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ROBERT KING'S OKLAHOMA U. S. MARSHALS AND DEPUTY U. S. MARSHALS

Henry C. Kaase to A. Y. Killingsworth

Kaase, Henry C. was working in Holdenville in 1902, working out of the Western District of Indian Territory, under Marshal Leo Bennett. 

Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902

Black Red and Deadly

Kailey, J. C. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Kane, L. A. was a deputy marshal that died on September 3, 1874.

Arkansas Gazette - 1879

Kane, M. J. was chief deputy of Oklahoma Territory in 1896, assigned at Guthrie when Marshal Patrick Nagle replaced Marshal Evett Nix.

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Shoot from the Lip

Charles Francis Colcord

Guardian of the Law

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

Karnes, J. O. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Katz, was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in 1902, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough.  During a raid in April of 1902, he demolished a large number of slot machines at Holdenville.  The tables and machines confiscated were piled up high and set afire with torches.  Approximately $300 was taken from the machines before they were burned.

Ft. Smith Elevator - April 25, 1902

Kavanaugh, W. B.  See:  Cavanaugh, W. B.

Kayser, William G. was commissioned on January 2, 1894, in the Western District of Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  William Kayser was riding in the Skullyville Prairie, Indian Territory, when he met Belle Starr.  As the deputy marshal passed the “Queen of the Outlaws,” Belle’s hat blew from her head.  William continued to ride past when Belle ordered the lawman to pick up her hat.  Kayser’s refusal resulted in him looking down the barrel of her pistol which forced him to oblige the “Bandit Queen”.  Deputy Marshal Kayser lived in Oak Lodge, Indian Territory. 

Hell on the Border-Harman

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

 Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List

Keating, Lawrence “Larry” was a night guard at the Ft. Smith jail where he served for nine years.  “Jailer” Keating was the oldest guard in the Ft. Smith jail. On July 26, 1895, Keating went to lock up the prisoners that were on deaths row.  During the night, the prisoners were taken to individual cells.  Crawford Goldsby alias “Cherokee Bill,” waiting to be hung from the gallows on March 17, 1896, acquired a revolver from some source.  The outlaw had been waiting for an opportunity to release himself along with other prisoners waiting execution.  Cherokee Bill, seeing an opportunity to escape, pulled the pistol on Turnkey Eoff and told Keating to throw down his gun.  Keating knew Cherokee Bill meant business so he reached for his weapon to surrender it.  Cherokee Bill fired at the

jailer, fatally wounded him. 

Black Red And Deadly

Outlaws and Lawmen

Hell on the Border-Harman  

Outlaws on Horseback

Taloga Advocate - May 11, 1895

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List    

Killed in the line of duty.

Keeler, Fred was working in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on November 19, 1907, when he and fellow Deputy Marshall George Williams tried to arrest a bootlegger named Earnest Lewis.  A long standing grudge existed between the two officers and Lewis.  Several years earlier, Lewis operated a beer joint on the Kansas-Oklahoma line which was known to violate liquor laws.  Keeler and Williams raided Lewis’ saloon which raised Lewis’ ire.  Lewis swore vengeance against the two lawmen.  A few years later Lewis moved to Bartlesville where he operated a livery station across from a beer joint.   Deputy Marshal Williams approached Lewis with a warrant of arrest for bootlegging which resulted in Lewis drawing his weapon and shooting Deputy Marshal Williams.  Fred Keeler responded to the killing by shooting Earnest Lewis, taking his life.  Keeler was remembered as a deputy marshal by Deputy Marshal William Floyd Davis serving before 1899.  

Indian Pioneer History - William Floyd Davis

Indian Pioneer History - William David Phelps

Indian Pioneer History - Tice Woods

Indian Pioneer History - Ellsworth E. McIntyre

Indian Pioneer History - Ike Nicholson

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Shoot from the Lip

Keen, Anderson was commissioned on July 24, 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

Keeney, Lincoln approached desperado Dick West at the Quapaw Agency in Indian Territory when he was killed on November 24, 1894.  Dick West was arrested and was to have trial for his deed in Topeka, Kansas when he escaped from the Kansas jail. 

Watonga Republican - May 6, 1896

 Oklahombres   

Killed in the line of duty.

Kees, Charles was commissioned on January 10, 1895, 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

Keese, James served in the Central District in 1894. 

