Mohler, O. E.  (1889 Land Rush Deputy Marshal) was hired by Marshal Thomas Needles in 1889, during the Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory land rush by  recommendation of the Register of Deeds and Receiver of Moneys.

(Picture - Chronicles Of Oklahoma - Volume 35, 1957) (Oklahoma Land Rush Of 1889)

 

Monroe, Archibald was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Monroe, F. D. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Monroe, Tom D. was commissioned on July 25, 1891, and was remembered as the first deputy marshal to work cases in the El Reno, Kiowa-Comanche Country. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Greenbury Polson) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Montgomery, James T. was commissioned on August 7, 1893 in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Montgomery lived in Onsit, Arkansas when commissioned. 

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Montgomery, James M. was commissioned at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory in 1895.  Marshal Evett Nix pulled his commission after September 30, 1895. 

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

 

Montgomery

John

T.

D.U.S. Marshal

Okmulgee

August 29, 1913

 

Moody, A. L. served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894. 

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

 

Moody, Hiram rode with a posse made up of deputy marshals in October 1883, to captured 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, 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) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Moody, W. S. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In 1891, Henry Brooks robbed E. B. Booner of fifteen dollars and skipped the country.  Shortly after returning back to Indian Territory, Moody was notified he was in his area and he served a warrant of arrest, taking him to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 17, 1892) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Moody, Zach W. “Bill” rode with Deputy Marshal Stokely near Atoka, to try to capture murderer Towerly who was charged with the shooting of Deputy Marshal Frank Dalton.   Towerly fought to the death knowing his chances were slim in Ft, Smith, Arkansas.  During the gun battle Marshal Stokely was killed.  Officer Bill Moody killed Towerly and received a $1000 reward.  On March 15, 1889, Deputy Marshal Bill Moody was killed by an Indian named Billy Bruner of the Northern Creek Tribe.  Bill Moody and Deputy Marshal Grat Dalton tried to serve a warrant of arrest to an Indian named Gibson Partridge.  The two officers surrounded a cabin where they thought Partridge was hiding.  Inside of the cabin was Billy Bruner who thought some of the warring Southern Creek Indians were trying to attack him.  Bruner fired upon the two deputy marshals killing Bill Moody and wounding Grat Dalton.  Marshal Moody was shot in the chest just above the heart causing him to die instantly.  The officer had an inclination that this would be his last journey for he dressed in his finest clothing making a remark, “You won’t have to dress me when I get back”.  There is or was a cemetery at the corner of second and Frisco in Tulsa where two deputy marshals were buried, William Moody and Frank Shennelt, per Indian History Pioneer Chauncey Moore. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Minnie Wimberley Hodge) (Indian Pioneer History - Chauncey C. Moore) (Oklahombres) (Outlaws and Peace Officers of I. T.) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    K

 

Moon, Jackson (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Moore

C.

O.

D.U.S. Marshal

Wilburton

August 1, 1904 I. T. Central--August 1, 1906 to June 30, 1907

 

Moore, D. G. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District of Arkansas, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Moore, Dan W. was commissioned on June 9, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Dan was sent to arrest Dwain Martin who was charged with robbing a post office at Beaver in Carroll County, Arkansas.  Martin was taken to the Ft. Smith federal jail to await trial. The Ft. Smith records show Dan Moore to be in the Western District but it is possible this is in error for the above arrest was made in Arkansas and he is shown living in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, not on the western side of Arkansas. 

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

 

Moore, E. “Mark” served in the Northern Judicial District in 1895 and 1896.

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

 

Moore

Mark

R.

D.U.S. Marshal

Eufaula

March 11, 1905

 

Moore, Elisha M. was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1895 and 1896. 

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

 

Moore

Elisha

M.

D.U.S. Marshal

Purcell

February 20, 1897

 

Moore, Jackson was commissioned on May 8, 1889. 

