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Jeff Feld to T. H. Fitzpatrick

Feld, Jeff  was appointed deputy marshal in April 1904, by Marshal George K. Pritchard of the Central District.  Jeff was stationed at Poteau. 

Woodward Bulletin - April 1, 1904)

Felts, Will S. served as deputy marshal at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, in 1893, under Marshal Evett Nix, his brother-in-law, serving until December of 1896.  Felts told a story about Bill Dalton and his gang on May 24, 1894, which was reported in the State Herald and the Washington Post. 

( Selden Lindsey) (Shooting From The Lip) (Oklahombres) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Fenno, V. D. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899. 

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

Fenton, George S.  was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from July, 1894 through June of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

Fentress, “Bill” was sent from the Western District federal court in Arkansas to investigate the killing of three deputy marshals near Poteau, Choctaw Nation, while they were searching for whiskey. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator)

Ferguson,  made an arrest for introducing whiskey into Indian Territory. 

(Atoka Indian Citizen - December 21, 1889)

Ferguson, J. M. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

Ferguson, George  was commissioned on November 7, 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)

Ferguson, Waller was commissioned on October 3, 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)

Ferguson, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving as special deputy. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Fernandez, R. James was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Ferner, E. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he served as guard to the federal jail.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Ferrell, Sam served in the Central District in 1894. 

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

Ferrier, R.  was commissioned o September 27, 1890 in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  Deputy Marshal Ferrier lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

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

Ferris, was a deputy marshal in Yukon, Oklahoma Territory.  Jim And Victor Casey were two brothers charged with killing two settlers having land claims next to theirs.  Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen investigated the killings finding enough evidence to take the two brothers to trial.  The court allowed the two brothers to post bond until their trial dates came up.  The two brothers relocated to Arapahoe-Comanche country.  The brothers bragged they would never stand trial for the murders.  They said they were going to El Reno to clean up on Chris Madsen and his group.  When Chris Madsen was out of town the brothers went to El Reno telling everyone they were looking for Madsen, then left before he came back.  When Madsen found out they had been in town making threats toward him, this infuriated him.  Madsen notified Deputy Marshal Ferris to keep an eye open for the two brothers when they passed through Yukon.  The Caseys passed through Yukon on their trip back to Arapahoe where Ferris was waiting for them.  The brothers caught Ferris unaware which allowed one of the brothers to shoot and wound the deputy marshal.  Several town citizens became aware of the situation, coming to the aid of Ferris.  Ferris and his posse chased the Caseys’ to the South Canadian River in a running gun battle.  Jim Casey was captured but his brother Victor was able to escape with wounds from the gun battle with the posse.  Victor sought aid at his father’s farm near Thomas.  Several days later the outlaw was captured without incident.  Victor Casey’s condition was not good due to his leg wound which would not hold his weight.  The two brothers were charged with manslaughter, receiving life sentences in the Ohio penitentiary. 

(Oklahombres)

Fields, Billy  arrested a run-away girl from the Caddo area, Choctaw Nation, in April of 1884.  In May of 1884, Bill and Deputy Marshal Bud McCauley were summoned to federal court in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.   The Atoka Champion reported that Billy had arrested another whiskey peddler in Atoka, Choctaw Nation. 

(Atoka Champion May 17, August 30, 1884) (Branding Iron - May 3, 1886) (Ft. Smith Historical List)     K

Fields, John F. was commissioned to the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.   In May of 1885, he was determined to arrest Cherokee outlaw Ned Christie.   The Cherokee outlaw killed marshal Dan Maples and wounded deputy marshals in two separate incidents.  Deputy Marshal Fields approached Christie’s cabin ordering Christie to come out.  Christie came out of his cabin with his rifle blazing.  Fields was shot in the neck with a rifle slug but managed to

escape with his life.  In June of 1885, he was summoned with Sam Six Killer to a murder scene near Fort Gibson, where notorious outlaw Dick Glass and his gang of rustlers killed William Cobb and seriously wounded Alex Cowan.  Dick Glass and Johnson was trailed five miles south of Emet, Choctaw Nation where Glass was killed in a shoot-out by Sam Six Killer.  In April of 1904, Fields was appointed as field deputy in Poteau, by Marshal George K. Pritchard of the Central District.  Oklahombres shows John Fields dying on October 19, 1892. 

