Hobbs, B.F. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Hocker, H. E. was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas. in 1894.  He was assigned to the Purcell area working under Marshal Sheb Williams.  In November of 1894, several wealthy ranchers living in the Chickasaw Nation pooled their money to work a scheme against the Wells Fargo Express Company.  The plan was to doctor five packets of plain paper with a few $1 and $2 bills to make them appear to contain $25,000, take them to Kansas City and have the express company deliver them by rail to Canadian, Texas.  Several outlaws were hired to rob the train before it arrived at the train station in Canadian.  The Wells Fargo Express Company alerted Hemphill County Sheriff Tom McGee the train was carrying a large amount of cash and requested he be present when it arrived at the depot.  After the train pulled into the depot, several outlaws watched while the express agent removed the money from the express car and took it to the express office.  The sheriff working alone, confronted the robbers on the depot platform when he became suspicious of them.  When they were approached they met him with such resistance that he was unable to hold them off.  A single bullet struck him in the hip and exited out his abdomen, leaving him critically wounded until he died the following day.   Making their way to the southeast toward Cheyenne-Arapaho country the robbers fled from Canadian, Texas, leaving the packages of money behind.  One time Texas Ranger, Captain Arrington was out of town when the sheriff was killed but when he heard of his fate he returned to Canadian to form a posse to track his killers.  Joe Blake, brother to “Tulsa Jack” Blake, a member of the Bill Doolin gang, was the first outlaw to be apprehended and within several days, Jim Harbolt and Jake McKinzie were also taken into custody by Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen and delivered to jail in El Reno.  The money packets left behind revealed the plot that went awry, forcing George Isaacs to admit his part in the scheme, hoping he wouldn’t be held accountable for the sheriff’s death.  George Isaacs of the Chickasaw Nation lived away from two of his brothers who were far more prominent, that owned large cattle ranches near Canadian, Texas.  George Isaacs most likely became acquainted with Jim Harbolt when he lived near Healdton, and Duncan before he moved to Cheyenne country.  Jim Harbolt’s first involvement with the deputy marshals was when he killed a man named Giles Fillippin near the Duncan Store on December 26, 1888. Deputy Marshal Burt Brown arrested him and took him to jail in Paris, Texas but his stay was short when he hired a good lawyer that freed him on grounds of self defense.   Hocker was deployed to place Isaacs under surveillance until he could be arrested so he could be taken to Texas to face murder charges.  Hocker also investigated the shooting of Deputy Marshall Bill Carr when outlaws George Newcomb, alias “Slaughter Kid” and Bill Dalton pulled a robbery near the Seminole Nation border in 1894.  During the shoot-out George Newcomb was wounded by Deputy Marshal Bill Carr.  This was the second time that Newcomb had been wounded by a deputy marshal.  On August 21, 1895, Deputy Marshal Hocker rode with a posse from Purcell to capture John Reeves of the Christian gang.  On August 22, 1895, Hocker with his posse tracked the Christian gang six miles west of Purcell, along the border between Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory.  The following morning at daybreak, Hocker and his posse surrounded the gang and gave them an order to surrender but they were not to be taken without a gun battle.  Hocker directed his gunfire toward Bob Christian wounding him after several rounds were exchanged.  Coming to his brother’s defense, Bill Christian worked his way behind Hocker until he was only a few feet from him before he shot Hocker in the back.  Losing their leader, the remaining deputies retreated, calling for reinforcements. The gang stripped the fallen officer of his weapons and stole his horse before they made their escape.  

(Ft. Smith Elevator - May 9,1890) (The Kingfisher Times - August 29, 1895) (Taloga Advocate - August 31, 1895) (West Of Hells Fringe) (Per Guardian of the Law)    Killed in the line of duty.

 

Hodge, William H. was commissioned on May 4, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Deputy Marshal Hodge lived in Berryville, Arkansas. 

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

 

Hodges William E.  was commissioned at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory in 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Hoed, Joe was assigned to the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas.