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Moore, Mark R. was commissioned as deputy marshal on April 24, 1895, by Marshal Samuel Rutherford in the Northern District Indian Territory, Muskogee Court.  Mark was sworn into the Northern District again in 1897, when Marshal Leo Bennett started working from Muskogee, Creek Nation.  In April of 1895, Mark came against the gang that robbed Dr. Cooper’s store at Calvin, Indian Territory.  During the conflict, gang member Henry Lovett was shot and killed.  Daniels, another outlaw, carrying a murder charge was also captured.  Deputy Marshal Moore was a part of the traveling court that operated out of Muskogee in 1903 to 1904.  The traveling court was developed to speed up the time it took to try a charged person.  The long distance that witnesses had to travel to the courts and wait for the court hearings were too costly for the victims, or those who gave testimony in the courts.  Mark Moore was still alive in 1930, living at Jones, Oklahoma. 

(The Woodward News - May 1, 1896) (Indian Pioneer History - Bill Hart) (Indian Pioneer History - W.F. Jones) (Picture - Experiences Of A U.S. Deputy Marshal)

 

Moore, W. E. “Billie” was commissioned at El Reno, Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  In April of 1895, he took part in a posse that was led by Chris Madsen which pursued the Doolin Gang. The gang robbed a train near Dover, Oklahoma and as they departed they left word with their robbery victims which degraded and challenged the marshal’s force to try to capture them.  The five bandits, using the darkness of the night fled northwest of Hennessey, traveling through an area that was familiar to Nelson Wyatt alias “Dick Yeager”.   Bill Doolin led the gang with notorious outlaws, “Tulsa Jack” Blake, Bitter Creek Newcomb, Charlie Pierce and “Little Bill” Raidler.  Madsen’s posse and their horses traveled to Dover by railroad box car where they investigated the robbery and began tracking the outlaws.  Knowing Dick Yeager to be with the gang led the deputy marshals to believe they would be taking the trail northwest, which would eventually lead to the Gloss Mountains, known for it’s numerous well hidden large caves and dugouts.   West of Ames, along the Cimarron River, first contact was made with the outlaws where in a running gunfight; Tulsa Jack was killed, falling to the gun of Deputy Marshal Banks.  The chase continued which allowed Doolin’s gang to use their fresher mounts to out distance their would be captors.  A deserted ranch approximately seventy miles North West of Hennessey once known as the Drumm Ranch became the next stopover for the fleeing bandits.  They were preparing their supper when the marshals surrounded the old ranch house and gave them a chance to surrender, only to be fired on.  During the brief exchange of gunfire, Billie Moore received a bullet in the shoulder, as outlaws made their escape.  Down the trail, the next stop for the gang was at a small cabin where a Baptist pastor named Godfrey and his family became the gangs next unlucky victims.  A meal was demanded to be fixed right away, their valuables taken and their best horses stolen.  As the gang departed the irate pastor refused to give up his horses, challenging the predators, against the wishes of the family.   When the marshal’s force came to the cabin they learned Red Buck was suspected in the killing of the pastor.  Madsen’s posse trailed the outlaws to the Gloss Mountains where they disappeared.  Marshal Evett Nix pulled Bill Moores’ commission after September 30, 1895. 

(South & West, Beaver - April 18, 1895) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (In Pursuit Of the Outlaw) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Moran

John

J.

D.U.S. Marshal

April 2, 1905

 

Moran

John

T.

D.U.S. Marshal

Sapulpa

September 1, 1914

 

Morey, Bill was a deputy marshal that was working in McIntosh County when he found that one thousand pounds of smoked meat was stolen from Morey Springs.  Chitto Harjo was holding council when the old deputy marshal came to look for the meat.  Chitto Harjo had a definite dislike for white men.  At one time he threatened to kill every white citizen in Henryetta.  Harjo asked the officer not to disturb his council, to wait until another time to make the investigation.   This was his way of putting off the investigation.  Morey realized that trouble was brewing so he went to the marshal’s office to get a warrant of arrest and a posse to enforce it.  When the marshal’s force returned they were met by Chitto Harjo’s forces who forced the officers to retreat.  Other deputy marshals taking part in the attempted arrest were Bill Merrel, Patty, and Bob Crawford.

