Hubatka, John served under Marshal Evett Nix on July 15, 1893 until September of 1895, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. 

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

 

The Army Didn't Get Him, State's Outlaws Couldn't" Death Claims John Hubatka

City' First Policeman Had a Turbulent Career For Years

 

August 17, 1932--The Oklahoman--In the quiet of his own bedroom Tuesday night, death brought a serene end to the violent, bullet-torn career of john Hubatka, oldest of Oklahoma City's policemen.

          Survivor of many lurid gun battles, Hubatka died at the age of 66l, after serving as police chief, detective, and deputy U. S. Marshal through the 40 turbulent years of Oklahoma's childhood.  He has been ill at his home at Fiftieth Street and North Prospect Avenue for more than a year.

          One year after he "made the run" into Oklahoma in 1889, Hubatka buckled on his gun as one of the city's four original policemen.  He never laid it aside until 1930 when he was placed on the reserve officers list.

          "You'll never die by a bullet," a scared woman told the towering, mustached policeman in Oklahoma City's prairie days, after watching him fight off three "bad men" who put three slugs through his coat.

          And it seemed the bullet was never molded that could touch Hubatka.  He took guns away from swaggering gamblers who had sworn to "get him."  He arrested George Burton, notorious desperado of the nineties, just after Burton had shot down a visitor to the city's first cattlemen's convention. There is no record that he ever was wounded.

          Presiding at Oklahoma City's only official hanging, Hubatka helped string up a Negro who had murdered a couple in the east part of town.  He used a inch-thick, yellow rope imported from Fort Smith for the purpose.

          Baffling crimes, including the unsolved "car clipper" murders, were part of his regular assignments during his years as a detective.  Hubatka boasted of holding every position on the police force except that of sergeant--and he threw in a U. S. Deputy Marshal's commission to make up the difference.

          Curiously enough, the veteran policeman's family brought him to America to avoid the dangers of compulsory military service he would have been subject to in his native province, Bohemia.  They migrated to the United States in 1877, settling on a farm near Council Bluffs, Iowa.

          Drifting westward, young Hubatka got a job with the Burlington & Missouri River railroad at Omaha.  There he met Mike Swatck--now a local contractor--and the two decided to join the dash into the new territory of Oklahoma.  Hubatka staked a farm ten miles east of Oklahoma City, but soon gave it up "because I didn't like the wind."

          After two years of service with the infant police department, Hubatka became a deputy U. S. Marshal, serving under William Grimes and E. D. Nix, a spectacular figure in the state's early bandit-harried history. He served two terms as chief of police, in 1905-07 and 1909-1911.

          Hubatka is survived by his wife, the former Miss Nettie Swanda, whom he married in 1890; a son, John Edward Hubatka; two daughters, Mrs. James Sinopoulo and Mrs. Forrest Mouser, and two grandchildren, all of Oklahoma City.  Funeral arrangements will be made by the Hahn funeral home.

 

Hubbard, Bob was remembered by Deputy Marshal William Floyd Davis as an early deputy marshal serving before 1899, in the Osage Nation.

(Indian Pioneer History - William Floyd Davis)

 

Hubbard, Ernest H. was commissioned on July 1, 1900, assigned to the federal court in Muskogee where he held that position for five years, serving under Marshal Leo E. Bennett.  In 1903, he was appointed as chief deputy marshal.  Deputy Marshal Hubbard worked with fellow deputies Bud Ledbetter and Al Cottle to quiet a racial incident in Boynton.  One black and twenty one whites were arrested.  Hubbard served as deputy marshal until 1916.   Ernest was born at Kokomo, Indiana, on September 12, 1871. 

(The Bennington Tribune - April 4, 1907) (Indian Pioneer History - C. B. Rhodes) (Indian Pioneer History  -  W.F. Jones)  (Outlaws and Peace Officers Of I. T.) (Picture - Notable Men Of Indian Territory) (Picture - Muskogee Genealogical Society) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal		1907
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	July 1, 1902
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	July 1, 1903
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	February 1, 1906
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	April 16, 1908
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	September 15, 1908
Hubbard, Ernest H.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	July 1, 1908

 

Hubbard, Frank C.	D.U.S. Marshal	Miami	April 1, 1898
Hubbard, Frank C.	D.U.S. Marshal	Muskogee	July 1, 1902

 

Hubbard, J. W.  was commissioned in the Northern District in 1897, working out of the Muskogee court.  He was commissioned in the Southern District Indian Territory on July 1, 1900.   Deputy Marshal Hubbard was chief Deputy Marshal in the Eastern District in 1908, under Marshal Samuel G. Victor.  Hubbard took part in arresting a group of Muskogee citizens who were a part of the United Socialist Club on March 26, 1907. 