(The Choctaw News - June 2, 1904) (Indian Pioneer History - William H. Bullard) (Indian Pioneer History - Stanley A. Clark) (Chronicles of Oklahoma - Volume 50, 1972) (Encyclopedia Of A Western Gun-fighter) (Heck Thomas) (Black, Red, And Deadly) (Outlaws and Peace Officers Of Indian Territory) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    K

Fields, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In December of 1885, Deputy Marshal Fields brought in Frank Child on a bigamy charge, Buffalo a Seminole Indian charged with horse stealing and Henry Davidson for introducing whiskey into Indian Territory.  He arrested three white men who confronted a man digging a water well on the bank of the Canadian River.  An altercation broke out between the men which ended with the three white men shooting the other man with a shotgun.  In 1887, Deputy Marshal Fields served a warrant of arrest to a Choctaw named Cash Ellis, charged with the murder of a Negro named Busby.  Ellis was not to be arrested without a gunfight.  The ensuing gun fight left Ellis’ legs broken and riddled with bullets.   Will Field was elected as Captain of the United States Indian Police in the Choctaw Nation.  On April 10, 1887, Ellis was killed by Jim “Cumming” Cunnieus when Ellis served a warrant of arrest for larceny to Cummings.  The outlaw was pursued in a running gun battle by Deputy Marshal Crowder Nicks who was with Fields at the time of his death.   Cunnieus was wounded before he was taken into custody. Jim Cunnieus had previously killed two other men in Texas before fleeing to Indian Territory. 

(Muskogee - The Indian Journal - July 8, 15, 1887) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Oklahombres)    K

Filsom, Frank was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in April through June of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Fink, Edward D.  served under Marshal Evett Nix at El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, January of 1895.  In July of 1902, he worked out of the Western District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal Leo Bennett,  assigned to Wetumka.  In December of 1902, Deputy Marshal Fink attempted to arrest two desperados Tunnels, and Clark, near Wetumka.  The two outlaws overpowered Fink, pistol whipping the deputy marshal until he was beaten unconscious.  Fellow officers were summoned to capture Fink’s perpetrators, trailing them toward Okemah where their trail vanished.    On November 20, of 1904, Deputy Marshal Fink was given a warrant of arrest to serve to Indian outlaws, Jim Tiger and Peter Fish.  The two men had been to Keokuk Falls, Oklahoma after whiskey and when Fink heard of it he followed them.  He rode behind them and ordered them to halt. Fish turned in his saddle, fired his Winchester rifle killing the deputy. Fink trailed them to the Eufaula area where he made contact with them.  Deputy Marshals Grant Johnson and Bud Ledbetter arrested the two outlaws fifteen miles southwest of Eufaula.   In December of 1904, Tiger and Fish were taken to Anadarko before Commissioner Orlando Swain where they were bound over for grand jury. Peter Fish received a sentence of life imprisonment for Fink’s murder. 

(Taloga Advocate - April 27, 1895) (Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902) (The Seiling Guide - December 18, 1902) (Vinita Weekly Chieftain - December 8, 1904) (The Arapaho Bee - December 9, 1904) (The Lenora Leader - December 15, 1905) (Shooting From The Lip) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Black Red and Deadly) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   K

HELD FOR KILLING DEPUTY MARSHAL

September 4, 1904--Muskogee, Indian Territory-- Sam Miller and Boley Solomon, two Indians have been arrested in Brockton Jail in this city, charged with the murder of deputy United States Marshal Ed Fink, at Wetumka, last Monday night.  Fink was after six Indians who had gone to Keokuk Falls after whiskey and these two were of the six.  It is not known if they are the two who did the killing, but if they did not commit the deed, they know who did.  They were arrested near Wetumka.

DEPUTY MARSHAL SHOT BY INDIANS

Well-Known Officer Killed At Wetumka-- A Search For His Murderers And Progress

November 29, 1904-- Muskogee, Indian Territory--United States Marshal Bennett received word here tonight that Deputy Marshal Ed Fink had been killed at Wetumka.  Details cannot be obtained.  All the information received is that Fink had been killed by two Indians who had escaped going toward the Seminole nation.  There has been no riot at Wetumka.  Tonight deputies were sent out for Muskogee to Wetumka and every Deputy on the west side of the territory has been notified.  In organized search for the murderers will be in progress before morning.  Deputy Fink had been in the service three years and was a tried Officer.  Less than a year ago he was beaten and left for dead by Indians.  He recovered and stuck to the dangerous business of the Deputy.

Finley, Tom was appointed as a deputy marshal who worked with Heck Bruner in the Cherokee Nation.  Finley was born in 1875 as a Cherokee citizen.  (

Indian Pioneer History - Tom Finley)

Finnley, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He was summoned to serve a warrant of arrest to Dick Melton of the Creek Nation on a charge of intent to kill.  His prisoner was returned to Ft. Smith, Arkansas jail to await sentencing. 

Ft. Smith Elevator - April 3, 1891)

Fisher, Samuel N. was commissioned on March 11, 1884, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Thomas Boles. 

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

Fisher, S. W. was remembered by his niece as a deputy marshal at McAlester in the early days. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Mrs. Mary Katherine Garrett)

Fitzhenry, Robert was commissioned on May 11, 1871, serving in the Western District of Arkansas, under Marshal Logan Roots. 

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Fitzpatrick, T. H. was commissioned on May 28, 1888, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

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