Meadows, and Deputy Marshal Culp overtook notorious outlaw Dick Glass at the foot of the Arbuckle Mountains.  The two officers discharged their weapons at Glass, thinking he was mortally wounded.  The officers approached the motionless body without any precautions.  The wounded outlaw raised himself on one knee, aimed his rifle and fired killing Meadows instantly.  Again the outlaw took quick aim, fired off a round which seriously wounded Culp.  Dick Glass fell to the ground and died.  Dick Glass was one of the most feared outlaws to travel between Indian Territory and Texas.   Glass was credited with killing six law officers and had a large number of indictments filed against him in Indian Territory and Texas. 

(The Indian Champion - April 5, 1885)

 

Meagher, Michael “Mike” was commissioned in the Wichita, Kansas court, serving under Marshal William S. Tough during the summer of 1874.  In June of 1874 arrested a fugitive named Frenchy and delivered him to the Fort Sill jail in Indian Territory.  French was classified as a desperate character, charged with killing the Fort Sill doctor and stirring up the Indians who had been a problem in the nearby states.  French was the son of a sea-captain who sailed out of the port in New York.  When he was captured he had two stolen horses in his possession and it was supposed that he was on his way east.  While he served as a U.S. deputy marshal he was also a first lieutenant in a newly formed militia company engaged in scouting Indian problems along the Southern Kansas and Indian Territory borders.  On December 17, 1881, Meagher was killed while trying to arrest Jim Talbot and several of his party.  A young deputy, William Fossett who would later become a U.S. deputy marshal, chief deputy marshal and Marshal was working with Meagher when he was killed.  Jim Talbot the leader of the gang that killed Meagher evaded the law until 1895 and was finally tried.  His first trial ended in a deadlocked jury and in the second he was acquitted.  He returned to his home in California and justice prevailed in 1896 when he was killed by an unknown assassin but the man was thought to be his wife’s lover.  Michael Meagher was buried in Wichita, Kansas.  (Wichita Eagle - June 4, 14, 1874; April 1, 1875; December 22, 1881) (Caldwell Post - December 22, 1881)  Caldwell News - April 18, 25; September 19, 1895; September 3, 1896)  (Why The West Was Wild)

 

Mechem, Edwin was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Mecheny, Mechem, Merrit was commissioned in 1898, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Medicus, Frank L. was commissioned on June 3, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In July of 1889, Deputy Marshal Medicus returned from Indian Territory with three prisoners who were charged with assault with intent to kill. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 26, August 16, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Megge, H. served in the Central District in 1894.

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

 

Meek, Edwin C. was commissioned on March 21, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Meek was killed in 1889.  (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    Killed in the line of duty,

 

Meek, M. H. was commissioned on November 1, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Meek lived in Graphic, Crawford County, Arkansas when commissioned. 

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

 

Mellon, B. W. “Bea” was commissioned on March 1, 1895.  He rode with Deputy Marshals Bud Ledbetter, John Freeman, Frank Jones, and Heck Thomas.

(Outlaws and Peace Officers Of I. T.) (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)

 

Mellott

G.

B.

D.U.S. Marshal

Pawhuska

November 19, 1907

 

Mellott, Joseph E.  Deputy U. S. Marshal

 

J. E. Mellott, City Salesman and Rancher, Is Dead

 

October 8, 1943—The Oklahoman—Joseph E. Mellott, 75, died Thursday following a heart attack  in his home at 6400 NW 11.

          Mellott, a retired salesman and rancher, had lived in Okalahoma 73 years.  He was a deputy United States marshal in territorial days

          Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mary Mellott, of the home address, and two sons and two daughters by former marriage.  The sons are Elmer Mellott, northwest of city; and Elmer Mellott, of Drumright; the daughters, Mrs. Ruth Newson and Mrs. J. P. Ryan, both of Drumright.  His first wife died at Tipton in 1913.

Services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday in the Gaskill funeral home at Shawnee.  Burial will be at Tipton.

 

Melton, Simpson F. received a flesh wound in his leg in a shoot-out with the wild bunch, the Doolin Gang in May 1894. The gang had robbed a bank in Southwest City, Missouri where they were met by a group of misunderstanding citizens who didn’t want to give up their money.  All of the gang was wounded which sent them running back to Indian Territory. 