 

Hogan, Dean worked with Deputy Marshals Frank Lake, and John McCann in the winter of 1895, to capture the Shelley brothers near Checotah, Creek Nation.   The two Shelley brothers holed up in their cabin where they planned to hold off the officers.  The deputies tried to serve the warrants of arrest without any incident but the Shelleys would not surrender without a gun battle.  The cabin was so well fortified that it was not to the officers advantage to become engaged in a long gunfight even though they outnumbered their foe.  A bucket of coal oil was poured over a wagon loaded with hay, which was fired, then pushed into the cabin.  The fire and smoke forced the Shelley brothers to surrender without further incident.   One of the Shelley brothers was wounded during the gunfight.  The two brothers were transported to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where they were tried for resisting arrest and assault with intent to kill.  Each brother received eight years in the Ft. Smith jail.  Deputy Marshal Hogan was summoned south of Okmulgee to intercept a shipment of liquor being shipped into that area.  Hogan, not aware that he was being watched by the bootleggers, decided to lay down and rest for a period.  As Hogan laid down on the ground he rested his hat on

his elevated knee.  The bootleggers decided the time was right to dispose of the officer so a single shot was fired which struck its mark leaving the deputy marshal badly injured. 

(Indian Pioneer History - John Bryant) (Frontier Trails)

 

Hogan, L. E. served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

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

 

Hogan, William B. was commissioned on September 26, 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)

 

Holcomb, William worked as a deputy marshal in 1896, where he served in Dewey County, Oklahoma Territory, with fellow Deputy Marshals Joe Ventioner and Bill Quillen.  Red Buck and George Miller were two outlaws that were wanted for a number of crimes they had committed while riding with the Doolin Gang.  After leaving the Doolin Gang, the two outlaws joined company to harass the farmer and ranchers in the Woods, Dewey, and “G” counties.  on September 1, 1895, during one of their excursions they killed a  rancher named Gus Holland.  The rancher was ambushed near Seiling, Oklahoma, for the eighty-one head of cattle he was herding.   In February of 1896, W. W. Glover allowed Miller and Red Buck into his dugout, located five miles west of Arapaho.  Glover was able to convince the two outlaws he could be trusted to go to Arapaho to get food, ammunition and whiskey.  Possibly the reward money tempted Glover to double-cross the two feared outlaws.  Glover solicited the aid of six posse men who rode behind Glover staying out of site.  The outlaws asked Glover to fire a warning shot to indicate that everything was clear when he returned to the dugout.  The posse moved into their planned positions, a feed crib and haystack.  Glover fired the warning shot, then Miller and Red Buck came out of the dugout.  The posse had agreed to allow Glover to take cover before they fired on the outlaws but itchy trigger fingers started the shootout.  Glover ran for cover but a bullet struck his temple piercing his brain, killing him instantly.  The fatal shot was fired by one of the two outlaws in retaliation to the double-cross as they escaped from their would be captors.  On March 4, 1896, the three deputy marshals with three deputies went to Dolph Pickelsimer’s dugout south of Arapaho, to serve a warrant of arrest to the two outlaws. The lawmen surrounded the dugout waiting for the outlaws to make their appearance.  The deputy marshals were aware the dugout would provide the protection the outlaws needed to avoid capture.  A plan was made to apprehend the trio when they left their cover.  George Miller and Dolph Picklesimer left the dugout two hours before sunrise, making their way toward their horses which they were going to feed.  Not expecting the lawmen, the two men stepped into view of the lawmen who ordered them to surrender.  George Miller went for his revolver which he was forced to drop as one of the officers fired at him.  Miller retreated back toward the dugout begging Red Buck to come to his assistance.  Red Buck, leaving his cover, was shot down by a heavy barrage of gunfire.  Officer Ventioner took a bullet from Red Buck that struck him in the lower abdomen and passed out of his body above the left hip.  Miller retreated into the dugout where he continued the gun battle.  Within a short period of time Miller called to the officers that he was giving up for he was shot to pieces.  When the lawmen finally removed George Miller from the dugout they found him to be seriously wounded.  It was presumed that a bullet struck Miller’s cartridge belt which exploded three or four bullets that tore his right hand off and left only one finger on the left hand.  Picklesimer used hot ashes to sear and treat Miller’s wound.  Picklesimer was arrested for harboring a criminal. 

(The Dewey County Record - July 29,  & August 5, 1999) (Clinton Daily News - April 16, 1998) (Arapaho Bee - May 28, 1896)  (Western Oklahoman - June 5, August 28, 1896)

 

Holden, A. W.

