ROBERT KING'S OKLAHOMA U. S. MARSHALS AND DEPUTY U. S. MARSHALJ. S. Chadwick to Chynoweth, W. C.

Chadwick, J. S. arrested Ross Riley in September of 1893, on charges of introducing liquor into Indian Territory. 

(The Weekly Elevator - September 29, 1893)

 

Chaffee, Lucius E. was commissioned on November 30, 1868, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Joseph Rowlands.  Lucius lived in Boggy Depot, Blue County, and Choctaw Nation.

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

 

Chaflin, Chaffin, Mike, “Bill” was called “Marshal of the Day” on June 22, 1900, by the Antlers Democrat newspaper.  When Marshal Hackett became marshal of the Central District on March 19, 1901, he selected Chaflin to serve as jailer in the Atoka jail.  A forty by fifty foot brick two story building served as the jail for the Choctaw Indian police and deputy marshals.  The ground floor had three apartments.  One apartment was for the jailer and guards, the second was for the white prisoners and the third was for the colored prisoners.  The upper story had four apartments for women.  One for white women, one for colored women and restrooms for each.  The jail was operated until 1913. 

(Antlers Democrat - June 22, 1900, April 12, May 17, 1901) (Indian Pioneer History - Joe Southern)

 

Chaffin, W. H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, assigned as special deputy. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Chamber, John was remembered as a deputy marshal by William Taylor, a Choctaw resident.  Chamber worked out of Southern District of Indian Territory in the federal court at Paris, Texas.   In June of 1895, John rode with the posse that tried to capture the Christian Gang in the Creek Nation. The Christians had escaped jail at Oklahoma City where they killed the Chief of Police when they made their escape. The posse did not make contact with the Christian Gang but a robber named Will Stevenson was killed and his comrade Dick Sanger was arrested.  The two men had robbed a man of $15,000. 

(Black Red And Deadly) (Indian Pioneer History - William Taylor)

Chamberlain, John C. was commissioned deputy marshal serving under Marshal Grosvenor A. Porter in the Southern Indian District.  Chamberlain frequently rode with fellow deputy John Freeman.  Deputy Marshal Chamberlain had to serve a warrant of arrest to a personal friend then deliver him to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he stood trial.  This arrest bothered John so much that he resigned his commission after a year of service. 

(Indian Pioneer History - John C. Chamberlain)

 

Chancellor, George was commission in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, under Marshal J. Shelby Williams in 1892.  In 1893, W. J. Lebo of Ardmore was convicted of stealing cattle and was sentenced for one year at the penitentiary in Animosa, Iowa.  After serving his time he returned to Ardmore in the company of an officer.  Within a few hours he was recharged with cattle rustling and was released on bond when he killed George Addler.  Officer Chancellor served the warrant of arrest without incident, taking Lebo to Paris, Texas by train. 

(Alva Chronicle - May 4, 1894) 

 

Chancellor, Jim M. was commissioned on September 24, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He served a warrant of arrest to J. R. Riddle who was charged with the murder of Jim Smith.  After Riddle was arrested, he was transported to the federal court in Paris, Texas.  In 1894, Chancellor was headquartered at Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation working out of the Southern District federal court.  In April of 1897, Jim served a warrant of arrest to Al Tomlinson for assault to kill.  Tomlinson had a row with a Negro at the mouth of the Washita River where he badly cut the Negro leaving him there to die.  A warrant for Tomlinson’s arrest had been outstanding since 1894. 

(The Territorial Topic - October 29, November 5, 1891) (Marietta Monitor - April 8, 1897) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chandler, Soloman was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from July through December of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

Chandler, T. A. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough in July of 1902, assigned as office deputy marshal in Vinita. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902)

 