(Guardian of the Law) (West Of Hell's Fringe) (Bill Doolin O. T.)

 

Merrick, Frank went with Deputy Marshal William M. Nix to the Kings County jail in New York to deliver prisoner, John E. Bittel.  The two officers stopped outside of a hotel where they were engaged in conversation with another person and their prisoner walked to freedom, not to be captured again. 

(The Kingfisher Times - July 18, 1895)

 

Merrill, William M.  Biographical Index

William M. Merrill was born May, 1865, in Saline County, Missouri, second son of Asa C. Merrill, a prominent farmer of that State. William's mother was a Miss Akres, also of that State, whose father is now residing in Kansas City. William attended public school until fifteen years of age, when he began assisting his father, and remained on the farm until that parent's death in 1885, which he and his brother assumed charge of the property for their mother. In 1886 William took the responsibility upon himself, and with his family, in 1888, moved to Vinita, Cherokee Nation, where he farmed two years, and in 1891 was appointed deputy constable for the first judicial divison of the Indian Territory. On August 8, of the same year, he received the appointment of deputy United States marshal, and is, at the time of writing, employed in both of these capacities. Mr. Merrill is a young man of gentlemanly bearing and good address, and as an officer is energetic and trustworthy, gaining the confidence of the public by his good moral character and attention to his duties.

 

Merriman, John L. was commissioned on June 1, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In April of 1894, he served a warrant of arrest to Elisha Brown, a white man charged with larceny, five miles south of McKoe Indian Territory.  His prisoner was taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to await trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - April 27, August 31, 1894) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Merriman, J. S. served in the Central District in 1894. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Merriss, W .W. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough. 

(File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library)

 

Merriss

W.

W.

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

 

Merritt, Lewis was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Lewis was killed in the line of duty on September 27, 1883.  (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Mershon, James H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Mershon served a warrant of arrest to a man and his son for wrecking a train.  One of the cows belonging to the man was killed by the train when it was hit on the railroad right-of-way.  The man was upset with the amount of money he received in the settlement, so he derailed the train.  Freedmen, slaves that once belonged to the Chickasaw Indians who were freed after the Civil War, saw the wreck and started hauling goods from it.  Mershon worked out of Vinita with Deputy Marshals L. W. Marks and John W. Johnson.  Deputy Marshal Mershon headed a posse that searched for murderer, Jim Webb, who was hiding in the Arbuckle Mountains.  The outlaw resisted arrest fleeing in a running gun battle where he was shot several times.  The wounded Webb died from his wounds before he could be tried for his crime.  Marshal Mershon arrested Martin Joseph alias “Bully” Joseph who killed a young man, Bud Stephens, and his wife in the Arbuckle Mountains.  Martin Joseph was hung on the gallows at Fort Smith, Arkansas on June 29, 1883.  During the month of June of 1884, Deputy Marshals Mershon and Bazz Reeves transported thirteen prisoners to the Ft. Smith jail while killing four others that refused to surrender.  In January of 1885, James rented a farm near Atoka where he moved his family.   In 1885, James Lamb and Albert O’Dell went to work for two farmers, Brassfield and Pollard, living near Lebanon, Chickasaw Nation.  After a short period of time, the two farm workers developed a fancy for the farmer’s wives.  George Brassfield, one of the farmers learned of the adulterous affair that his wife was involved in, left her.  Pollard not giving up so easy told his wife she could leave; he was not yielding his farm like his friend Brassfield.  Pollard went to Lebanon and was returning home when he was ambushed along the trail by Lamb and O’Dell.  The tall grass and brush along the trail was used to conceal Pollard’s body.   Within a few days Mrs. Pollard contacted the preacher to come to her home to perform a marriage between herself and James Lamb.  The preacher, knowing of the adulterous affair between the two, refused to perform the marriage ceremony.  Two months later a body was found which was identified to be Pollard.  Deputy Marshal Mershon was summoned to conduct the investigation of the murder.  Mershon arrested the foursome at Buck Horn Creek some fifty miles away.  By this time it was quite visible that both women were pregnant.  Mershon transported the foursome by wagon to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where they faced Judge Parker.  Judge Parker allowed both women to post bond knowing the holding conditions at the jail were not adequate for their health.  Mrs. Pollard posted bond and went to Missouri where relatives cared for her until she gave birth to Lamb’s child.  Mrs. Brassfield gave birth to twins, both dying a few hours after birth.  Lamb and Odell went to trial to face Judge Parker where they were defended by different lawyers.  The two men united in their scheme and plan of murder became each others worst enemy as they testified against each other in court.  James Lamb and Albert O’Dell were hanged on the gallows on January 14, 1887.   One of Mershon’s most important arrests was that of Booley July, an Indian-Negro mixed blood who operated a gang of mixed bloods like himself.  A man, his wife and young daughter became victims of the gang.  Refer to Deputy Marshal Bruce Quigly for details on arrest and case.  The Muskogee Indian Journal showed Mershon working the Chickasaw Nation on October 22, 1885.  In August of 1893, two Choctaw Indians Wilbur King and Edward Emerson killed Peter Imotaubee near Caddo in the Choctaw Nation.  The Indian police turned their head to the incident refusing to make an arrest.  The federal court in Ft. Smith sent Deputy Marshal Mershon to arrest the two implicated murderers.  Jurisdiction of the case fell in the hands of the Choctaw Indian court.  Mershon turned his prisoners over to the Choctaw police who discharged the case and let the killers go free.  Mershon was commissioned again on May 29, 1889.