D.U.S. Marshal

1907

 

Hold, James L.  was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Holden, Wes was appointed as deputy marshal at Ft. Towson, in January of 1905, to replace Will Grist who resigned his position.  Holden had previously been the city marshal at Hugo, Choctaw Nation.  Deputy Marshal Holden went to Colbert, Choctaw Nation, with posse man Charles Dobbs to make a whiskey raid.  Liquor was being transported from nearby Dennison, Texas, into Colbert.  Word was being spread that the town was wide open with whiskey flowing in the streets.  The two officers found the town out of control, a number of people were drunk and several fights were occurring in the streets.  The lawmen broke up the fights, then poured sixty gallons of booze into the street.  No arrests were made but everyone knew that the deputy marshals were in control.  On November 28, 1905, Charles Chesher left his wife and two children at Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, to sell three head of horses owned by the Meek brothers who were lodged in the jail at Atoka, Choctaw Nation.  Charles traveled to the Tishomingo area where he met Bud Mullins alias “Bud Hale” alias “Bud Freeman”, Charley Parker and Arch Gregory.  Chesher went with the three men to Gregory’s home which was located five miles north of Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation.  Chesher had agreed to stay for three days until the three men decided how many horses they would buy.  The party arrived at Gregory’s farm around 8:00 P.M.  Chesher was told there was a good pasture about three-hundred yards from the house where the horses could be turned loose.  After releasing the horses the three men turned on Chesher, drawing their guns.  Chesher was shot in the hand.  Seeing he was in mortal danger he ran for a nearby creek where he jumped into the water.  The three men followed Chesher in the darkness of the night, into the creek where they found him hiding under the creek bank covered with rocks.  Matches were struck to locate Chesher’s hiding place which partially revealed his image.  Some fifteen to twenty shots were fired at Chesher, each bullet missing its mark.  Mullins entered the water wading the creek to Chesher’s hiding place, there he pulled the pleading Chesher out on the bank.  Charley Parker alias ”Kid Parker” pulled his knife, cutting one side of Chesher’s throat.  Hale, not to be outdone, pulled his long knife, placed it on Chesher’s throat, and then pulled the knife into Chesher’s throat nearly cutting his head off.   The bleeding body was thrown back into the creek where large rocks were thrown on it to hold it under water, then logs were placed over the body to hide it.  The next morning, the three killers returned with Clyde and Arch Tripp who were picking cotton for a nearby farmer.  The party moved Cheser’s body upstream where it was buried.  Two or three days later Mullins and Parker took the horses to Fort Towson to sell them.  The horses were taken to Will Butler where they were left for a $50 loan.  The gang relocated to Fort Towson where they got a job at John Wright’s mill.  On Christmas night, Mullins and Parker stole Gregory’s wife, dog, horse, guns and kitchen utensils, and then went east into the Choctaw Nation.  At Idabel, the two murderers got a job cutting fence post where they also stole traps and coon hides.  Deputy Marshal Bas Clay arrested Mullins and Parker on a warrant of arrest for stealing horses.  Clay turned the two prisoners to Deputy Marshal Holden who placed them in jail at Atoka.  Holden questioned the two men until they finally confessed to the murder of Charles Chesher.  Holden traveled to Dallas, Texas on November 16, 1906, where he arrested Perry J. Day who was wanted for a charge of grand larceny.  Day stole $70 from a railroad conductor.  

(Antlers News - January 6, 1905; November 23, 1906) (The Durant Weekly News - December 22, 1905; February 9, 16, 1906)

 

Holeman, Charles was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, serving under Marshal Andrew J. Houston.  Officers had Holeman’s house under surveillance watching his son Zeb who was wanted.  Holeman objected and became involved in a shoot-out which led to the marshal’s death. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - September 12, 1902)           

          

Holleman, Harmon L. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Holleman, James F. was commissioned on July 14, 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)

 