Chapman, Daniel was commissioned on August 6, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In February of 1890, Chapman made an arrest of Henry Carter for introducing and selling whiskey in Indian Territory.  Daniel was commissioned on January 14, 1890 and again on August 17, 1894. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 16, 1889) (Indian Citizen - February 15, 1890) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chapman, Ed left Ft. Smith, Arkansas in October of 1892 with a mission in mind, capture the Dalton Gang.  Chapman’s journey took him through Tulsa, Indian Territory where he stopped for a brief period before heading into the northern part of Indian Territory.  Along the trail Ed’s wish came true.  He rode face to face with Emmett and Bob Dalton.  Confronting the outlaw was different than Ed had played in his mind for he found himself in a no win situation.  There was not one deputy marshal in his right mind who would want to arrest these two outlaws in this circumstance.   Bob Dalton was the most dangerous outlaw any deputy with posse could want to meet face to face.  Emmett’s horse had pulled up lame so he made an offer to Ed to purchase his horse.  Chapman’s choices were few so he obliged Emmet with his offer.  This may have been embarrassing to the deputy but it probably was one of the smartest moves he ever made.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - January 16, 1890) (West of Hell’s Fringe)

 

Chapman, John was commissioned on July 27, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  John was from Sebastian County, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Chapman, J. C.

D.U.S. Marshal

December 4, 1906 to June 30, 1907

 

Chapman, John W. was commissioned in the Southern District Court at Paris, Texas, in 1894.  He was working with Deputy Marshals Cummins and Brice of Ada, Chickasaw Nation in August of 1905 when they arrested Clarence Brown who was charged with the killing of his mother, brother and seriously wounding his stepfather.  The family dispute resulted when Clarence wanted to control the family land allotment.  Clarence Brown was taken to the Ardmore jail where he was held for trial. 

(Marietta Monitor - August 25, 1905)(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chase, William was commissioned on July 8, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. William was from Cameron, Indian Territory.  In August of 1893, Deputy Marshal Chase arrested John Hunt on larceny charges, transporting him to the Ft. Smith federal jail. 

(The Weekly Elevator - August 4, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chatman, A. J.

D.U.S. Marshal

December 4, 1906 to June 30, 1907

 

Chatwell, J. S. was commissioned on June 1, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George Crump.  In June of 1893, Deputy Marshal Chatwell arrested Jim Gibson who was charged with perjury, then transported to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In September of 1893, George and Jasper Franklin were arrested on larceny charges and transported to jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Chatwell was from Mulberry, Arkansas. 

(The Weekly Elevator - June 9, September 22, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Cheek, James S. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Cheeseman, Joe was a deputy marshal in Indian Territory. 

(Picture - The Gunfighters)

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Childers, Ernest was commissioned as deputy marshal in September of 1889.  Childers was appointed by Marshal Dickerson serving in the Eastern District of Texas, out of the court at Paris, Texas. 

(The Territorial Topic - September 5, 1889)

 

Childers, Hank served with fellow Deputy Marshals Heck Thomas, Burrell Cox and Jim Wallace when they went to serve a warrant of arrest on June 27, 1888 to the Purdy Gang.  The gang was wanted for a series of train robberies. The outlaws decided not to surrender to the lawmen; instead they took their chances in shooting their way out of their predicament.  The odds were in favor of the gang and a fight was not to the lawmen advantage.  A long violent gun battle did develop which left Aaron Purdy, the leader of the gang dead and his complete gang taken into custody.  The lawmen did not suffer any fatalities but Heck Thomas received two serious wounds which took some time to recover. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Jones Louis Pucket) (Encyclopedia of A Western Gun-Fighter)

 

Childer, Hugh and Robert Nestor tried to capture horse thief, Charles Burie alias Charles Davis who rustled a horse in Lexington. The two deputy marshals riding with a posse of six, followed Burie to Buckhead Creek, where he headed toward the southwest to Table Mountains, where the officers lost his trail. 

(The Territorial Topic - September 12, 1889)

 

Childers, John was commissioned on January 26, 1893, in the Western District of Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes, assigned to the Choctaw Nation.  In September of 1879, John Childers was elected as Captain of the Lighthorsemen in the Coweta District replacing Daniel Childers who had resigned In 1887.  In May of 1890, Joseph Fair killed his own child, and then fled from the law.  Deputy Marshal Childers served the warrant for his arrest at Pheasant Bluff, Choctaw Nation.  Joseph Fair was transported to jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he stood trial for his crime.  In November of 1893, John Archibald’s body was found in a coal chute near Harthshorne, Indian Territory.  Evidence indicated that John’s widow was responsible for his death which resulted in Deputy Marshal Childers making the arrest and transporting Mrs. Archibald to federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  John lived in Muskogee, Indian Territory.