(Black Red And Deadly) (Gunman’s Territory) (Picture - Experience Of A U.S. Deputy Marshal) 

 

Hubbard, J. W.

D.U.S. Marshal

Muskogee

September 15, 1908

 

Huckleberry, Andrew H. was commissioned on August 16, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Andrew lived in Crawford County, Arkansas. 

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

 

Huckleberry, James H. was commissioned on March 13, 1869, as a U.S. District Attorney in the District Court in Van Buren, Arkansas.  Huckleberry was hired by Marshal Thomas Needles of Oklahoma Territory under the recommendation of the Register of Deeds and Receiver of Monies at the Guthrie Land Office during the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889.  It appears the primary reason for Huckleberry’s recommendation was to give him advantage in claiming land during the land rush.  The first person’s name on the claim filings made a filing for Deputy Marshal Huckleberry. 

(Chronicles Of Oklahoma - Volume 35, 1957) (Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889) (Hell on the Border - Harman) (Picture - Notable Men Of Indian Territory) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hudson, Fred Weston was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October, 1902, by Marshal W. D. Fossett.  The old adage, “It takes a gunfighter to catch a gunfighter” fit Fred Hudson when he was selected to bring in Bert Casey.  At this time Bert Casey was the most feared outlaw in Oklahoma Territory.  Fred Hudson had been a member of Bert Casey’s gang when Sheriff Smith and his posse tried to arrest them near Anadarko.   Not to be arrested, a long gun battle erupted, leaving the sheriff and his deputy dead.  Gang members, Sam Casey, Bill Casey and Bill Watson were arrested and Walter Swafford was killed.  Bert Casey escaped with several other gang members heading toward the Wichita Mountains.  The marshals office having a fear the gang had the potential of developing into a gang such as the Daltons or Doolins, sent Deputy Marshal Jim Thompson of Caddo County to the Wichita Mountains during October of 1902, to serve a warrant of arrest.  Thompson was successful in capturing most of the gang but gang leader, Bert Casey escaped.  Bert Casey knew the time had come for him to travel alone so he headed north, possibly trying to reach the Gloss Mountains, an area that had been used in the past by the Yeager and Black gang and the Doolin gang to hide from the U.S. deputy marshals.  Along the way, he joined company with another outlaw, Jim Sims who was running from the Blaine county sheriff.  It has never been known whether their meeting was planned or by accident.  Sims became a fugitive of justice after escaping from the Watonga jail where he was being held for stealing a team of horses.  He was a young man who served in the Spanish American war.  In November of 1902, the marshals next move was to send Fred Hudson after his old ally.  Deputy Marshal F. H. Lockett of Ringwood was selected to work with Hudson due to his fearless nature, tendency to work within the law and knowledge of the area the outlaws would be hiding in.  After six weeks of trailing, the two outlaws came to the Cleo Springs area where they camped just southeast of town on the Eagle Chief Creek.  Bert Casey, having a problem with his eye had the local doctor attend to it.  Not knowing they were under surveillance the two young outlaws moved around town at leisure until they tired and returned to their camp.  The deputies knew the time had come to act, knowing the attempted arrest would end in gunplay.  A plan was made, pairing Hudson against Casey and Lockett against Sims.  When the time was right, the darkness was used to gain advantage as Lockett and Hudson readied themselves with drawn pistols.  Without any warning, the two outlaws were greeted out of the darkness by the two unwelcome visitors.  Refusing to be arrested, they paired off around the flaming campfire.  The first shot to be fired came from Hudson’s pistol, striking Casey in the heart, followed by three more shots fired in quick succession.  A dying Casey pulled his 45 revolver, but being to weak, missed both of the shots he fired before falling to the ground where he died.  Lockett covered his man but gave him more mercy allowing him the chance to give up.  It was not in Sims’ nature to give up, so he made the mistake of drawing his gun which misfired as he pulled the trigger.  If it had not misfired, Lockett would most likely been killed as timing was in Sims favor.  The two bodies were taken to Cleo Springs awaiting arrival of the territorial officials to identify and determine what should be done with them.  The body of Bert Casey was taken to Guthrie to collect the $5000 “Dead-Or-Alive” reward money.  Jim Sims was laid to rest in a paupers grave in the Cleo Spring cemetery.  Two good Samaritans furnished a plot and a homemade headstone to mark his grave.  In later years his sister arraigned for a military headstone.  Prior to becoming a deputy marshal, Hudson was charged in 1892, with the killing of Deputy Marshal Lute Houston near Swan Lake.  He was acquitted of the murder, claiming self defense because Houston had fired first.   In May of 1903, Fred was under a $10,000 bond for another killing he had committed at Jasper, Arkansas.  On May 26, 1906, Marshal John Abernathy of Oklahoma Territory, stationed out of Guthrie was notified that Jim Bourland and Fred Hudson were involved in a shoot-out that ended with both men critically wounded.  Bourland was killed during the fight and Fred Hudson was expected to die. 