 (Branding Iron - April 26, 1878) (Caddo Free Press - January 24, 1879) (Indian Champion - May 31, June 21, June 28, August 14, 1884) (Indian Champion - January 10, 1885) (Ft. Smith Elevator - October 9, December 25, 1885; February 12, 1886) (Atoka Indian Citizen - February 22, 1890) (The Kingfisher Times - August 17, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - William Anthony Cummins) (Indian Pioneer History - William R. Harrison) (Indian Pioneer History - H. Lee Jackson) (Indian Pioneer History - William M. Shannon) (Black Red and Deadly) (Gunman Territory) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Black History in Oklahoma) (Outlaws on Horseback) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Merryman

L.

C.

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

 

Mesler, Charles D. was commissioned in 1868, serving in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas.  The Van Buren Court moved to Ft. Smith in 1871, and Mesler was commissioned in that court on May 26, 1871, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. 

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

 

Messler, James was commissioned by Marshal Sarber, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  On August 15, 1873, Deputy Marshal Messler volunteered to execute murderer, John Childer on the gallows at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  John Childer was half white and Cherokee, twenty-five years of age and very corrupt.  He belonged to an organization whose purpose was to murder and plunder.  Each member was bound by oath to support their brother even if it meant to lie or kill for his protection.  During one of Childer’s escapades he became involved with Deputy Marshal Vennoy, whom he had a terrible hatred.  A peddler named Reyburn Wedding was working near Caney Creek along the Kansas and Indian Territory border, trading his wares for hides and various farm products when he met John Childer.  The beautiful black horse being used to pull Wedding’s wagon drew Childers eye which caused him to make an offer for a trade.  During their conversation the peddler mentioned he was from Kansas which placed him in association with officer Vennoy.  Tiring of Childer’s offers for the horse, the peddler made it clear that his horse was not for sale or trade, driving away.  Not giving up and becoming angry Childers followed close behind the wagon where he made a plan to take the horse. Finally he made a move toward Wedding quickening the pace of his horse until he soon overtook him.  He tied his horse to the back of the wagon and crawled in taking the seat next to the peddler where he rode until they came to Caney Creek, next to Childer’s station.  He pulled his long knife, forced Wedding’s neck back and cut his throat from ear to ear.  He dumped the body into the creek and drove the team out onto the prairie where he exchanged his horse for the one that he coveted.  The evidence he left behind the wagon, the cut harness and his own horse would cost him his life.  Vennoy had the honor or taking Childers to Kansas where he quickly escaped from jail.  Not quite four months later Vennoy arrested him again in the same area as the first arrest.  This time he was taken to Van Buren, Arkansas where again he escaped from jail.  Childers decided to stay in Arkansas instead of going back to his home in Indian Territory because he knew Vennoy or other deputy marshals would be looking for him there.  Vennoy found his man hiding in Ft. Smith and knowing of his strong desire of liquor and harlots, he set a trap for him.  A local harlot had already met Childers which made thing easier for his capture.  She was hired for a reward to build his passion and place him in a drunken state in which Officer Vennoy and Joe Peevy could arrest him.  He was taken to the Ft. Smith jail where he faced execution.  While Childer stood on the platform awaiting his end Marshal Sarber read his death warrant and asked him if he had any last words.  Childer started to lose his bravado for he knew his end was near.  He talked at great length telling what his friends had done for him, probably hoping they would remember their pledge and come to his rescue.  Sarber told him; “If he gave the name of his friends, I promise not to hang you today.”  All of his friends began to wonder if he would accuse them for taking part in his bad deeds.  Finally Childer looked at Sarber and said; “didn’t you say you were going to hang me?” Sarber answered, “yes”, then Childers answered; “Then Why in the hell don’t you.”  Messler unshackled his wrists and bound the man’s hands behind his back.  A black hood was placed over his head and Sarber raised his arm giving the signal which Messler reacted to by jerking the lever which sent Childer through the hole in the platform until he met the end of the rope. 