Hollingsworth, A. M. was commissioned on July 14, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in 1894.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hollister, Cassius “Cash” M. was commissioned deputy marshal by Marshal J. F. Sherman in the Kansas Federal Court at Wichita, Kansas in 1883 and served until 1884.  In 1883 he was sent to investigate a murder that occurred six miles north of Waukomis, Indian Territory.  Clement Bothamley, an Englishman, met Nellie Bailey in Newton, Kansas, where the two made a plan to sell his Kansas farm and move to Texas.  Clement was a sick man suffering from rheumatism and sciatica.  He gave her the family jewelry.  On August 21, 1883, Clement, Nellie and two Kansas men, who were hired to herd 2,200 head of sheep, started their journey to the Texas ranch.  On the night of October 7, 1883, they camped along a creek in present day Garfield County, six miles north of Waukomis.  The two sheepherders were away from the main camp watching the sheep and Nellie and Clement were sleeping in the main camp.  About 3:00 A.M. a shot roused the two herders but they did not investigate.  Two hours later they heard Nellie screaming for them to come to the wagon.  Clement was in the wagon with a bullet hole in his head, close to his right eye.  Two local ranchers rode up.  They had camped on the prairie overnight and were on their way home.  Ralph Collins, one of the ranchers, went to Waukomis to summon help.  A posse, headed by Abe Rhodes, came from Waukomis.  Rhodes investigated the scene of the crime and found a bloody pillow lying near the creek some distance from the wagon.  A hole was found in the pillow about the size of a 45 caliber slug and the bullet hole in Clement’s head appeared to have ranged downward which did not look like suicide.  The body was taken to the Skeleton Ranch where it was placed in a box made from storage crates.  After the burial, Nellie and the two herders headed for Texas.  Abe Rhodes reported his suspicions to the U.S. Commissioner, Pat Terrill, who worked under J. F. Sherman at Wichita.  Sherman selected Cash Hollister of Caldwell, Kansas, and two posse men, Henry Newton Brown and Ben Wheeler, two reformed gunfighters who were city marshal and deputy city marshal of Caldwell to investigate the death.  Nellie and the two herders were caught before they got to Texas and were brought back to the Skeleton Ranch where the body was exhumed, placed in a sealed zinc box and taken to Wichita, Kansas.  Nellie Bailey was acquitted of all charges when she was tried for the murder with the verdict being death caused by suicide.  On October 18, 1884 Cash was shot and killed when he attempted to arrest a desperado named Bob Cross, the son of a Texas Baptist minister who had went astray.  Cross had been trusted to deliver a herd of Texas cattle to market in Kansas and after the cattle were sold, a horse was borrowed to allow him to skip out.  He was able to elude the officer for a spell but again got into trouble when he joined another bad hombre named Fin Warrensburg robbed a store, committing damage and beat up the proprietor. Again he was able to escape arrest but increased his problems with the law when he abducted a young girl, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, taking her to Cedar Vale.  The young woman deserted him making her way back to her family and Cross went back to his wife and child who lived near Hunnewell, Kansas.  During several attempted arrests one of the officers that tried to accost him was killed and Cross was now a marked outlaw wanted by the federal officers.  On October 18, 1884, Marshal Riley and George Davis assisted Cash to serve three warrants of arrest to Cross when they learned he was staying at his friend’s home near Hunnewell.  Around three o’clock in the morning the three lawmen surrounded the farmhouse, demanding he surrender to them but the woman who answered the door swore that he was not there.  Finally she agreed to allow them to enter the house to make a search but refused to light a lamp.  As they kicked down the door several shots were fired at them but all of them missed striking the door.  The occupants in the house were threatened with their lives when they were told that the house would be burned if they did not give it up.  The lady of the house quickly departed but Cross remained inside.  Davis found some hay, placed it under the house when Cross fired another shot and Hollister fell while Davis ran to a wood pile.  Davis tried to place Cash in a nearby wagon which was hitched to a team of horses but they became frightened and ran away.  Considerable time was taken to secure the horses so Hollister’s body could be taken for medical assistance and it was found that he had already succumbed.  Sheriff Reilly tried to arrest Cross but the woman who was his wife placed herself between the lawman’s Winchester and her husband enabling his to escape.  Cross escaped the house with nothing on but his shirt and guns.  Mrs. Cross was taken into custody while her husband found a pair of overalls  and headed for Indian Territory where he was seen about three miles southwest of Hunnewell, after several hours he was captured and found guilty of the murder of Cash Hollister. Cash Hollister’s death was mourned by his wife when he was buried in the Hunnewell cemetery just north of that town. 