(Cleo Chieftain - November 14, 1902) (Woodward Bulletin - November 14, 1902) (The Arapaho Bee - May 8, 1903) (Marietta Monitor - June 1, 1906) (Gunman’s Territory)

 

Hudson, Henry W. was commissioned on August 19, 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)

 

Hudson, James R.  was commissioned on June 22, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  Deputy Marshal Hudson was from Sevier County, Arkansas. 

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

 

Hudson, Will was commissioned on October 10, 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)

 

Hudspeth, William J. was commissioned on July 21, 1869, in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A Britton.  Hudspeth was commissioned on July 18, 1872, in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Deputy Marshal Hudspeth lived in Van Buren, Arkansas.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft.  Smith Historical List)

 

Hueston, Ham  See: Houston

 

Hueston, Thomas  See: Houston 

 

Huffangton, I. W. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

 

Huffington, J. M. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he served as chief deputy in 1880 and 1881.  Chief Deputy Huffington was serving in the Northern District of Texas in August of 1889, when he enlisted the aid of Deputy Marshal George Knight to arrest three men thought to be the Marlow brothers who were charged with stealing forty head of horses in Kiowa and Comanche country.  The prisoners were sent to Dallas, Texas after their arrest.  The Marlows were released when witnesses refused to testify against them in fear of their lives.  The Marlow family lived on Hell Creek 20 miles east of Ft. Sill in the Chickasaw Nation. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 23, 1889) (The Fighting Marlows) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Huffvine, Scott was assigned the task to capture the Bill Cook gang which varied in size depending on how active the gang was.  This particular account happened around the year 1894, when the Cook brothers, Jim and Bill, along with notorious Cherokee outlaw Cherokee Bill were running from the lawmen.  Deputy Marshal Huffvine enlisted the aid of one of the best skilled Indian scouts in the business.  The Indian scout was Tiger Jack Ouchee who had been recommended by several of the deputy marshals.  Officer Huffvine had tried to work a trail that he suspected was from the Cook gang, but it ran out.  Tiger Jack started working the trail which was clear at the beginning but seemed to fade with time.  The trail led to the timber where heavy brush and leaves hid all tracks.  Huffvine approached the scout telling him it was apparent that the trail had ended, but the Indian paused for a while then said “I know where I am and know where I am going.”  Then he reached toward a branch, pulling a small tuft of gray horse hairs from a limb.  Outlaw Bill Cook was known to ride a gray horse.  The scout started tracking again until he came to a spot where a campfire marked where the outlaws had camped.  The party returned to Kelleyville, then Tiger Jack returned back to the trail where he last marked the gang, to continue his search.  On the trail, Tiger Jack came across two outlaws who lay in wait for him, waiting to ambush him.  Tiger Jack, sensing the danger, stopped his horse where he dismounted for he knew he had come to the end of his trail.  Tiger Jack pleaded for his life knowing it was for naught, but for some reason the outlaws released him on the condition that he would never help the marshals to trail again.  Deputy Marshal Huffvine tried to get Tiger Jack to assist him again in finding the Cook gang but he refused, fearing for his life. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Clarence O. Warren)

 