(Hell on the Border) (Hell on the Border-Harman) (Iron Men) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Mickle, Charles H. was commissioned on September 2, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  The commission was notarized in Labett, Kansas.  Eugene Stanley was a very dangerous outlaw and at the age of twenty was conceived as very dangerous.  His life of crime started at a young age with the prey usually being old men that could give little resistance to protect themselves.  He joined forces with John Boyd and George Meyers to commit some of the following crimes:  They robbed an old man named Horn near Eufaula, a young boy named Jones was seriously wounded when he wouldn’t take part in their robberies, they robbed Judge John Taylor of Skulleyville county, they robbed Tom Wood, an old man, near Alma,  they robbed a man from Dora, Arkansas, they killed John Dansby of Cache Creek, Choctaw Nation, in the spring of 1890.  The attempted arrest of Stanley and his gang was made at Cache Creek, which led to a full pledged gun battle.  Meyer and one other gang member were killed and Boyd was wounded and captured.  Stanley received a wound which incapacitated him for a day until he was found by Mickle.  The gang was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to hard labor, for ten years.  Stanley was also charged with three counts of train robbery which netted him fifty-five years of confinement.  Deputy Marshal Mickle arrested Bill Sneed near Ft. Gibson, who was wanted for larceny. 

(Atoka Indian Citizen - December 28, 1889 & January 18, 1890) (Hell on the Border) (Hell on the Border - Harman)  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Mickles, served in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, in 1893. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Milam

Arthur

M.

D.U.S. Marshal

Wewoka

July 1, 1902

 

Miller, A. J. served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

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

 

Miller, Charles Eugene was commissioned on July 18, 1872, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Deputy Marshal Miller was living in Ft. Smith, Arkansas when commissioned.  Charles was living at Tulsa in 1930.  

(Experience of A U.S. Deputy Marshal) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Miller, Dick succeeded Dan Willets as chief clerk on February 3, 1903, in the Oklahoma Territory court at Guthrie.  Deputy Marshal Miller was the son-in-law of Marshal William Fossett. 

(Woodward Bulletin - February 13, 1903) (The Seiling Guide - February 12, 1903) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Miller

D.

P.

D.U.S. Marshal

January 21, 1919 to June 30, 1919

 

Miller, F. M. was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas.  Oklahombres reports this deputy marshal to be a female working in Indian Territory in November of 1891.  Her commission is not shown on Ft. Smith, Arkansas list. 

(Oklahombres Journal, Volume 8, #4, 1997.)