(Caldwell Commercial - March 22, April 12, 1883)(Caldwell Journal - October 18, 25, August 10, November 22,1883; September 4, 11, October 23, 1884)(Old West Magazine - 1971 Spring Edition, Page. 4) (Why the West Was Wild)

 

Hollyboy, J. M. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In February of 1891, he went to the Creek Nation to serve a warrant of arrest to Don Morrison, charged with larceny. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - February 27, 1891)

 

Holman, Holeman, Anderson was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. In June of 1892 he served a warrant of arrest to K. T. Stovall for introducing liquor into Indian Territory.  His prisoner was taken to the Ft. Smith federal jail to await trial.  He worked the Cherokee Nation in February of 1893, when he arrested a white man named William Wells for introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory.  His prisoner was taken to jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he stood trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 17, 1892) (The Weekly Elevator - February 10, 1893)

 

Holman, Henry B.  was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Holmes, George arrested Jennie Metcalf -nee- Stephens near the Creek Nation border for peddling whiskey to the Indians.  Metcalf had several previous arrests for liquor violations.  Jennie had been released a month earlier, in October of 1896, from the Boston Reform School where she was serving a sentence.  Jennie boasted of being a part of the Doolin Gang, Cook Gang and Dalton Gangs.  Her attire was that of a male. She was married to a man named Metcalf when she was fifteen years old but had separated from him, later marrying Robert Stephens.

(The Woodward News - November 13, 20, 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Holt, James L.  was commissioned on June 15, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Deputy Marshal Holt lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas during this commission.  During  this commission Deputy Marshal Holt arrested Cherokee Indian, Ed Scooper for introducing liquor into the Cherokee Nation.  His prisoner was taken to jail in Ft. Smith, where he stood trial.  In June of 1894, he Sam Shaffer, a white man for introducing liquor into Indian Territory near Spavinaw.  James was commissioned again on July 1, 1896, under Marshal George Crump.  On June 10, 1897, April 27, and July 1, 1901, James served under Marshal Solomon F. Stahl.  James continued to serve as deputy marshal until 1914 or 1915. James Holt moved to Siloam Springs, Arkansas before 1900.

 (Ft. Smith Elevator - June 20, 1897) (The Weekly Elevator - September 22, December 22, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Holt, James L.	D.U.S. Marshal		July 1, 1896
Holt, James L.	Deputy U. S. Marshal	Siloam Springs	1897

 

Holt, John served a warrant of arrest to C.  L. Isabell in Arapaho Indian Territory in a failure to pay case which turned to bankruptcy.

 (The Arapaho Bee - May 29, 1903)

 

Holt, Richard “Dick” was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In May of 1892, he served a warrant of arrest to Walter Raun on charges of larceny.  His prisoner was taken to the Ft. Smith, Arkansas federal jail to await trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - May 6, 1892) 

 

Holvey, George was working out of South McAlester, transporting several prisoners in a coal car when the train wrecked.  George was unable to remove himself from the car because of his injuries which enabled all of the prisoners to escape.  Holvey recovered from his injuries allowing him to continue his duties as deputy marshal.  In March of 1901, a man named Robert Hendricks went to Joe Tannehill’s residence to burn his barn.  Tannehill tried to stop Hendricks but was forced away when he tried to put the fire out.  Hendricks guarded the building until it was completely consumed.  After the fire burned out, Hendricks returned to his home.  The value of the barn with nine thousand bushels of stored corn was in excess of more than $1000.  Deputy Marshal Holvey served the warrant of arrest to Hendricks without incident.  Hendricks evidently suffered from temporary insanity for he was rational and very sorry for his actions.  Holvey delivered Hendricks to court to stand trial. 

(The Woodward Bulletin - January 4, 1901) (The Antlers Democrat - March 29, 1901)

 

Honea, H. B.