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

Keeter, J. M. was commissioned on July 7, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Keeter was commissioned again on February 6, 1897, in Yellville, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List

Keirsey, William “Will” served as a deputy marshal in the Chickasaw Nation, in 1905, working out of the Southern District Indian Territory, Ardmore District under Marshal Benjamin H. Colbert.  He lived six miles west of Durant, Choctaw Nation at Mead Junction. 

Oklahombres -Volume XI, Number 4

Kell, Bud T. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He arrested a Negro named McIntosh, in August of 1884, who sold a stolen watch at Muskogee.  In October of 1885, Kell worked the Creek and Cherokee Nation out of the Western District of Arkansas.  In June of 1886, Bud was working with Deputy Marshal Isbel when they arrested murders John Stephens and Alexander McIntosh.  See:  L.P. Isbel for more information.  In April of 1887, Bud Kell went to Eufaula to pick up prisoner, Jim Cunnieus, who was charged with the murder of three men, one being Deputy Marshal Will Fields.  A crowd of people gathered that had mixed emotions, one half wanting to lynch Cunneius while the other half wanted him to go free.  Kell guarded the prisoner, keeping the crowd away until he delivered his prisoner to jail in Muskogee.   Deputy Marshal Kell killed Robert Young a Cherokee while serving a warrant of arrest.  In 1891, Deputy Marshal Kell was commissioned again.  A train was traveling through Indian Territory carrying a large amount of money.  The United States Government requested the marshal’s forces to provide protection; for it was evident the train would be robbed.  Word of the possible robbery related the area the robbery would take place.  In preparation for protecting the train, the officers hid in the coal car behind the engine.  Bud Kell chose to locate himself in top of the coal car which provided a good observation point.  As the train approached a water tank, which was the suspected robbery point, the guards opened the door to see the outlaws within close gun range.  The train, slowing almost to a stop, made the guards an easy target.  The guards fled the train, running for safety.  One of the guards was killed during his flight.  Bud Kell jumped from the train taking protection behind a large tree where he killed two of the outlaws while critically wounding another, who died later.  The remaining robbers fled to the hill leaving their attempted robbery foiled. Bud was commissioned again on August 1, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Atoka Indian Champion - August 14, 1884

Ft. Smith Elevator - December 11, 1885; January 8, June 11, 1886

Indian Pioneer History - Alice E. Cummings

Indian Pioneer History - John Humberd

Indian Pioneer History - John Dill

Black Red and Deadly

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

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List 

Keller, Henry was one of the deputy marshals that took part in the “Battle of Ingalls”.  See: “The Battle of Ingalls.” 

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The Marshals Monitor - Microsoft Internet Explorer

Keller, Robert S. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Kelly, Ed P. was commissioned deputy marshal in 1893, under Marshal Everett Nix at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.  In June of 1895, Kelly arrested and lodged in jail, J. G. Chump, postmaster at Zion.  He was charged with embezzling post office funds in the amount of $425.  In August 1895, Ed Kelly was called to identify Ellsworth Wyatt alias “Dick Yeager” alias “Zip Wyatt”, one of the Doolin Gang who had been critically wounded during his arrest.   Wyatt was taken to jail at Enid, Oklahoma Territory where he died from his wounds on September 7, 1895.  Kelly arrested “Zip” Wyatt on several occasions, so he knew him well.  Ed Kelley was the first city marshal of the town of Guthrie. 

Watonga Republican - June 12, 1895

West Of Hell’s Fringe Bill Doolin O. T.

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Oklahombres

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

Kelly To Be Buried At El Reno Today

Funeral Service Scheduled At Home at 3 P. M.

October 23, 1932--El Reno, OK--Funeral services for Ed P. Kelly, veteran Oklahoma railroad official who died Friday at Halstead, Kansas after a lingering illness, will be held from the family home here at 3 p.m. Sunday.  Rev. Edward M. Clark, former Presbyterian pastor here, will officiate.

            The pioneer was 72 years old.  For years he was assistant to the general manager of the rock Island railroad.  Kelly and his family moved to Guthrie in 1889, where he served as chief of police and deputy United States marshal. He later moved to Alva and became clerk of the federal court of the western district.  He was associated with the Rock Island 23 years.

            Two daughters, Mrs. Glenn E. Bonebrake and Mrs. Phillip F. Herod, both of El Reno, were at the bedside when death came.