 

Miller, George Daniel “Hookie” was born in Texas on December 31, 1861.  George joined the Texas Rangers at the age of 19 in 1881, serving until 1882.  By 1895, George changed his life style, becoming associated with outlaws like George Weightman alias “Red Buck,” who was once a member of the Bill Doolin Gang.  Red Buck had the reputation of being the most cold blooded outlaw to ever ride with the Doolin gang.  In April of 1895, the Doolin gang robbed a train near Dover and made their escape to the northwest but not before making a challenge to Chris Madsen and the deputy marshals from El Reno.  Using the railway to their advantage, the lawmen arrived at the scene of the robbery within a few hours and started their search.  The officers found the gang resting in a tree grove southwest of Ames, completely unaware that they were being followed.  When the marshals confronted the outlaws a running gun battle developed in which William “Tulsa Jack” Blake was killed and “Little Bill” Raidler was seriously wounded as his mount was shot from beneath him.  During a quick retreat to the southwest, the gang stopped at a homestead near the Cimarron River where they stole horses from a Baptist preacher who refused to give them up.  Red Buck was blamed for shooting and killing the minister, an act that repulsed Bill Doolin to the point that he never rode with Red Buck again.  By September of 1895, Red Buck started his own gang, recruiting several bad characters from Texas, such as Hills Loftis, Joe Beckman, and Elmer “Kid” Lewis.  Numerous robberies and killings were attributed to the gang which included the murder of Woods County rancher Gus Holland, the Curtis train robbery, the Woodward express robbery, the murder of “D” County Treasurer, Fred Hoffman, robbery of the Shultise store at Taloga, Noyes store in Arapaho and a store in Altus.  Joe Ventioner, Billy Quillen, and William Holcomb forced the robbers out of the Taloga area into the southern part of Indian Territory, near the Wichita Mountains where they were confronted by the Texas Rangers.  After killing Joe Beckman and wounding Red Buck, Elmer “Kid” Lewis left with Hills Loftis to go back into Texas.  Red Buck tried to make his way back to the Taloga area where he had friends.  Near Arapaho he stopped at a settlers home, W.W. Glover who had a reputation of harboring outlaws.  It was here that Red Buck met George Miller and after sharing battle stories they found they had a lot in common, mainly their bad ways.  After spending several day with the outlaws, Glover went into Arapaho to get supplies but maybe the main reason was to capture or have the outlaws killed for the large reward on their heads.  As soon as he arrived in Arapaho he went to the Indian police who were eager to take part in the plan.  When Glover arrived back at his dugout, he fired his pistol to give an all clear warning, a preplanned signal that everything was okay.  When “Red Buck” and Miller came out of the dugout the police hurriedly fired at them, leaving Glover in the opening, without any cover.  The two outlaws realizing they had been double-crossed spotted Glover running toward his dugout.  It is not certain which outlaw fired the fatal bullet but a single slug hit him in the right temple and exited through his brain, killing him instantly.  The two outlaw’s reputations were quickly growing and the residents of the area demanded that the law do something about them.  The Guthrie marshal Evett Nix, placed a “Dead Or Alive” order on their warrant of arrest, trying to protect his deputy marshals and insure the outlaws be captured or eliminated.  Being aware the marshals would soon be in pursuit of them, they headed south to Dolph Pickelsimer’s dugout on Oak Creek, five miles north of present day Canute.  Pickelseimer’s reputation not being good had befriended Red Buck before and would not refuse him shelter.  Settlers living in the area observed their presence and notified the marshal’s office.  Deputy Marshal Joe Ventioner, from Lenora assisted by Deputy Marshals Billy Quillen and William Holcomb had been searching for the two men ever since the Texas Rangers had chased them north from the Fredrick area.  