(Indian Pioneer History - W. C. Williams) (Indian Pioneer History - Tice Woods)

 

Morgan, Frank M. was commissioned on August 8, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Morgan, J. E. was commissioned on August 18, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Morgan, W. T. was commissioned on June 8, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Morgan’s oath was notarized in Crawford, Arkansas. 

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

 

Morris, E. S. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory under Marshal W. C. Grimes.  He was assigned to the Fort Sill area in January of 1891.   Later Morris was assigned to Greer County, then he went to El Reno where he served until 1896.  Deputy Marshal Morris was reassigned to Creek County, then back to Fort Sill.  In February of 1895,  Morris rode with Deputy Marshals Chris Madsen, J.C. Clay and W. E. Brown to arrest the T. J. Moore Gang, who were wanted for the murder of Fred Hoffman, County Treasurer of Taloga, “G’ county.   Morris rode with Deputy Marshals Madsen, Prather, Banks, Eichoff, and William Brown to capture Jim Harbolt and Jake McKinzie who were wanted for the murder of Canadian, Texas Sheriff McKee and five other outlaws that were implicated in the murder of Fred Hoffman, County Treasurer of Taloga.  

(The Woodward Jeffersonian - February 23, March 2, 1895) (Indian Pioneer History - E. S. Morris) (Indian Pioneer History - Bob Holt) (Indian Pioneer History - Thomas Bradford Watts) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Morris, George was remembered as a deputy marshal being stationed at Westville by John H. Bright in Indian Pioneer History. 

(Indian Pioneer History - John H. Bright)

 

Morris, Granville U. S. Marshal 1937

 

Marshal Appoints Hugo Man Deputy

 

November 14, 1937—Hugo, OK—Granville Morris, United States marshal for the eastern Oklahoma district announced Saturday night he had appointed W. A. White, Hugo, to succeed Glenn Old as deputy marshal.  Old resigned to accept a position with a private concern.

          White will take the oath of office in Muskogee November 22.  His headquarters will be in Durant.

 

Morris

J.

E.

D.U.S. Marshal

January 22, 1907 to June 30, 1907

 

Morris, John T. was commissioned on October 25, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Morris was living in Edna, Kansas when commissioned.  John Morris at one time was a member of the Jim Reed Gang. There was a reward on James Reed’s head for $4,500 “Dead or Alive”.  James Reed gained notoriety as a member of the Quantrill’s Raiders of the Missouri guerillas.  During a trip to Carthridge, Missouri, James Reed met Belle Shirley who later became know as “Queen of the Outlaws”.  Belle’s father, Judge Shirley, a southern gentleman was opposed to his daughter having any type of association with the outlaw.  Jim Reed and Belle went to Texas where she bore two children,  a son, Ed, to James Reed and a daughter, Pearl Younger, to outlaw Cole Younger.   Deputy Marshal Purnell commissioned John Morris to bring in Reed for one-third of the reward.  Morris located Reed and worked with him for three months to gain his confidence.  In that period of time, Morris never had the opportunity to arrest or shoot Reed because Reed was always armed.   On August 6, 1875, at noon, Morris and Reed stopped to eat dinner at a farmhouse, fifteen miles northwest of Paris, Texas.  Before going into the farmhouse, Morris suggested they show good manners by leaving their guns on their saddles, in which Reed agreed.  After eating for a few minutes, Morris made an excuse to go outside.  When Morris returned, Reed instantly realized the mistake he had made.  To protect his life Reed turned over the table and crouched down behind it.  Morris shot twice, each slug going through the table top and striking Reed, killing him instantly.  Reed was taken to McKinney, Texas where he was identified and buried.  Another account of the identification of Reed’s body is told by Harman in Hell on the Border which stated that Belle Starr went to identify the body and said you have made a mistake and have killed the wrong man.  John Morris you will have to kill Jim Reed if you wish to secure the reward. (Indian Pioneer History - S.R. Lewis) (Hell on the Border - Harman)(Outlaws on Horseback) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Morris, W. J. was commissioned on August 1, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Morris was living in Washington County, Arkansas when commissioned. 