D.U.S. Marshal

October 11, 1960 June 30, 1907

 

Hood, John A. was commissioned on August 13, 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)

 

Hood, William S. was commissioned on September 20, 1886, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. William was commissioned again on January 27, 1888, June 8, 1893, and July 1, 1896, while he lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In April of 1888, he served a warrant of arrest to Joe Fry on charges of larceny.  His prisoner was taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to await trial.  During the same month he was working with Deputy Marshal Wingo when they arrested Martin Byrd on assault charges. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 6, 13, 1888) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hood, W. S.	D.U.S. Marshal		July 1, 1896
Hood, W. S.	D.U.S. Marshal	Webber's Falls, I. T.	1897

 

Hoover, was commissioned in the Southern District Court Of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas.  On June 13, 1889, M. Askew and John Nixon got into a quarrel over a trivial matter.  An angry Askew drew a large knife and stabbed Nixon who died within a short period of time.  Deputy Marshal Hoover arrested Askew near Marietta, Chickasaw Nation where the attack was made and delivered him to Paris, Texas. (Ft. Smith Elevator - June 21, 1889)

 

Hoover, John Wesley Deputy U. S. Marshal

 

Territorial Peace Officer Dies Here

 

January 15, 1930--The Oklahoman--John Wesley Hoover, 77 years old, veteran state peace officer, died at the home of his son, W. J. Hoover, 2100 Classen Boulevard, Tuesday night.  The body is held at Watts and McAtee funeral home and will be sent to Ninnekah for burial Sunday.

          Hoover immigrated to Tennessee from Holland and came to the Indian Territory from Texas in 1883.  He held the first commission as deputy United States marshal in the territory, his son said.

          Hoover is also survived by another son, J. O. Hoover, Ninnekah, and a brother, W. L. Hoover, Palestine, Texas.

 

Hopkins, A. T. was commissioned at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory from July, 1894 through December of 1895, where he served under Marshal Evett Nix.

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

 

Hopkins, Fatty served as deputy marshal with Bill Tilghman in 1893.  In March of 1895, Hopkins was a passenger on a train that departed from Edmond with its next stop in Oklahoma City.  Two other men boarded the train that had a long standing feud.   One of these men, Wallace, was already aboard the train, sitting in a passenger car when the second man, Classen, came aboard, and then Classen’s brother and brother-in-law boarded the train.  As the three men came toward Wallace, he feared he was in danger so he drew his pistol warning the trio to either go back or to pass by without stopping.  At that moment, Deputy Marshal Hopkins came into the passenger car and heard Wallace say, ”You shot me once and won’t get another chance to do it again.”  Officer Hopkins disarmed Wallace, then Classen pulled his gun trying to shoot the disarmed Wallace.   Deputy Marshal Hopkins shoved his pistol in Classen’s face, taking his weapon.  When the train arrived in Oklahoma City, Hopkins turned both of the men over to policeman Jones, who put them in jail. 

(The Woodward Jeffersonian - March 30, 1895)  (Shooting From The Lip)

 

EARLY DAY PEACE OFFICER MURDERED

 

November 11, 1915—The Oklahoma Leader—A. T. Hopkins was murdered by robbers early Sunday in his office at Lawton.  He was a large horse dealer and always had money about his person and had drawn a large sum late Saturday for use early Monday morning, said Col. Hornaday of this city, an old time friend.

          “Al Hopkins was a pioneer in Oklahoma and a co-worker with Heck Thomas and Chris Madsen and well known in Guthrie.  He was a nervy officer, hard fighter, but an honorable enemy, respected alike by friend and foe.  His later career was varied with several accusations of violations of prohibitory and gambling laws, but he had a big heart in his big body.  With some faults he was an energetic town builder and public spirited citizen, free hearted to a fault never turning down an appeal for personal or financial aid to friend or foe when he heard an honest, candid appeal.  He was quite wealthy and leaves a son in Oklahoma City and a daughter at Medford.  His untimely death will be deeply regretted by all old time pioneers of Oklahoma.”

 

Hopp, Max was commissioned on July 8, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Max lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

 

Hopper, Samuel was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from April through June of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

 

Hopper, W. J. was commissioned on June 17, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He arrested William Crane, a retail liquor dealer who did not pay the liquor tax and Mike Cogburn for selling spirits in Indian Territory. 

(Atoka Indian Citizen - December 21, 1889 & April 5, 1890) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Horner, Joe   see Frank Canton

 

Hosey,  Isaac served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

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

 

Hoskins, D. W.  was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hotchkiss, J. B.  was commissioned on January 8, 1896, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Hotchkiss lived in Parsons, Kansas and possibly reported to the Wichita Court where some of the Indian Territory prisoners were taken. 