Hughes, Benjamin T. was commissioned on December 29, 1886, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In April of 1885, he served a warrant of arrest to James McCaslin on charges of stealing a horse.  His prisoner was taken to the Ft. Smith federal jail to await trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 6, 1885) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hughes, Charles was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Hughes, Tyner B. “Tine” was commissioned on November 12, 1885, in the Western District of Arkansas.  Tyner normally worked the Choctaw Nation being remembered as a deputy marshal in Indian Pioneer History by William C. Cook .  In December of 1894, Tyner rode with Deputy Marshal West Harris to arrest whiskey runners, James Hart and Henry Ewing near Blaine, Choctaw Nation.  Both men resisted arrest, firing on the two deputy marshals.   The gun battle came to an end when James Hart was seriously wounded.  On May 28, 1886, Tyner arrested Belle Starr with three of her gang members.  The Starr gang robbed a man along with three of his sons who lived in the Choctaw Nation, forty miles west of Fort Smith.  Belle Starr was released from jail when her victims would not identify her or her cohorts, possibly due to retaliation.  In October of 1886, Sam Starr was wanted for robbery and surrendered himself to Tyner, rather that be sentenced by the Cherokee Light-Horsemen.  By Cherokee law, Starr would have had to compensate his victim and receive at least fifty lashes at the whipping post.  Sam Starr was released from the federal court due to Belle Starr’s influence .  Sam Starr was killed a few months later in a shoot-out with Frank West.  Belle was arrested three time for horse stealing, cow thievery, and robbing stores.  She never resisted arrest when Deputy Tiner transported her to Ft. Smith but her men tried to ambush Tiner.  Tiner, being aware of the Belle Starr’s gang tactics, made her ride in the middle of his procession which made her vulnerable in any ambush. See:  Sam Wingo for more information. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - December 25, 1885; February 4, 1887; January 11, 1889) (Indian Pioneer History - James M. Calhoun) (Indian Pioneer History - James N. Cole)  (Law West of Fort Smith) (Black Red and Deadly) (Outlaws and Peace Officer of I. T.) (Hell on the Border - Harman) (Outlaws on Horseback) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Hughes, U. Y. P. served in the Central District in 1894. 

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

 

Hughes, Walter was commissioned on February 6, 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)

 

Hull, Augustus L.

D.U.S. Marshal

April 2, 1905

 

Hulse, Jack was commissioned on July 25, 1890, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. In April of 1891, Jack was summoned to the Creek Nation to serve a warrant of arrest to Jackson Raincrow charged with whiskey violations in Indian Territory.  In June of 1892, he went to the Cherokee Nation to serve a warrant of arrest to David Owens, charged with introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory.   In May of 1893, Deputy Marshal Hulse traveled to Vian, Indian Territory to arrest Harvey Keith on assault charges.  Keith was transported to the Ft. Smith jail to await trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 3, 1891; April 15, November 18, 1892; May 26, 1893; December 31, 1894) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Humberd, John C. served as deputy marshal from 1891 to 1893.  John was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas with Sid Johnson and Bud Keel.  John disliked having to serve warrants of arrest to bootleggers.  A large number of the bootleggers dealt in liquor for their survival.  When he arrested the father of the house, it meant leaving women and their children behind to face poverty and despair. One case that continually haunted Humberd was when he was summoned to arrest a crippled man for whiskey charges.  The man begged and pleaded while his wife and small children cried and begged the officers not to take their daddy away.  The sight was so pathetic that Humberd went to Marshal Thomas D. Needles telling him that he would resign before he would arrest another man on a whiskey charge.  Humberd arrested John Bailey who murdered his partner, Deputy Marshal J. B. Pemberton at Muldrow.  Pemberton was shot in the chest, his commission taken from his pocket, Pemberton’s name and date of death were signed with his blood and sent to Marshal Needle’s office at Muskogee.  Humberd went to Muldrow where he had orders to bring in Bailey, Dead or Alive.  At Muldrow, a man pointed out John Bailey who was standing on the porch of a building that was being used as a store and post office.  Bailey walked into the building where he waited to receive his mail.  Officer Humberd followed Bailey into the store where he demanded Bailey to give up his guns.  Bailey, frozen in his tracks, gave up his pistols with very little movement for he knew he would be dead if he made the wrong move.  John Bailey was handcuffed and taken to jail.  The deputy marshal was reported dead twice during his commission but served his commission without injury, dodging several bullets along the way.  John Humberd was born in 1850 in Tennessee.

