Frair, Friar, served a warrant of arrest to Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves on January 19, 1886, for the murder of Reeves’ cook, William Leech.  Leech was killed while working in the field.  Reeves stood trial for the murder charge but was cleared for the death was ruled as accidental.  Deputy Marshal Friar captured Sam Tewart  in Caddo, Choctaw Nation.  Tewart, charged with assault to kill, was taken to jail in the Eastern District court at Paris, Texas.

(The Territorial Topic - September 12, 1889) (Black Red and Deadly)

 

Frair, G. J. B.  was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

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Fraley, J. W.  was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899. 

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

 

Frank, Noah was commissioned as deputy marshal, living at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in 1930. 

(Indian Pioneer History - W. F. Jones) (Indian Pioneer History - S.R. Lewis) (Experience Of A U.S. Deputy Marshal)

 

Frazier, E. K. served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

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

 

Frazier, W. George was commissioned as deputy marshal in the Western District of Arkansas under Judge Parker at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. George Frazier became deputy marshal when Deputy Marshal West Harris was killed by unknown persons at a dance.  At the dance several persons appeared to be drunk, which could have been staged.  West Harris also served as Indian policeman which required him to attend all local events.  Harris tried to get everyone slowed down and when he stepped in to quiet an argument he became the victim along with two other innocent bystanders.  The motive for Harris’ death was robbery for he was known to carry a large amount of money.  George Frazier searched Harris’ body only to find thirty-six cents in his pocket, six hundred dollars was missing.  George Frazier spent a lot of time trying to find Harris’ killers but the murders remained an unsolved mystery. 

(Indian Pioneer History - George W. Frazier) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Freeman, Carl was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Freeman, E. S.  was commissioned on August 31, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  Deputy Marshal Freeman lived in Sebastian County, Arkansas. 

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

 

Freeman, Franklin H. was commissioned on January 2, 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)

 

Freeman, John L. served as a commissioned deputy marshal while working with the Indian police in the Osage Nation.  Freeman was working with fellow officer Wiley Haines when they were in pursuit of two horse thieves.  Wiley Haines overtook the two horse thieves who were slowed by seven stolen horses they had in their possession.  The outlaws, trying to take cover at Wildcat Hill, fired on Haines as he quickly came upon them.  Wiley knew his only defense was to kill the two thieves as quickly as possible.  As Deputy Marshal Freeman arrived on the scene both outlaws lay dead.  Freeman transported the outlaw’s bodies to Pawhuska, Osage Nation.  John served with Deputy Marshals Bud Ledbetter, Heck Thomas, Bea Mellon and Wiley Haines.

(Indian Pioneer History - John C. Chamberlain) (Indian Pioneer History - John L. Freeman) (Outlaws and Peace Officers)

 

Freeman, John L.

D.U.S. Marshal

August 15, 1906 to June 30, 1907

 

Freeman, John W. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Freeman, William B.  was commissioned on July 19, 1869, serving in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, under Marshal William A. Britton.  William lived in Crawford County, Arkansas, while working in the Van Buren Court.  In 1894, Freeman was working out of the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas when he took part in a posse of deputy marshals that served a warrant of arrest to Bill Dalton near Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation.  Emmet, Grat and Bob Dalton, members of the notorious Dalton gang, were brothers to Bill Dalton.  Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton, who was killed in the line of duty, was also a  brother.  William Dalton never rode with his outlaw brothers but was second in command in the Bill Doolin gang. The Bill Doolin gang had numerous charges and warrants for their arrest ranging from train robbery to murder, which included several deputy marshals.   The marshal’s force caught William Dalton off-guard as he was playing with his crippled young daughter.  The posse had surrounded the home, positioning itself to cover Dalton’s home when the outlaw caught a glimpse of one of the approaching deputy marshals.  William Dalton, not to be taken alive, went for his trusty rifle and made a hasty retreat out the back of his home.

(West of Hell’s Fringe) (Ralph Evans File #1161, Ardmore Library) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

French, Robert M. was commissioned on September 20, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  Deputy Marshal French was working in the Cherokee Nation near Vinita where he served a warrant of arrest to Jesse Cochran.  Cochran was charged with killing a white man named Brooks.  Brook’s life was taken in retaliation for killing Jesse’s brother on April 10, 1873.  When Robert French served the warrant of arrest to Jesse Cochran, the officer was met with resistance but Cochran quickly realized he was outgunned.  Robert French transported Jesse Cochran to the Fort Smith jail where he was held until he stood trial.  The court released Jesse Cochran in the spring of 1877. 

Muskogee - The Indian Journal - June 15, 1876) (Outlaws and Lawmen) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

French

S.