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

 

Hotton, David A.

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

 

Houck, Felix D. was commissioned on July 19, 1893, and November 12, 1896, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Deputy Marshal Houck lived in Van Buren, Arkansas. 

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

 

Hough, William S.  was commissioned on May 11, 1871, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Deputy Marshal Hough lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

House, Edgar “Ed” was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory, Ardmore District, serving from February 3, 1901 to July 1, 1906 under Marshals Ben Colbert and Grosvenor Porter.  During this time he was headquartered at Sulphur and Davis.  He joined with Sheriff Neal Morris of Kiowa County and John Bottoms of Sulphur to try to capture the Bert Casey gang after they killed sheriff Frank Smith and deputy sheriff George Beck of Caddo County.  During the search he became acquainted with Gus Bobbitt who later captured two of the gang member and killed outlaw Walter Swafford near Violet.  House was assigned to the Wild Horse District while working in the Ardmore district.  He resigned his office as deputy marshal to become sheriff at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. 

(Tulsa World - August 29, 1915) (Daily Oklahoman - September 15, 1915)

 

Houston, Hueston, Ham, (Brother to Tom Hueston) was one of the thirteen Deputy Marshals that went to Ingalls, Oklahoma, to capture the Doolin Gang.

(West of Hell’s Fringe) ((The Marshals Monitor - Microsoft Internet Explorer)

 

Houston, Luther “Lute” was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory.  In 1892, he was working under Chief Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen trying to gather information on the Casey gang but Bert Casey became aware that he was  spying and had Fred Hudson, Jim and Ben Hughes hang him near Swan Lake.  The Hughes brothers and Hudson stood trial for his death but were acquitted due to lack of evidence.  Fred Hudson and another Casey gang member, Ed Lockett were released from jail by U.S. Marshal Fossett in exchange for capturing Bert Casey.  In November of 1902, Casey joined forces with Jim Simms who was a fugitive of justice, escaping from the Watonga jail and traveling to the Gloss Mountain region where they planned to rob the Cleo bank.  After scouting the town for several days they returned to their camp, a mile southwest of Cleo, along the Eagle Chief River where they met their old friends, Lockett and Hudson.  The morning of the planned robbery Hudson tried to arrest Casey but he went for his pistol when Hudson ordered him to give it up.  Lockett was to cover Jim Simms but froze when he looked down Simm’s pistol barrel; his life was spared only because Simm’s revolver misfired.  Hudson’s pistol had two rounds remaining when he caught a glimpse of Simms leveling his weapon at Lovett and discharged both into Lovett’s body.  Hudson’s body was hauled by wagon to Guthrie where Hudson collected a $500 reward and Simms was left at Cleo where some good Samaritan donated a plot with a homemade tombstone.  Fred Hudson returned to Lawton where Marshal Fossett pardoned him for all past crimes but Jim Bourland, a one time Casey gang member who turned sheriff was not about to forgive him for killing Lute Houston and threatened to testify against Fred Hudson when Lute Houston’s case was reopened in Arkansas.   Bad blood existed between the two men for a long period of time, starting when they robbed a train at Round Pound while riding with Bert Casey.  Before Hudson could get out of Lawton they faced off in a duel and in May of 1906 both men lay mortally wounded.  The Hughes brothers were never charged in Houston’s death and were still alive in 1930, living in the Lawton area. Oklahombres shows Lute Houston’s death date as October 20, 1902.

(Marietta Monitor - June 1, 1906) (Cleo Chieftain - November 14, 1902) (Oklahombres) (Oklahoma Outlaws)    Killed in the line of duty.

 

Houston, Paul Deputy U. S. Marshal 1925

 

New Deputy Marshal Begins Duties Here

Muskogee Man Is Helping White Get Started

 

July 24 1925--The Oklahoman--Paul Houston who has been tentatively name as chief deputy to Ewers White, Untied States marshal here, in place of L. H. White, the marshal's brother, assumed his duties, going to Chandler after a prisoner.

          Houston's appointment has not been approved by the attorney general at Washington but is expected to go through without question, since he has been sworn in by John H. Cotteral, district judge.