(Muskogee - The Indian Journal - September 11, 1879) (Indian Citizen - April 5, & May 10, 17, 1890) (The Weekly Elevator - May 9, 1890; September 22, November 17, December 22, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Childers, M.

D.U.S. Marshal

Tulsa

1897

 

Childers, William was commissioned on July 14, 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)

 

Childs was a deputy marshal before 1882, commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In 1882, ex -Deputy Marshal Childs left Indian Territory taking a horse with him after John West, a Cherokee told Sam Starr he should take the horse to replace one that had been shot by a neighbor.  After the horse was taken by Childs, John West became afraid that the marshals from Ft. Smith might come and arrest him for taking a part in the stealing.  He went before a U.S. Commissioner to swear a complaint against Belle and Sam Starr.   Both were indicted by the grand jury at Fort Smith and sent to the House of Corrections at Detroit, Michigan on February 9, 1883.  

(Hell on the Border) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chilton, Matt W.  In June of 1884, Deputy Marshal Chilton arrested two whiskey peddlers, one named “Wild Bill.”  In July of 1884, Chilton arrested and transported eleven prisoners to the federal court in Ft. Smith, Arkansas for Introducing and selling whiskey in Indian Territory.  Judge Parker’s court realized that most of the crimes occurring in Indian Territory such as murder, assault and rape were caused by liquor.  The best way to stop and reduce the crimes was by controlling the flow of whiskey. 

(Law West Of Fort Smith) (Atoka Indian Champion - June 21, 1884) (Atoka Champion - July 26, 1884) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Chitwood, Aurelious “Arthur” Manisco was commissioned out of the Western District court of Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1875, assigned to the Antlers area, Choctaw Nation.  Deputy Marshal Chitwood was commissioned by the Dawes Commission in 1899, working the Atoka area.  In January 1900, Chitwood worked with fellow Deputy Marshals Emmert and Sheb Locke transporting ten prisoners to McAlester.  The Antlers Democrat newspaper called Chitwood the “Marshal of the Day” on June 22, 1900.  Marshal Hackett was also selected as Marshal of the Central District on March 19, 1901, when he selected Deputy Marshal Chitwood as his office deputy.  Deputy Marshal Chitwood left Antlers in April of 1901, to resume office duties at Atoka, Choctaw Nation where he served as a deputy marshal until 1904.  In 1908, Chitwood was again commissioned as deputy marshal carrying the title of Special Deputy in the Central District.  Arthur fought in the Civil War with allegiance to the Confederates until he decided he was fighting for the wrong cause which caused him to change to the side of the Union Army.  While serving with the Confederate army A.M. attained the rank of First Sergeant seeing action at Pea Ridge.  Sergeant Chitwood almost lost his life when he contacted malaria which he overcame with the help of a friend who nursed him back to health.  A.M. Chitwood lived a portion of his life one and one half miles from Lane, Oklahoma.  On December 30, 1940, Arthur’s life came to an end when he died near Atoka, Oklahoma. 

(The Antlers Democrat - January 19, June 22, 1900, April 12, April 26, 1901) (Atoka Democrat - January 1, 1941) (Indian Pioneer History - A.M. Chitwood) (Indian Pioneer History - Joe Southern) (Tales of Atoka County Heritage) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Chitwood, Aurelious “Arthur” Manisco

D.U.S. Marshal

Atoka

December 1, 1898

 

Chitwood, D. L. Z. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Choeks, in 1894, picked up a twelve year boy named Henry Sparks who ran away from home when he had problems with his parents.  Choeks arrested the boy and made a fatal mistake when he failed to search him.  He was in the process of taking him home when the boy waited until the deputy turned his back to him, then the boy pulled his pistol shooting the deputy in the back of the head.  As Choeks fell to the ground, three more shots struck him as he lay there dying. 

(West of Hell’s Fringe) (The Beaver Advocate - November 1, 1894)

 

Choate, Garland was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Christian, J. H. was commissioned on August 14, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal John Carroll.  Christian lived in Hartshorne, Indian Territory. 

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

 

Chronister, H. W. was commissioned on January 16, 1893, 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)

 

Chum, G. W. K. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in April through June of 1896. 

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

 

Churchill, J. A. was commissioned in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Chynoweth, W. C. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1897. 

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