C.

D.U.S. Marshal

April 18, 1907 to June 30, 197

 

Freshour, Dave was commissioned as deputy marshal on June 30, 1898.  In 1902, a man named Alex Scott shot his wife, killing her near their home in Bristow.  Deputy Marshal Freshour traveled to Wewoka to serve a warrant of arrest to Scott for the alleged murder.  Investigation revealed that Scott had two other wives besides the one he killed.  In another case which happened in November of 1904, Dave headed a posse to a farm near Stroud where they tried to locate a twelve year old boy named Charles Williams.  Young Charles went to a pasture looking for cattle and never returned.  On March 14, 1903, Frank Baker was charged with the murder of John Thomas, two miles west of Sapulpa, where he had left Thomas’ body on the railroad tracks.  Deputy Marshal Freshour trailed Baker to Kellyville, Indian Territory, where Baker was arrested.  In September of 1906, Dave was summoned to arrest Ed Miller, leader of the Miller-Davis gang who had dodged the marshals for three years.  A pitched battle occurred near Catoosa where Freshour made the arrest only after a narrow escape for his life. Dave Freshour was still alive in 1930, living in Bristow. 

(The Arapaho Bee - December 2, 1904) (Woodward Bulletin - June 16, 1905) (The Sterrett Sun - February 23, 1906) (Lenora Leader - September 28, 1906) (Indian Pioneer History - W.F. Jones) (Indian Pioneer History - C. W. Kidd) (Experience Of A U.S. Deputy Marshal)

 

Freshour, W. E. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Freshour

W.

W.

D.U.S. Marshal

1907

 

Uncle Billy Freshour, Enemy of Oil Field Hoodlums, Dies

 

March 22, 1932—Bristow, OK—W. W. “Uncle Billy” Freshour, the Tennessee “revenoor,” who drove the oil boom hoodlums out of Bristow, dropped dead Monday in a barber shop.  He was 86 years old.

          Made chief of police here in 1919, “Uncle Billy” warred on the undesirables with a billiard cue and a sawed off shotgun and kept the town peaceful after one fatal gunfight.

          As a boy of qt he enlisted in the Ninth Tennessee cavalry and rode through many civil war battles with the confederacy.  Later in charge of revenue activities in 36 eastern Tennessee counties, he was said to have captured 1,500 stills in 14 yeas.  He came to Oklahoma at the opening of the Sac and Fox country in the early 90’s.

          Freshour also served as a deputy United States marshal.

          Six children survive.

         

“Uncle Bill”

 

August 26, 1923—Daily Oklahoman—The last of the old-time peace officers of the Indian country of what now is Oklahoma has laid down his star.  If the nickel is rubbed and polished again it will be only as a reminder of the days gone by.

          W. W. “Uncle Bill” Freshour has been retired as chief of police at Bristow and with this is marked the passing of one of the oldest active police officers in the southwest.

          Uncle Bill, who is 78 years old, has been a peace officer more than fifty years.  He has served in nearly ever capacity of a police officer, deputy sheriff, internal revenue officer and United States deputy marshal.

          Desperate bandits and outlaws have come and gone in Uncle Bill’s time.  He has met time in their haunts, eh has battled them through forests and over hills and now he lives on as a veteran of the past and an authority on human nature.

          Freshour has seen a revolution in methods of criminal hunting.  From the early day method of outlaw chasing he was witnessed the transformation to the more peaceful system of today as modern customs and civilization overtake the wild life of the territory.

‘         Born October 31, 1845, in Blount County, Tennessee, Uncle Bill has been a resident of what is now Oklahoma thirty-one years.

          At the out-break of the war between the states he joined the Confederate army, enlisting in Company E. Ninth Tennessee Calvary as a private in John Stoneman’s brigade.  He served the greater part of the war.  He participated in the battles of Morristown, Greenville, Blue Springs, Bull’s Gap, Bristol, Abingdon, Withville, New River and others, without received a wound.

His first commission as peace officer was in his home county in Tennessee following the war, when he served as deputy sheriff one term.  Then he became general deputy in the internal revenue collector’s office for the government, and had charge of work of the revenue men in thirty-six counties in eastern Tennessee.  He led all the raiding forces against the moonshiners and counterfeiters and other violators of federal laws throughout his district.  He held this position sixteen years.

          In 1890 he went to Missouri and two years later when the Sac and Fox country was opened in Oklahoma, he came here and settled on a claim fourteen miles from the present site of the city of Bristow.  For eleven years he served as deputy United States marshal under Marshal Leo Bennett, whose army of assistants became one of the most notable organizations of peace officers the southwest has ever known.  In the capacity of a deputy marshal, Uncle Bill’s record comes next to that of “Uncle Bud” Ledbetter, dean of “early day” peace officers of the Indian country and new sheriff of Muskogee County.