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

 

Morrison, John was killed on July 17, 1907.

(Oklahombres)

 

Morse, C. H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

 

Morton, W. F. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In October of 1888, he brought in John M. Trout of Texas, charged with killing a man named Fleetwood, in the Choctaw Nation.  He had been kept in custody for some time at Sherman, Texas.  Trout married a Choctaw woman that owned land adjoining Fleetwood, who had about ten thousand acres under fence and Trouts ranch contained about five thousand acres.  Their problems were caused by joint possession of the land.  Trout’s fence was cut several times and he accused Fleetwood.  During a quarrel Fleetwood was killed and Trout fled to Texas where his brother was also being held on larceny charges.

 (Ft. Smith Elevator - November 2, 1888) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical list)

 

Mounting, Barnhill Daleen arrested Jack Crow in 1885, who was charged with the murder of Charles B. Wilson.  Jack Crow was taken before the federal court in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where Judge Parker convicted the killer on August 26, 1887, and executed him on April 27, 1888.  Deputy Marshal Mounting arrested Jefferson Jones in 1889, who was charged with the murder of Henry Wilson.  Jefferson Jones was transported to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where Judge Parker convicted him on September 14, 1889, then sent him to the gallows where he was hung on January 16, 1890.  (Hell on the Border) (Court of the Damned)

 

Mounts, William J. was commissioned on October 15, 1886, and February 7, 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)

 

Mouser, George H. was commissioned at Perry, Oklahoma Territory from July of 1894 through December of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  A Negro, named Jeff Jones who was charged with a heinous crime in Winfield, Kansas was captured by a Kansas sheriff.  Jones escaped from the sheriff before he could place him into custody, making his way to Indian Territory where he hoped to hide from the law.  Deputy Marshal Mouser was summoned to capture the fleeing fugitive.  Jeff Jones was not to be taken without a gunfight which resulted in Mouser killing him.  In February 1896, Mouser was assigned to the Perry District, Oklahoma Territory, when Marshal Patrick Nagle replaced Marshal Evett Nix.  Mouser served in the fourth District in 1893, with Charles Colcord, Morris Roebecker, Ike Steel and George Mouser. 

(The Advocate - October 19, 1894) (West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Shoot from the Lip) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Charles Francis Colcord)

 

Mouser

George

H.

D.U.S. Marshal

Perry

March 11, 1905

 

Mowbrey, George was commissioned at Tulsa, Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894 through December of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Moynihan, J. was commissioned on April 22, 1896, while living in Braggs, Indian Territory. 

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

 

Muier, James C. was commissioned on December 22, 1895, while living in Krebs, Indian Territory. 

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

 

Mulkey

John

A.

D.U.S. Marshal

January 21, 1919 to June 30, 1919

 

John Mulkey, Peace Officer, Pioneer, Dies

Western Oklahoma Man Retired, Came To City in 1911

 

June 7, 1941—The Oklahoman—John Allen Mulkey, a pioneer Oklahoma resident and a former United State deputy marshal of Western Oklahoma died Saturday afternoon at his home, 721 Northwest Twenty-Second Street. He was 78 yeas old and had been ill several months.

          Born in Austin, Texas, August 15, 1863, he came to Dewey County in the run of 1893 and served as county sheriff there for six years.  Later he was a deputy United States Marshal.

          After leaving public office, he engaged in stock raising, retired and came to Oklahoma City in 1911, where he had been since.

