900, the Tecumseh Republican newspaper reported Dad Feagin went to Creek country about sixty-five miles east of Shawnee, to talk with Bill Carr who was using an alias of “Bill Evans”.  Carr was in the presence of a well known tough George Elkins. He reported he had been with the Christian brothers in Southwest Texas until lately.  Carr had been missing since 1896, when he jumped bond that had been paid by two of his friends.  The two friends, McColgin and James paid twelve hundred dollars to be released from the bond.  W. H. Carr was one of the oldest deputy marshals to serve in Indian Territory. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 3, 1888; April 19, August 30, 1889; March 25, 1892)  (Indian Citizen - April 19, May 3, 1890) (The Territorial Topic - August 1, 15, 29, October 10, and November 28, 1889) (The Kingfisher Times - April 5, 1894; October 31, 1895) (The Oklahoma Daily Starr - November 11, 1894) (The Oklahoma News - November 29, 1895) (The Kingfisher Times - July 4, 1895) (The Beaver Herald - January 2, 1896) (Tecumseh Republican - June 1, 1900) (The Seiling Guide - October 17, 1907) (Indian Pioneer History - Mrs. Vida Mulkey Carr) (Court of the Damned) (Selden Lindsey) (Hell on the Border) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Carr, W. L.  Deputy U. S. Marshal

Had To Use Requisition And Spirit Prisoner Away

November 22, 1906—Shawnee, OK—Some time since by request of Sheriff Grace, Dee Barnes and Tom Moore, for whom warrants charging horse stealing had been issued in this county, were arrested at Atoka, I. T., and the sheriff notified to come after them.  When Deputies W. L. Carr and C. E. Francis reached Atoka, a new deputy United States marshal was on deck and he wanted to see requisition papers, refusing to give up the prisoners without.  No such demand had been anticipated, as the men were not supposed to be desirous of making trouble, but today Deputies Francis and Turner returned form Atoka, with the men, having secured requisitions, had them honored by the Unite States judge at McAlester, and finally convincing the Atoka deputy of their right to the prisoners. An attorney was busy all the time getting out a writ of habeas corpus at Atoka, but the two deputy sheriffs spirited their men out of town in a carriage and left the attorney waiting for them at the Katy depot. The men are no in jail at Tecumseh.

Carroll, Hugh was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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Carroll, J. Frank was commissioned on October 9, 1888, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

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Carroll, John C. was commissioned on August 31, 1886, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In January of 1887, John Carroll read the death warrants at the execution of Lamb, Odell, Echols and Stephens.  Handcuffs were placed on their wrists just before “The Hangman” Malden placed the ropes around their necks.  In June of 1888, he transported Robin Grayson to the federal court in Wichita, Kansas to stand trial for stealing cattle.  In April of 1889, U.S. jailer, J.C. Pettigrew took J. C. Carroll's place as State Prison Inspector.

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Carson, Alfred H.  was commissioned on October 19, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Joseph Rowland.  Alfred lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. 

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Carson, Abrab J. was commissioned on April 2, 1870, serving in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  Carson lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. 

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Carter, was working with fellow officer Hutchinson when they went to Arapaho to serve a warrant of arrest to A. McPherson who was to appear before commissioner Grant at Ft. El Reno.  McPherson refused the summons.  He was allowed to go before the District Court instead. 

(The Arrow - September 9, 1892)

Carter, A. H., D. U. S. Marshal, Cheyenne 1907 (DJR)

Carter, Calvin was commissioned on July 2, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  Deputy Marshal Carter arrested Joe Hardy in the Cherokee Nation on charges of introducing whiskey into Indian Territory.  In January of 1891, Cal served a warrant of arrest to Jim Henson, alias “Coots”, charged with introducing and selling liquor to the Indians.  (The Ft. Smith Elevator - January 30, 1891) (The Weekly Elevator - August 12, 1892; August 23, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Carter Charles C. “Crit” was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas in 1894.  In March of 1896, after Crit gave up his commission he joined a game of craps with a colored man, named Dick Anderson at Deane, Indian Territory.  The game ended in a dispute between the two men, which left Anderson critically wounded after being shot.  Death came within a few hours and Carter fled to Comanche country heading for the Wichita Mountains with a posse in pursuit. 

(Watonga Republican - March 18, 1896) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Carter, Frank was commissioned on July 22, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.