On March 4, 1896, they surrounded Pickelsimer’s dugout waiting through the cold night to make their move at first daylight. The officers were aware the outlaws would never give up without a gunfight and the only way to capture them would be by the element of surprise.  At least four charges of murder and their affiliation with the Doolin gang was a sure guarantee of a rope around their neck.  Two hours before sunlight, Miller and Pickelsimer left the dugout walking toward the horse barn to care for their horses.  As they entered the barn they came face to face with two of the officers who ordered them to surrender.  Miller jumped back outside of the shed, trying to draw his revolver while he ran back to the dugout.  Hearing the gun battle, Red Buck left the cover of the dugout to help his friends; it was here he instantly met his death when a bullet from Joe Ventioner’s pistol hit its mark.  Seeing his partner fall to the deputy’s gun, Miller fired a single round hitting Ventioner in the hip, and as the ball struck the bone it exited out his abdomen.  Billy Holcomb, right on Miller’s heels who was trying to find safety inside of the dugout, fired two shots, one of which apparently struck his cartridge belt, detonating several rounds.  Fragments from the bullets struck his hands, tearing away muscle, tendon and bone leaving him seriously injured.  The hand was severed at the wrist on his right arm and the middle three fingers were blown completely off of his left hand.  Pickelseimer gathered ashes and hot soot from the fireplace to sear the wounds, stopping the bleeding which saved Miller’s life.  Miller was taken into custody to be tried for the crimes he had committed in Texas, since he was exonerated of all charges made against him in Oklahoma.  A brief stay in a Texas prison had little affect on Miller and shortly after he was released he became involved with a band of cattle rustlers.  Again he was arrested, convicted and given a short sentence at the penitentiary in Rusk, Texas.  After being released from prison, he returned to Oklahoma to be fitted with a steel hook to replace his useless hand and became dubbed as “Hookie Miller”.  He adapted well to the steel hook, which allowed him to fire a rifle and continue his criminal way of life.  South of Ada along the Chickasaw and Seminole border a saloon was built on a raft in the river which allowed whiskey to be consumed without violating the liquor laws of Indian Territory.  This reputation of this saloon, the Corner Saloon was just as bad as Millers and he was the perfect bartender to run it.  However, his stay was brief when he shot and killed one of his customers.  Several deputy marshals that befriended Miller encouraged him to become a lawman and give up his life of crime.  In March of 1901, George Miller was one of the deputy marshals that was selected to transport prisoners from the Antlers court to the Poteau court, while taking ten other prisoners to jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.   In March of 1901, Marshal Hackett was placed over the Central District of Indian Territory McAlester Court and selected George as his office deputy at South McAlester.  In April of 1904, Marshal George K. Pritchard approved of his work enough to retain him for another term in the same position.  In July of 1905, Miller gave himself up at Shawnee on a charge of killing Ed Hendricks of Ada at the “Corner Saloon” near the territory line.  Miller claimed self defense.  On July 21, 1923, lawman John Middleton and he went to arrest an Indian named Jackson Burns who was waiting for them with a Smith & Wesson 45 caliber pistol.  When the smoke cleared, Middleton and Miller were dead with three bullets in each of their bodies.  Miller was 61 years of age when he met his fate, and his body was laid to rest in a Oklahoma City cemetery. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - October 10, 1890) (Taloga Advocate - September 14, 1895) (Taloga Western Oklahoman - April 3, 1896) (The Antlers Democrat - March 8, April 12, 1901) (The Choctaw News - June 2, 1904)(The Fairview Republican - July 21, 1905) (Picture - The Clinton Daily News, Gerald Green - April 16, 1998) (The Dewey County Record - July 29, & August 25, 1999) (Four Men Hanging) (Gunman’s Territory) (Shoot from the Lip) (Picture - Heck Thomas)