          He was a member of the Masonic lodge, a member of the Woodmen of the World and of the I. O. O. F. and was active in the Presbyterian Church.

          Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nannie E. Mulkey, a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle M. Patterson, and a grandson, Harry A. Patterson, all of the home address:  A nephew E. A. Fariss, 232 NW 35^th St; a brother B. J. Mulkey, Happy, Texas, and four sisters, Mrs. Callie Nichols, Houston, Mrs. Levina Simmons and Mrs. Inez Davis, both of Austin, and Mrs. Sally Medlin, Lamesa, Texas.

          Services and burial will be in Leedy.

 

Mullins, A. Z. served in the Central District in 1894.

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

 

Murphy, Alex was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  (

Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Murphy, Pat arrested Davis and McKissick in 1890, for introducing liquor into Indian Territory.  Deputy Marshal Murphy was assigned July 15, 1893, to the Pond Creek District, by Marshal Evett Nix.  A card game was in session in a Pond Creek saloon when two Negro card players got into a row.  The saloon proprietor threw the two gamblers into the street where they continued their argument.  One of the Negroes pulled a gun which he dropped while the two grappled.  Deputy Smith came on the scene as the pistol was dropped.  When the deputy stooped to pick the gun up, the Negro who still had his gun in his holster looked up to see the deputy picking up the gun.  Possibly he thought that the person picking up his weapon was his enemy so he drew his own pistol killing the deputy sheriff.  Several of the Pond Creek citizens grabbed the assassin while others went for a rope to lynch him.  The killer hung from a telephone pole until his boss came to cut him down, to care for his body.  The angry mob warned the man John Eldridge to leave him hanging until the next morning then he could cut him down.  This was the first hanging in Pond Creek.  Deputy Marshal Pat Murphy was called to investigate the case.  Murphy was known as “The Kid Deputy” due to his small stature and youthful appearance.  Pat Murphy was 23 when he was commission as deputy marshal but appeared to be only 18 years old.  Murphy was very strong for his size, brave and was a very good shot with rifle or pistol. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Nellie Polly Knox) (Oklahombres) (West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Atoka Indian Citizen - April 12, May 3, 1890) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Murphy, W .A was commissioned at Pond Creek, Oklahoma Territory in October of 1894 through December of 1895, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  

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

 

Murray, Robert L. was commissioned in the Southern District Of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  He was commissioned in August of 1888, to be assigned at Colbert, Choctaw Nation.  He was listed as having a lot of experience and was expected to make a good deputy marshal. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 17, 1888)

 