Kelly, John J. was commissioned on March 29, 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

Kelly, William F. was commissioned on April 15, 1896, in the Western District of Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  On January 17, 1887, Deputy Marshal Kelly rode with Deputy Marshals Phillips, Kuykendall, and Henry Smith in the Creek Nation transporting prisoner, Seaborn Kalijah, who was being transported to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, for an indictment of selling whiskey in Indian Territory.  Deputy Marshal Phillips went to Eufaula on business leaving his posse in charge of Kalijah.  Phillips returned the following morning to find Smith and Kuykendall dead.  They had been killed with an axe.  Kelly’s dead body was found away from the other bodies.  Kelly had been shot then his body was mutilated with an axe.  Smith and Kuykendall’s bodies had been dragged to the fire where cinder logs were placed across their legs.  Officers Smith, Kuykendall and Kelly were buried near the camp where they met their fate.  Deputy Marshal Phillips trailed Kalijah, placing him under arrest.  A few days later, two relatives of Kalijah, Doctor Walker and Josh Alrovia Harjo were placed under arrest when property missing from the camp was found in their possession.  Seaborn Kalijah confessed to killing the three officers, which acquitted his relatives.  Seaborn Kalijah met justice when he was executed by “The Hangman” on October 7, 1887. 

Ft. Smith Elevator - February 4, 1887

Oklahombres

Hell on the Border - Harman

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List   

 Killed in the line of duty.

Kelso, was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from October through December of 1894, where he served under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

Kemp, John alias “Jack O’Lane” was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he served as special deputy. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List   

Killed in the line of duty.

Kendall, W. P. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from July of 1894 through June of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

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

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List

Kennon, Rufus was commissioned on July 10, 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

Kennerston, C. W. was commissioned on October 29, 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

Kenney, John H. was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894. 

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

Kern, Albert was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List

Kernes, Richard C. was commissioned on May 1, 1871, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. Kernes lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List

Kerr, Henry D. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough.  He went to the home of J.D. Hudnall, nine miles south of Bartlesville, to serve a warrant of arrest for disposing mortgaged property.  Hudnall placed a pistol in the deputy marshal’s face causing Kerr to shoot Hudnall through the chest.  The deputy marshal stopped at Ochelata where he summoned a doctor to treat his wounded prisoner.  Hudnall recovered from his wounds.  Henry ran for mayor of Bartlesville but was defeated by William Sidell on April 14, 1906.

The Antlers News - April 26, 1906

The Putnam Pioneer - June 3, 1904

File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library

Keyes, H. S. 1889 Land Rush Deputy was commissioned by Marshal William Jones at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, in 1889. 

Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889

Chronicles of Oklahoma - Volume 35, 1957

Keys, James D. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1902. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List

Kidd, Kidder was commissioned in 1875 and 1876 in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal J. F. Fagan.  Kidder was killed in a railroad disaster at White Sulphur Springs, Virginia in December of 1889.  He had no physical injuries but his mouth was full of mud and died of strangulation. His body was sent to Hannibal, Missouri. 

Ft. Smith Elevator - January 3, 1890

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

 Ft. Smith Historical List

Kieth, Charlie was remembered as a deputy marshal by Charles H. Williams who also remembered Frank Dalton, Bob Dalton and Bud Heady.  Heady worked with the Daltons so there is a good chance that Charlie Keith was a fellow officer. 

Indian Pioneer History - Charles H. Williams

Kilgore, E. L. “Charles” worked in the Atoka area with Deputy Marshals Charles Faudree and Bill Colbert.  In January of 1896, Kilgore and Colbert arrested F. D. Dawson, C. H. Cheshire and J. Bone for passing counterfeit money.  Cheshire had in his possession coins in dime and quarter denominations.  Cheshire and Dawson lived in Coalgate and Bone was from Texas. 

Watonga Republican - January 15, 1896

Indian Pioneer History - J. R. Johnson 

Indian Pioneer History - Joe Southern

Kilgore, I. T. was a guard for the Atoka jail, a forty by fifty foot brick two story building that served as a jail for the Choctaw Indian police and deputy marshals.  The ground floor had three apartments.  One apartment was for the jailer and guards, the second was for the white prisoners and the third was for the colored prisoners.  The upper story had four apartments for women.  One for white women, one for colored women and restrooms for each.  The jail was in operation until 1913. 

Indian Pioneer History - Joe Southern

Killian, William B. was commissioned on November 30, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In March of 1890, he was working as a deputy marshal in Kansas, where he arrested a Frank Lanker who was wanted for larceny.  In May of 1890, Killian brought in A. V. Arthur from Indian Territory on charges of larceny. 

Ft. Smith Elevator - May 2, 1890

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Oaths of Office

Ft. Smith Historical List

Killingsworth, A. Y. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899. 

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database

Ft. Smith Historical List