(Indian Pioneer History - John Humberd)

 

Hume, J. T. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Hunt, C. B.  transported several prisoners from Pawhuska to the Muskogee jail in November of 1901.  In February of 1902, Hunt of Perry was selected as Chief Clerk to succeed Ned Sisson.  In April of 1902, Marshal W. D. Fossett appointed C. B. Hunt as his Chief Deputy Marshal over Oklahoma Territory. 

(The Osage Journal Pawhuska - November 14, 1901) (The Woodward Bulletin - February 28, March 14, 1902) (The Taloga Advocate - March 6, April 10, 1902)

 

Hunt, C. B.

D.U.S. Marshal

Guthrie

April 7, 1902

 

Hunt, Charles J.	D.U.S. Marshal	Vinita	July 26, 1906
Hunt, Charles J.	D.U.S. Marshal		July  26, 1906, to June 30, 1907

 

Hunt, Charles S. was commissioned on July 23, 1871, and July 16, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Charles lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Hunt, Cllinton A.  Deputy U. S. Marshal

 

Two Pioneer U. S. Marshals Remove Badges Today, Retire

 

June 14, 1947—Muskogee, OK—Retirement of two veteran deputies United States marshals of the eastern Oklahoma federal judicial district has been announced by Granville Norris, U. S. marshal.

          Clinton A. Hunt, whose home is in Okemah.  Saturday will end 13 years of service in the marshal’s office here, while J. A. Wilson, who first was appointed a deputy U. S. marshal on August 15, 1913, already has left the ranks of peace officers.

          Wilson served until May 15, 1931, when he became a special investigator for the Kansas City Southern railroad, serving in this capacity until 1931.  Then he was employed with the stolen car division of the state highway department.  In September 1934 he was reappointed. U. S. deputy marshal and had served since that time.

          Wilson participated in many of the turbulent scenes of early Oklahoma which were lurid in the annals of law enforcement in the eastern section. He began his career as a law enforcement officer as a deputy sheriff in Sequoyah County in 1909.

          Hunt, in commenting on his retirement, observed that “in all the years I have been a deputy here, I never have had any trouble with any of the hundreds of prisoners I have take to penal institutions.
          The largest number he ever escorted at one time to an institution, he said, was 48. He lodged them safely in the federal reformatory at El Reno.

          Just a year ago, June 11, 1946, Wilson was shot by Donald Dubie, a prisoner he was taking to Leavenworth, and was in critical condition for many weeks.  Dubie in turn was shot and killed.

 

Hunt, John A.  was commissioned as deputy marshal in the Central District of Indian Territory under Marshal Benjamin Hackett.  In February of 1894 Marshal Hackett was removed from office when he was charged with wrong doing in allowing alcohol to be brought into Indian Territory, releasing prisoners, and being drunk while on duty.  Deputy Marshal Hunt was cleared of any wrong doing and retained in office.

 

Hunt, John A.

D.U.S. Marshal

1907

 

Hunt, J. S. was appointed field deputy marshal at Hartshorne, Indian Territory, in April of 1904, by Marshal George K. Pritchard of the Central District.

(The Choctaw News - June 2, 1904)

 

Hunter, Jim J.  was first commissioned as deputy marshal in the Southern District Indian Territory, assigned to Durant, Choctaw Nation.  In 1906, Hunter was working in the McAlester area when he arrested Mary Spencer, Maude Garrison, along with two of their men cohorts.  This gang was perhaps one of the boldest and most shrewd ever to operate in the South McAlester area.  The gang operated in train stations, stealing baggage.  When baggage was transferred the gang would cut off the original checks from the baggage and attach their own.  The gang used a stamping kit which would mark the checks making them appear to be the same as used by the railroad.  After changing the checks, the gang would buy a ticket to the same location the baggage was to be shipped.  One of the gang members would arrive with the baggage which they claimed then took it to a hotel room where they would loot the baggage and disappear.  Deputy Marshal Hunter spent sixteen years serving under Marshals Benjamin Hackett and George Prichard. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Jim J. Hunter) (The Bennington Tribune - March 15, 1906)

 

Hunter, Todd was a commissioned deputy marshal that was well known in the Piney Community.  Todd worked this area trying to rid the many bootleggers that worked the Arkansas- Indian Territory line. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Jesse Adair)

 

Hunter, W. J. was commissioned on July 28, 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)

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Hunter, Wallace C.  was commissioned on October 15, 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)

 

Hutchins, Calvin was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith Arkansas. 