Murrill, William Bartley “Star Bill” was appointed deputy marshal to serve in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, at the young age of nineteen.  He was appointed again by Marshal Evett Nix in 1896.  Deputy Marshal Murrill served in the El Reno area under Deputy Marshal Bill Tilghman and Chief Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen.  Before becoming a deputy marshal, Murrill served as deputy sheriff in Canadian County, Texas.  Some of the experiences that Murrill faced while serving as deputy marshal were:  In September of 1895, Deputy Marshal Murrill and eight fellow deputy marshals traveled to the South Canadian River bottom where they tried to apprehend a gang of outlaws who threatened they would kill any law official who tried to take them in.  There was one gang member in particular, named Harris, they wanted to arrest.  When the lawmen approached the vicinity they felt Harris was hiding in, the posse stopped at a house where two women were standing in the yard.  The deputy marshals asked if they knew Harris or where he might be.  The two women remained quiet and would not answer the lawmen.   A continued search revealed Harris to be hiding in a dugout where he was enticed to come outside and his warrant of arrest was served.  Harris’ wife followed her husband outside their home threatening to kill the two lawmen with her shotgun.  She was disarmed and held until she cooled off.  On another occasion, a band of horse thieves were working the northwestern part of Indian Territory.  They were becoming very bold in their actions, posing a real threat to the people living in that area.  The people feared retaliation would be made against them if they filed a complaint against them.  Deputy Marshal M.S. Hutchinson and William Murrill were given a warrant of arrest to apprehend two of the rustlers.  The officers left El Reno taking a northern route which led them through Dover; there they went eastward toward Watonga where they headed northwest into very rough hilly country.  This area was occupied by a tribe of one hundred Indians who were known not to be very friendly toward the white man.   Marshals Hutchinson and Murrill rode into the Indian camp not knowing how they would be accepted.  Surprisingly the Indians welcomed them into their camp, and then told the officers where they might go to capture the two horse thieves.  The Indians were known to sometimes allow certain whites to intrude within their territory, giving them protection.  For some unknown reason these two wanted men were not protected.  The first man was found in a small cabin where the officers forced their way in and were not resisted.  As the two deputy marshals entered the cabin, the sight before them made Murrill wish that he was not an officer.  A young man was standing over his very ill wife who was lying on a bed while their little boy huddled near to them.  The face of the frail wife showed that her condition was not good.  The deputies told the man what their business was, then served him with the warrant of arrest.  The officers allowed the man to care for his wife during the night but told him he would have to find someone else to care for her and his son the following day.  The grieving man clung to his frail wife and child all that night.  As a new day developed the marshals could tell that the woman’s condition had not improved but they had to get on with their work.  A neighbor volunteered to care for the sick woman and her son, while the father was taken to pay for his crimes.  The officers and prisoner traveled a short distance to another homestead where they found the second horse thief.  Here the officers faced a different situation; the man came from his cabin threatening the deputy marshals.  The thief’s threats were only verbal for he knew he was no match for the officers.  On April 3, 1895, Murill was with Chief Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen when word came that the Rock Island train had been robbed in Dover.  Madsen and twelve deputy marshals loaded their mounts in boxcars at El Reno, then traveled by rail to Dover.  At Dover the officers picked up the trail of the train robbers.  Within several hours, the deputy marshals became engaged in a gun battle with the outlaw gang.  During the battle Tulsa Jack was killed.  Blood was found on a saddle of a captured horse giving evidence that another gang member had been wounded.  Nelson Ellsworth Wyatt, alias ”Zip" Wyatt,’ alias “Dick Yeager, another member of the gang was identified as taking part in the robbery.  These outlaws frequented the Gloss Mountain area and had association with the Bill Doolin Gang.  Starr Bills career as deputy marshal ended in 1898, when he went to Kansas and Arkansas to serve as a lawman.  In 1940, he moved to California where lived until he died on March 3, 1956 and was buried at the Western Hills Memorial Park, Placerville, California. 

(Indian Pioneer History Dova L. Suagee) (Indian Pioneer History - Tice Woods) (The Chronicles of Oklahoma - Volume 43, 1965) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Myer, R. W. was commissioned at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory from July of 1894 through June of 1896, serving under Marshal Evett Nix.  Marshal Evett Nix pulled his commission after September 30, 1895. 

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

 

Mynatt, Mynett, J. D. received a letter during the winter of 1890, that seventeen head of horses were shot and burned at Fitz Patrick Creek near Duncan, Pickens County, and Chickasaw Nation.  The horses were thought to have been rustled from Dan Waggoner.  Clues led the deputy marshals to about twenty-five miles north of Magnum in Greer County where they made the arrest of Bill Baker.  Baker confessed when he was pressured by the officers.  Baker and several others went to Red River where they found the horses, driving them away.  The rustlers felt they were seen moving the horses, causing them to panic.  The evidence would convict them so they decided to destroy it.  The would be gang was taken to the federal court in Paris, Texas, where they were convicted.  In October of 1891, Deputy Marshal Mynatt arrested a man named

Hickman wanted for horse stealing, and transported him to the federal court in Paris Texas. 

(The Territorial Topic - October 22, 29, November 5, 12, 1891)