          Four years ago he became chief of police of Bristow, when a straggling oil town.  Although Uncle Bill had experienced a hectic career prior to assuming this office, some of his most exciting experiences were found while chief of police of this city.  Upon becoming chief, Freshour launched a vigorous campaign against an undesirable element that infested the city.  As a result of his persecution against these violators, they organized to drive the chief from the city.  A delegation sent him word that for the benefit of his health it would be best for him to locate somewhere else.

          Instead of accepting the suggestion to get out of Bristow, Chief Freshour became more vigorous than ever against law violators.  The climax to the war that waged came in the nature of a fatal gun battle.  A crowd of thugs ganged found the chief on the street and threatened him if he did not modify his policy.  In a fight that followed, Uncle Bill shot and killed one of his assailants and severely wounded another.  He never was molested again.

 

Frey, Henry was commissioned in the Southern District Court of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894.  Officers Frey and Jennings were working in Ponca City in December of 1898 where they were in charge of desperado, Clyde Mattox who was being transported when he escaped with the help of an accomplice named Oscar Taylor.  He arrested fugitive, Jack Thompson, and an accomplice on a warrant of assault and robbery near Sterling, Indian Territory, in October of 1904.  The two robbers brutally assaulted Hiram Thompson, then relieved him of forty dollars.  On May 22, 1905, a grand jury found both men guilty of assault and robbery.  Jack Thompson and his partner were fugitives of justice until Deputy Marshal Frey served the warrant for their arrest.  Henry Frey arrested another fugitive of justice named Jess Ray who had taken refuge in Lawton, Western Reserves.  Ray had previously been charged with selling whiskey in Indian Territory but had been successful in eluding the officers.  In October of 1904, Henry arrested a man named Passonare who lived with the Comanche Indians. Passonare had developed a close relationship with the Indians which gave him protection from the marshal’s force.  Passonare gave whiskey to the Indians in return for his protection.  Very few deputy marshals found it profitable or wise to serve a warrant of arrest in a Comanche Indian village.  Deputy Marshal Frey rode into the Comanche Indian camp facing a number of Comanche and Passonare.  The warrant of arrest for selling liquor in Indian Territory was served without incident.  Passonare was transported to the Guthrie jail, and then later was taken to the federal court where he was charged.  In March of 1905, Henry arrested Curtis Phillips who was charged with sending obscene matter through the mail. 

(The Alva Pioneer - December 23, 1898) (Woodward Bulletin - July 29, 1904; March 24, 1904) (The Arapaho Bee - October 14, 1904) (Fairview Republican - October 28, 1904) (The Byars Banner - October 20, 1904) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

A Bootlegger

 

January 14, 1904—Guthrie, OK—Deputy Marshal Henry Frey came in yesterday from Lawton with a prisoner, William Orr, charged with bootlegging whiskey among the Indians.

 

 

Friemel, Leo E. was appointed deputy clerk in the Southern District assigned to the federal court at Ardmore.  Friemel had formerly been a circulating clerk for four years, working out of Ryan, Chickasaw Nation. 

(Picture - Notable men Of Indian Territory)

 

Fritts, William M. was commissioned on June 11, 1890, 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)

 

Fry, Ed M.  was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in July of 1902, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough.  He was appointed as office deputy marshal at Sallisaw. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902) (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library)

 

Frye

Edward

M.

D.U.S. Marshal

Sallisaw

July 1, 1902

 

 

CORNERED

Deputy Marshals Surround Outlaws and Desperate Battle is Pending

 

July 17, 1903— The Guthrie Daily Leader--The United States marshal’s office was notified today of a pending battle with outlaws in the Indian reserve pasture in Comanche county, near Red River.  A posse composed of fifty or more sheriffs and deputy marshals are closing in on the outlaws who are located on Little Beaver creek.  Deputy Marshal Fry, of Lawton, who was in the city today left on the afternoon train in response to a telegram for assistance.  It is quite probably Marshal Fossett, who returned from a week’s chase of the desperadoes only yesterday, will return to the scene tonight and direct the forces in the capture of the outlaws.  They are believed to be the same men who killed Marshal Cross at Geary last week.