 

Houston, Sequoyah was killed on June 17, 1894, by Bill Cook  when he confronted the Cook gang and Cherokee Bill, at fourteen Mile Creek near Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation.  The three outlaws went to a “Halfway House” run by Effie Crittendon, asking her to go to Ft. Gibson to draw their headright money.  Several deputy marshals followed Effie home hoping to capture the wanted fugitives.  All three outlaws had a reward for their capture.   When the outlaws saw the approaching law officers, they fired on them which brought on an intense gun battle.  Jim Cook was seriously wounded, being hit by seven slugs.  Sequoyah Houston was not as lucky for he received critical gun shot wounds, which caused his death in a short period of time.  Jim Cook was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for the murder of Sequoyah Houston. 

(The Kingfisher Times - January 10, 1895) (Indian Pioneer History - Amanda L. Still) (Outlaws and Peace Officers of I. T.) (Outlaws on Horseback) (Outlaws And Lawmen) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Black History In Oklahoma) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    Killed in the line of duty.

 

Houston , Hueston, Thomas J. on November 29, 1892, Tom Hueston went to Orlando, Oklahoma, with fellow Deputy Marshals Heck Thomas and Chris Madsen to capture bank robber Ol Yantis.  The search for Ol Yantis led the deputies to Ol’s sister’s home where they found him in hiding.  Ol Yantis was not to be taken without a fight, which was expected.  Marshal Grimes over Oklahoma Territory selected these three deputy marshals because he knew Ol Yantis would be difficult to bring in.  Yantis started firing at the lawmen as soon as they entered his sisters’ home.  Chris Madsen fired the first shot that hit Yantis followed by a shot fired by Tom Houston which ended Yantis’ life.  Tom Houston’s life came to an end in the “Battle of Ingalls”.  A number of deputy marshals led by Deputy Marshal John Hixon traveled from Stillwater and Guthrie to do battle with the notorious Bill Doolin gang.  The outlaw gang seemed invincible to the marshals and a mockery to the judges of the courts.  Bill Doolin had robbed a number of trains leaving his victims in fear along with doubt that the justice system could apprehend them.  The outlaws had just robbed the train at Wharton which was placing extreme pressure on the marshals force to capture them “Dead or Alive”.  The gang had chosen their members well, requiring strict qualifications for all of the outlaws that joined.  The deputy marshals had both respect and fear for the gang knowing the only way to capture the gang would be by outnumbering and having the element of surprise.  The newspapers portrayed the outlaws as heroes being invincible to the deputy marshals.  During the “Battle of Ingalls” the deputy marshals outnumbered the outlaws and their plan was precise.  The leader of the plan was late for the party which eliminated the element of surprise.  Outlaw Roy Daugherty alias “Arkansas Tom” fired the fatal shot which took Tom Houston’s life. Tom Houston lay in a mortal state for three or four days before death overcame him. Oklahombres shows death date as September 2, 1893.  Arkansas Tom was sentenced to fifty years of hard labor in a penitentiary. For more detail see the “Battle of Ingalls.”

(The Eagle Gazette - January 19, 1894)(The Taloga Tomahawk - May 31, 1894) (Indian Pioneer History - Orrington “Red” Lucas) (Encyclopedia of A Western Gun-Fighter) (Bill Doolin O. T.) (Selden Lindsey) (Bill Tilghman) (West Of Hell's Fringe) (Experience Of A U.S. Deputy Marshal) (Ghost Town -Tales of Oklahoma) (Oklahombres) (Purple Sage) (Outlaws on Horseback) (The Marshals Monitor - Microsoft Internet Explorer) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of duty.

 

Howell, Ed was an executive officer in the court of the McCurtain Light Horsemen’s trial at Talihina in 1902. 

 (Indian Pioneer History - Philas Jones)

 

Howell, George was a commissioned deputy marshal when he shot and killed Steve Penasaw in 1891.  Penasaw was a witness who was to testify against Howell and two other deputy marshals.  The three charged officers tried to claim the killing of Penasaw was accidental mistaking him for a horse thief.  The killing occurred on the Kickapoo Reservation in 1894.  George stood trial receiving a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary.   In April of 1896, George was in Writ Of Habeas Corpus.

 (The Woodward News - May 1, 1896) (The Beaver Advocate - November 29. 1894)