 

Miller

George

L.

D.U.S. Marshal

South McAllister

April 21, 1897 I. T. Central--February 29, 1904—1906---1907

 

Miller, Henry was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.   On April 9, 1886, several deputy marshals were working near Fleetwood where they captured two prisoners and had set up camp to hold them while other arrests could be made.  Deputy Marshal Andy Smith was working in the field trying to an arrest while the other officers went to the woods to shoot a squirrel.  Henry Miller was left in camp in charge of Big Chew a big fleshy Cherokee Indian who weighed well over two hundred pounds.  Henry made a costly mistake when he allowed the Indian to drive stakes to tighten a tent.  Miller was killed when he was hit in the head with an axe and his pistol was taken as Big Chew fled from the camp.  When the officers returned from the woods they tracked the murder to an area where they found him hiding, less than three quarters of a mile from their camp.  The deputies were fired upon as they approached their enemy.  They knew Henry only kept two bullets in his pistol and only one was left.  Henry was only nineteen at the time of his death and was from Vinita, Cherokee Nation. 

(Arkansas Gazette - Obituaries - 1879) (Ft. Smith Elevator - April 16, 1886) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of duty.

 

Miller

H.

E.

D.U.S. Marshal

July 1, 1906 to April 20, 1907

 

Miller, Isaac was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Miller, Joe W. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in 1896, serving under Marshal Patrick S. Nagle. In October of 1894, Miller arrested fugitive C.D. Watkins who escaped the Oklahoma State Capital federal jail at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.  Watkins plan to escape involved getting a six-shooter, saw and a bottle of acid. The plan also involved the killing of jailer, Ellis.  (The Beaver Advocate - October 18, 1894) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)  He was listed as a deputy and jailer in Oklahombres.  

(Picture. - Oklahombres)

 

Miller, Mad was commissioned on December 7, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Miller, Rube J. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In January of 1886, Deputy Marshal Miller returned from Indian Territory with two prisoners arrested for introducing whiskey. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - January 8, 1886) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Miller, Seeke was working in the mountains near Dow when he found an illicit still in June of 1905, while working out of Alderson. 

(The Lenora Leader - June 16, 1905)

 

Miller, Sam was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Miller, Thomas B. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Miller, V. D. of Hugo was summoned on January 31, 1906, to a murder scene at Forney, Choctaw Nation.  Arthur Mullins and Harmon Hopkins entered into an argument which led to a scuffle.  Arthur’s father got involved in the fight which led to him clinching Harmon Hopkins.  Arthur Mullins became enraged with Harmon Hopkins causing him to shoot and kill the older Hopkins.  Jack Hopkins, Harmon’s brother, started to run away from the fight when the older Mullins fired at him.  Deputy Marshal Miller arrested Mullins, father and son.  In March of 1906, Miller arrested Mack Birdsaw and Charles Scott for cutting timber on land belonging to Annie Durant.  The two men owned property adjoining Annie Durant, claiming they did not know the location of the property line.  Scott was bonded over and Birdsaw’s charge was dismissed.  In the same month, Miller arrested Newton Robbins in Frogville who was charged with murder in Tennessee.  In June of 1906, Miller arrested two men that argued over a barrel of water.  Their argument led to a gun battle which left both men seriously wounded.  In November of 1906, Miller arrested two brothers who entered into an altercation with Luther Denson, five miles southwest of Hugo.   Wilson Grantham knocked down Luther Denson, while his brother, Joe Grantham shot Luther with a 38 caliber revolver.  A ball struck Luther in the chest as he lay on the ground, leaving him critically wounded.  The two brothers hauled Denson to their home where he suffered four hours without any attempt to get him medical help.  Miller took both men to the jail in Antlers, Choctaw Nation.

(The Antlers News - March 9, 23, June 29, October 12, November 9, 1906)  (The Durant Weekly News - February 9, 1906)

 

Miller

V.

D.

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

 

Miller, W. A. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  He was working with officers S.S. Nix, Will Nix, and Appleton in Kaw country in September of 1895, to capture a gang of counterfeiters who were working in a cave. 

(The Alva Republican September 6, 1895) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Miller, Zeke served as deputy marshal in the Central District of Indian Territory from 1894 to 1907, headquartered first at Alderson then later he moved to McAlester.   Zeke made many arrests but never had to kill a man, nor was he ever injured.  Zeke came across an illicit still near Dow in the mountain area which had been overlooked because it was well hidden.  The still had been in operation for a long time.  In June of 1905, Zeke arrested Patty Rooney and B.F. Guthrie.

(Indian Pioneer History - William J. Layne) (Picture - Black History In Oklahoma) (Picture - Black Indians) (Picture - Black Red And Deadly) (Marietta Monitor - June 2, 1905) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Miligan, Robert Deputy U. S. Marshal 1941

 

Mills, Enock J. “Ennis” was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and living in Middle Fork, Arkansas.  He was one of the sixteen deputy marshals that played a part in the killing of Ned Christie on November 2, 1892 near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation. See: “The Capture Of Ned Christie.”  He was assigned to the Northern District Indian Territory court at Muskogee on November 30, 1895, living in Vinita, Cherokee Nation. Before coming a Deputy Marshal Mills owned a blacksmith shop in Sulphur City. 