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

 

Hutchins, James Robert was the youngest deputy marshal to ever serve under Judge Parker.  Deputy Marshal Hutchins worked out of the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, around 1889, later out of the Eastern District court in Paris, Texas, and out of the Southern District Indian Territory at Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation area.  Hutchins lived in Oil Springs, near Berwyn, and Paris, Texas, working the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations.  Hutchins and Bud Trainor were working near Ardmore, when they tried to arrest Jim July “Starr” who was wanted for horse stealing.  The attempted arrest ended in a shoot out leaving Jim July dead.  Jim July, Belle Starr’s third mate was suspected in her killing which occurred in 1889.  Belle cherished the Starr name enough that she demanded he use it instead of her changing her name to July.  On February 25, 1890, Trainor and Hutchins were taken to Paris, Texas, where they were held without bail for Jim July’s death.  During the examination trial they were cleared of any wrong doing.   Two deputy marshals, Poe and Sublett worked the Mill Creek where liquor laws were being violated by a number of bootleggers who had no fear of the officers, killing Poe and seriously wounding Sublett with two shotgun blasts.  Hutchins replaced Sublett using a different technique which controlled the liquor but did not eliminate it.  Marshal Ben Colbert did not agree with his philosophy which made Hutchins resign in 1902.  He was later reinstated as deputy marshal in the Southern District at Paris, Texas.   James Robert Hutchins died on April 29, 1951, of lead poison.  He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ardmore. 

(Indian Pioneer History - James R. Hutchins) (Indian Pioneer History - S.R. Lewis) (Gunman’s Territory) (Territorial Topic - February 27, 1890) (Law West of Fort Smith) (Picture - Notable Men Of Indian Territory) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) died 1951

 

May 3, 1900—The Coalgate Courier—An Ardmore dispatch, dated the 27^th says: Deputy Marshal Robert Hutchins, acting on a warrant, arrested U. Wilson, a Chickasaw Indian, last night near here, charging him with the murder of Tom Tee, an Indian recently murdered near Mill Creek.  Tee was shot and his dead body tied to his horse.  Deceased was heir to a valuable Indian estate.

 

JAMES ROBERT HUTCHINS

 

June 26, 1934--Ardmore, OK—Services will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Bettes funeral chapel for James Robert Hutchins, 79, who died Sunday.

          Hutchins, a retired peach officer, was the only Republican ever elected chief of police in Ardmore.  He served as a U. S. marshal in Indian Territoyr.

          He is survived by his wife, Nell, Los Angeles; three daughters, Mrs. Will Eaves, Ardmore; Mrs. Essa Smith, Los Angeles; Mrs. Ruth Bell,l Pecos, Texas; two brothers, Sam, Ardmore, and Arthur, Tishomingo; two sisters, Mrs. Della Beard, Tishomingo; Mrs. Ethel Beard, Norman; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren

 

 Hutchinson, C. C.  refused to turn over Deputy Marshal Carr to the Oklahoma County Sheriff in 1895.  Deputy Carr had been accused of helping the Christian Gang escape from jail. 

 

Hutchison, M. S. was commissioned at El Reno, Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894 by Marshal Evett Nix.  Hutchinson and Carter went to Arapaho in 1892, to serve a summons to A. L. McPherson who was to appear before Judge Grant of the El Reno court.  McPherson’s refusal was granted which allowed him to go before the District court.  On April 3, 1895, the Doolin Gang robbed the Rock Island train near Dover, Oklahoma, taunting the marshal’s force as they left.  Within two hours, Chief Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen arrived at the robbery scene with six deputy marshals including Hutchison.  During the chase notorious outlaws “Tulsa Jack” Blake was killed and “Little Bill” Raidler was seriously wounded, losing several fingers.  Bill Doolin, Red Buck, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Charlie Pierce and Dick Yeager divided the loot taken from the train robbery, split company, riding their separate ways to safety.  Note:  see J. H. Clary for more detail of the Dover train robbery and escape.  Hutchinson was commissioned in the Northern District, Muskogee Court assigned to the Pawhuska Court in 1901, working the Osage Nation. Hutchinson resigned his commission as deputy marshal at the Pawhuska court in September of 1901. 

(The Arrow - September 9, 1892) (The Osage Journal Pawhuska - July 4, September 19, 1901) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (In Pursuit Of the Outlaw - Red Buck)

 

Hutchinson, R. M. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.

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

 

Hutchinson, S. S. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from October of 1894 through December of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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