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Carter, J. W. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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Carter, James D. was commissioned on June 22, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  James lived in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.   Probably one of the most remembered experiences in Carter’s career was when he rode with a number of fellow officers to capture the Wycliffe gang.  Three renegade Cherokee brothers were running from the deputy marshal’s forces seeking refuge with their relatives and friends who were very influential in the Cherokee Nation.  The Wycliffe brothers started their life of crime when they became involved with a band of young Cherokees that were stealing horses in the Spavinaw Hills.  Two white men living in that area owned a large ranch and enticed the gang to sell them their stolen horses.  The two white men turned evidence against the gang when the people losing the horses complained to the marshal’s force.  A warrant of arrest was served to the oldest brother, Charlie Wickliffe but he was able to avoid arrest.  One of the white men that turned evidence and helped in the arrest of the horse thieves would not testify when the case went to trial, fearing for his life.  The other white man that was responsible for getting the Indians arrested tried to leave the territory but he came up missing and it was suspicioned he was killed.  His horse which was still saddled and bridled returned to his ranch without him.  Deputy Marshal John Henry Vier was summoned to the Spavinaw area to make the arrest of the Wycliffe gang.  On January 20, 1905, Deputy Marshal Vier located the gang taking refuge in the Spavinaw Hills southeast of Vinita.  The marshal’s posse gave chase to the gang which ended in a running gun battle along Pryor Creek.  The posse was giving chase to a small party of the Wycliffe gang when they rode into an ambush.  At the ambush point the Cherokee party grew to a number of eight.  The leading element of the marshal’s force, John Henry Vier, met instant death as several bullets tore through his body.  Being outnumbered and with the leader of the force gone, the posse made a fast retreat to their headquarters.   Deputy Marshal Gilstrap was the next deputy marshal to be summoned to try to stop the Cherokee gang.  Gilstrap, a large man who was new to the marshal’s force had built a reputation as a officer who would get his man.  James Carter was a part of the larger posse element that were using bloodhounds to try to locate the gang.  A number of relatives and Cherokee friends swore allegiance to protect the Wycliffe brothers for it was now obvious to the marshal’s force that the Wycliffes were not only trying to resist arrest but to kill their enemy.   An area of the Spavinaw Hills which was approximately twenty-five miles from Vinita, Cherokee Nation became a protected refuge for the gang.  Indian scouts using the tall trees for observation points signaled the gang when any intruders came into the area.  Deputy Marshall Carter rode with the posse searching for the gang for almost a month.   His group was not present when Officers Gilstrap, Dick Terry and Otis Tittle rode into an ambush in March of 1906, which left Gilstrap dead and the other two officers severely wounded.  Some accounts show Tittle and Terry also being killed but several newspaper reports after the event indicate the two deputy marshals survived the ordeal.  A number of the Indian newspapers seemed protective of the Wycliffe gang’s actions.  They tended to portray them as a victim and not the oppressor.  Indian Pioneer History interview with William Chisholm reported that the older Wickliffe brother Charlie was killed by one of his brothers Tom or John.  See Ike Gilstrap and John Henry Vier for more details and references to the Wickliffe Gang.  James Carter was a Wyandotte Indian born in 1849. 

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Carter, Samuel M. was commissioned on August 26, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

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Casaver, Jose was commissioned on August 17, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In July of 1894 he served in the Northern District of Indian Territory working out of the Muskogee court.  Jose was riding with Deputy Marshal Bruner on a passenger train in October of 1894, when it was robbed near Coretta by the Cook Gang.  Word had gotten to the marshal’s force that this particular train was to be robbed by the Cook Gang.  Deputy Marshals Casaver and Bruner were assigned to provide security for the train. When the attack on the train occurred it was so fast and oppressive that it caught Deputy Marshals Casaver and Bruner completely off guard.  The train robbers rode alongside of the train completely riddling the  train with bullets and breaking all of the windows.  Everyone on the train laid low taking cover just to stay alive.  Several passengers were wounded by the stray gunfire, but miraculously none were killed.  The outlaws boarded the train to steal the currency and relieve all of the passengers of their possessions.  Casaver and Bruner made a donation of their watches to the train robbers.  

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Casey, A. A. was commissioned on July 29, 1896, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George Crump. 

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Casey, H. A. was commissioned on June 24, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George Crump.

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Casey, J. D.  as commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Casey was Turnkey of the federal jail before April of 1889 and was made asst. jailer in April of 1889. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 19, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Casey, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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Cassada, James, D. U. S. Marshal South McAlester 1905

Cassa, J. B., D. U. S. Marshal 1907

Castleman, J. D. was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas assigned to the Ardmore area in 1890.  A notorious gang operating in the Chickasaw Nation in 1890 and 1891, known as the Bill Hudgin gang had eluded the Marshal’s force for several months when they were confronted by several deputy marshals which included Deputy Marshal Castleman.  A small store near Chickasaw was robbed in September of 1890 and the store owner, William Carey left dead as the outlaws continued on their trail where the Haggy store at Alex and several stores on Mud Creek south of Ardmore were robbed.  After a long list of robberies the outlaws took refuge in a line camp at the mouth of Mill Creek near Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation.  Trailing the outlaws for some time the officers were aware their presence was known and the outlaws let them know they were not to be captured or run.  Reinforcements were gathered by the lawmen to even numbers before they tried to make arrests.  Thirty-six hours later the battle was concluded when the outlaws finally gave up with a wounded Bill Hudgins and only one outlaw, Alex Davis was able to escape. 

(Selden Lindsey)

Cathey, Randolph W. was headquartered at Pauls Valley when he became involved in a pistol duel with John Stevenson a former alleged jointist resulting in the death of the officer and wounding of Stevenson as shots were exchanged.  The shooting is said to be the result of ill feelings caused by Cathey’s effort in enforcing the law against selling liquor.  The jointist was doing a good business until Cathey tried to close them.  The citizens held a meeting and told the jointist they had three hours to leave town.  They left. 

(Lenora Leader - November 29, 1907)    Killed in the line of duty.

Cavaille, John was commissioned on September 30, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Cavanaugh, Kavanaugh D. M. was working in the Western District of Arkansas    in October of 1875, when he traveled into Indian Territory with Deputy Marshals T. A. Twyman, William Buchanan, J. T. Cox and J. W. Donnelly where they arrested twenty-two prisoners.  On June 13, 1876, Deputy Marshal Chub McIntosh and Cavanaugh traveled through Caddo on their way to Ft. Smith federal court with ten prisoners they captured in the Ft. Sill area. 

(Atoka - Vindicator - October 20, 1875) (Caddo Starr-June 13, 1876)

Cawdell, Joseph H. was commissioned on November 6, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Cecil, Bailey was commissioned on December 15, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  Bailey lived in Polk County, Arkansas.

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