(Picture - Hell on the Border -Harman) (Iron Men) (Experience of A U.S. Deputy Marshal) (Indian Pioneer History - C. B. Rhodes) (Iron Men) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Picture - Muskogee Genealogical Society) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Mills, E. P. was commissioned on October 12, 1891 and June 1, 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)

 

Mills, T. B. was commissioned on July 20 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Deputy Marshal Mills lived in Richland Township, Crawford County, Arkansas. 

(The Weekly Elevator - June 23, 1893) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Mills, W. C. was commissioned on July 10 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Minehart, J. Henry was commissioned on August 15, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Minehart was assigned to the Choctaw Nation.  

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

 

Mingo, Sam rode with a posse made up of deputy marshals in October 1883, to capture robbers, Johnson Jacks and John Bart, in the Cherokee Nation.  On September 27, 1883, Deputy Marshal Addison Beck and his guard, Lewis Merrit, were killed by the two thieves, John Bart and Johnson Jacks, during a gun battle.  During a skirmish with the posse of deputy marshals, Johnson Jacks was critically wounded, dying before he stood trial.  John Bart was able to elude the officers.  (Black Red And Deadly) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Heck Thomas) (Hell on the Border-Harmon) (Oklahombres)

 

Minor, P. E. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District of Arkansas, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Minor, Samuel T. was commissioned on January 15, 1892, January 8, 1893, and July 1, 1896, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, while he lived in Talihina, Choctaw Nation.  In August of 1877, Walter Hamilton and his wife killed Daniel Martell, stole his horses, wagon and personal property before fleeing to Indian Territory.  Deputy Marshals Minor and Cantrell were sent to Poteau in June of 1892, to serve a warrant of arrest, finding the couple hiding in dense weeds on Brazil Creek.  The couple was turned over to Missouri sheriff Garrett.  In August of 1895, Minor rode with a posse that trailed the Christian Gang to a farmhouse, near Hartshorne.  Here the band of outlaws picked up fresh supplies and fresh horses before making their way into the Chickasaw Nation.  The farmer, Irene Champion, and his four sons were arrested for harboring fugitives.  Irene Champion alias “Emma Johnson” was Bill Christian’s sweetheart.  The Christian Gang left Oklahoma Territory when the pressure from the marshal’s force drove them into New Mexico, where they were eventually eliminated.  Sam is pictured at the 1908 reunion of the U.S. marshals in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 10, 1892; March 2, 1894) (The Weekly Elevator - May 5, 26, September 8, 29, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - J. D. Ray) (Picture - The Western Peace Officer) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Miner

Samuel

T.

D.U.S. Marshal

Talihina, I. T.

July 1, 1896

 

 

Mitchell, Bob was serving as deputy marshal in Durant, Choctaw Nation in 1897, when he became involved in a shoot-out with John Carter, a well-known cattle thief.  After a brief exchange of shots, Carter was wounded and taken to a home owned by a man named Dixon.  Carter’s wife became infuriated and retaliated when she heard the news about her husband.  The woman went to Dixon’s home where she confronted Deputy Marshal Bob Mitchell telling him if she had been present at the shooting there would have been a double tragedy for she would have shot him. 

(Indian Pioneer History - R. L. Crudup)

 

Mitchell

Ira

U. S. Marshal

April 19, 1905

 

New Job

 

February 19, 1936—The Oklahoman—Ira Mitchell, who has held appointive political positions in Oklahoma since 1907 and at present is county registrar, was appointed deputy United States marshal Tuesday to succeed Roy Manley who was made chief deputy marshal last week.  Mitchell said he would resign as registrar Wednesday.

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Mitchell, L. E. “Lem” served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894 and Central District in 1895. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Mitchell, Tom H. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October of 1894.  Deputy Marshal Mitchell and Harry Callahan were placed in charge of the Indian reservations in February of 1896, when Marshal Evett Nix was replaced by Marshal Patrick Nagle of Oklahoma Territory. 

(The Enid Weekly Sun - April 14, 1898) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (Shoot from the Lip) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Mitchell

Tom

H.

D.U.S. Marshal

Indian Reservation

March 11, 1905

 

Mitts, T. J. was assigned to Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory in 1889, under Marshal Thomas Needles, during the land rush. 

(Oklahoma Land Rush Of 1889)