 

 

Fry, Reuben M. was commissioned on February 11, 1884, and November 14, 1887, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Thomas Boles.  In July of 1888, Deputy Marshals Trammell, Wheeler and Fry were working at Black Springs, Arkansas trying to locate whiskey stills.  During the process they were able to destroy three stills and mash tubs from two other stills.  Several men were arrested and released with the exception of a man named Pepper and Cogburn who were kept in custody.  The following the three officers left camp to try to locate other stills in the area leaving their two prisoners with other officers in their camp.  The officers rode to a cross road where heavy underbrush made them leery.  Officer Trammell turned his horse to face down the road and immediately said “Here they come”.  The words scarcely came from his mouth when the shot from a Winchester rang out and he fell from his horse dead.  The bullet had struck him square in the breast.  Feeling an attack was immanent, Fry and Wheeler dismounted taking cover in the underbrush, not knowing how many outlaws there were.  This was not the case for the outlaws retreated, firing only one more shot.  There were five men in the gang and to follow them would have meant certain death.  Some women living nearby watched the dead body of Trammell while the two officers rode to Black Springs to report the incident.  The inquest ascertained that two of the members were relatives of Cogburn, who were still being held in custody, one being a brother and the other a cousin.  The other three were also identified.  Trammell was taken to Black Spring cemetery for burial.  Officers left at Black Springs were John Porter, John Strozier and Jim Caine.  The people at Black Springs were very careful about giving any information out, fearing for their lives and property.  Within a short time Cogburn and Pepper were released as everyone feared turning evidence or testifying against them.  Deputy Marshal Rusk tried to take the two men to the Ft. Smith jail but the sheriff told him they could not get enough men to transport them.  The bootleggers never were brought to justice, as their judgment still awaits them. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 6, 1888) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Frye, Charles O. served in the Northern Judicial District in 1895 and 1896.  He was remembered as a deputy marshal by John C. Robinson in Indian Pioneer History.  

(Indian Pioneer History - John C. Robinson) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Fryer, Andy J. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In May 10 1988, Jim Dyer, Joe Dyer and a man named Wilbran went to Caddo and surrendered to Deputy Marshal Andy Fryer and Indian policeman, Joe Bryant.  It was expected that the three men would be taken to Ft. Smith, Arkansas to be placed in jail.  The Dyers were brothers to Sam and Ell Dyer who three years ago killed sheriff Ragsdale and deputy sheriff Buchanan, five miles from Bonham, Texas.  Jim, Joe and Dick Dyer fled to Indian Territory pursued by sheriff Morris Dunn and posse to a cabin occupied by several other outlaws.  After parlaying for a while the outlaws blew out their lamps and began firing through the cracks of the cabin walls.  Sheriff Dunn was shot at first fire but remained on his feet as he fired five shots, before he fell.  The posse without a leader retreated from the cabin on foot and at daylight the outlaws mounted the horses of the officers and escaped.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 1, 1888) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Fugate, C. W.

D.U.S. Marshal

December 18, 1906 to June 30, 1907

 

Fullbright, D. N.  was commissioned on June 19, 1893, 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)

 

Fuller, Jesse L. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Fulsom, A. E. was a deputy marshal in Indian Territory. 

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

 

Funk, was a member of the posse in 1902, who tried to arrest a gang near Henrietta.  The outlaws resisted arrest, becoming involved in a gunfight with the law officers.  After the smoke cleared, two of the outlaws were fatally shot.   Two other gang members surrendered when they saw that they were in a no win situation.  One of the captured outlaws was Jim Holbrook, a member of the Bert Casey Gang. 

(Woodward Bulletin - October 3, 1902)

 

Funkham, was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory serving under Marshal Evett Dumas Nix.  He was summoned to the Santa Fe train robbery at Curtis, Oklahoma Territory on September 12, 1895, to arrest the Waightman gang, comprised of George Waightman alias “Red Buck”, George Miller, Elmer “Kid” Lewis and Joe Beckham.  The westbound train was unexpectedly stopped as the train was derailed when the train came to a section of track that had been removed and rail ties stacked where the rails ended.  A group of section hands were forced by the outlaws to separate the track.  After the train came to a halt it was boarded by the gang who headed directly to the baggage car to blow the safe.  Their attempt was unsuccessful so they decided to rob the passengers, who included two deputy marshals that riding the train.  Deputy Marshal Eugene Hall and Funkham arrived two hours after the robbery, only to find a cold trail as the outlaws escaped to the Gloss Mountains.  (In Pursuit Of the Outlaw - Red Buck)

 

Furber, James D. was placed over the Sac and Fox District in February of 1896, when Marshal Patrick S. Nagle replaced Marshal Evett Nix.

(West of Hell’s Fringe) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Furber, J. D.

D.U.S. Marshal

Sac & Fox Agency

1897

 

Furgeson, J. W. was commissioned on July 31, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. 

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