David Nagle to Bill Nutting

 

Nagel, David was with Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field sitting in a depot dining room eating breakfast when Judge David Terry and his wife walked into the diner.   When he saw Field he retired to the train and shortly returned coming to Nagel and Field’s table to slap Field’s face.  Deputy Marshal Nagel stood up and shot Terry through the heart.  Nagel shot a second shot as Terry fell to the floor, this one missing going through the floor.  Another version of the killing was:  in the Supreme Court on August 14, 1889, Nagel killed David Terry to defend Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field.  Deputy Marshal Nagel was promptly arrested by the local sheriff.  Nagel was discharged in September of 1889, by Judge Sawyer of the U.S. Circuit Court.  The discharge was appealed to the Supreme Court where Nagel was released and cleared.  In October of 1889, Judge Field gave a gold watch to Nagel. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 16, 1889) (The Territorial Topic - September 19, October 3, 1889) (The Lawmen - Picture)

 

 

Nagle

Patrick

S.

U. S. Marshal

Guthrie

February 18, 1896

 

 

Patrick Nagel

 

NAGLE’S APPOINTMENTS

 

February 27, 1896—Kingfisher Free Press—United States Marshal Nagle has received his commission and will at once enter upon the duties of his office.  He authorizes the announcement of the following appointments:

          Chief Deputy, M. J. Kane, Kingfisher:

          Clerks, Thomas F. Phillips, Kingfisher and Samuel Wisby, Guthrie;

          Stenographer, Miss Burke, Guthrie;

          Chief Deputy, Judge Scott’s district;

          Daniel Ryan, Kingfisher;

          Chief Deputy, Judge Burford district, Daniel Perry, El Reno;

          Chief Deputy, Judge Bierers district, C. F. Colcord, Perry;

          Chief deputy, Judge McAtees district, John Smith, Hennessey;

Other deputies, Hugh Donley, Garfield Co.; John P. Jones, Pottawatomie Co.;  Louis Eichoff, Canadian Co.; J. C. Shields, Woods Co.; J. A. Cooper, J. G. Gully, Kingfisher Co.;  D. M. Hamlin, Kay Co.  Other appointments will be made as soon as satisfactory selections can be made.

          The Free Press goes out of its way to cordially congratulate Marshal Nagle on the excellent beginning he has made.  Mr. Kane, whom he has selected for Chief Deputy is his old law partner, who has lived in Kingfisher from the start.  He is a young man of superior ability, unexceptionable habits, good address, who enjoys the confidence and friendship of all the people of this community.  He also enjoys and is proud of the distinction of being the son of a veteran Union Soldier.

          Tom Phillips, who will probably be put in charge of the cash account, has been the cashier of the local land office for the past three years and his standing is very high in the Interior department.  He is a hard worker, painstaking and honest, as the day is long.  Tom is a Union veteran.

The other appointments, so far as we can speak from personal knowledge, Dan Ryan, D. W. Perry, Jack Cooper and Jo Gully are commendable and in the line of efficiency and good government.  We have not doubt the other appointments are of the same character.  In his appointments Mr. Nagle has avoided nepotism, but has selected for his most responsible assistants, old friends whom he knows to be honest, capable and trustworthy.  If the policy adopted so far is to be pursued throughout, we fear that President McKinley will take more time in the selection of Mr. Nagle’s successor than will be pleasant to the army of republicans who have already go their “eyes sot” on the marshal’s office.

 

Nakedhead, Jim was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Jim was a full-blood Cherokee Indian who lived in Muskogee, Indian Territory, where he served in law enforcement for fifteen years.  Nakedhead was the first town marshal of Tahlequah before becoming a U.S. Deputy Marshal.  Deputy Marshal Nakedhead was serving as jailer in the federal jail at Muskogee when a wire came from Texas requesting help to capture a band of outlaws. The outlaws fled from Texas taking refuge in Indian Territory.  The outlaws, known as the Hughes Gang, were charged with the robbery of a Pacific Express Train at Gordon Texas.  The gang went to Brush Hill, Indian Territory, sixty miles southeast of Tulsa, where they holed up in a cabin. Jim was the only deputy marshal to respond to the request for assistance.  On the morning of February 27, 1895, Jim and seven deputy marshals from Texas rode to the outlaw’s cabin where they surrounded it.  Two dogs started barking as the deputy marshals moved into their positions.  The barking alerted the outlaws and allowed Ben Hughes along with one of his cohorts, Silvers, to escape from the cabin before it was completely surrounded.  The two outlaws fired at the deputy marshals when they ran to a nearby cotton field.  Hughes fell behind a log to take cover allowing Silvers to continue toward the cotton field.  Deputy Marshal Nakedhead pursued Silvers, following him to the field.  Nakedhead fired at Silvers as he ran by the concealed Ben Hughes who then fired at the deputy marshal as he passed by.  Hughes’ bullet struck Nakedhead in the neck, killing him instantly.  One of the Texas deputy marshals shot Hughes in the right arm, disabling him.  Two of the gang members, Harve Carter and Shirley Smith, were captured a short time later.  Silvers had a head start on all of the officers which allowed him to escape.  Deputy Marshal James Nakedhead was thirty-five years old when he was killed. Nakedhead’s body was taken to Muskogee, where he was buried.  He left behind his wife and several small children. (The Cherokee Advocate - March 6, 1895) (Indian Journal, Muskogee - March 1, 1895)  (Ft. Worth Gazette -   )  (Marshals Monitor - Microsoft Internet Explorer) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)    Killed in the line of duty.

 

BEN HUGHES CAPTURED

 

March 7, 1895—The McAlester Capital—A special correspondent of the St. Louis Republic from Checotah, I. T. in his article dated Feb. 27, says:

          Officers and a posse surrounded a house at Brush Hill, eight miles west of here, before daylight this mooring, which was occupied by Ben Hughes and Judd Southerd, whose name is supposed to be Sivers, who are wanted for the train robbery at Gordon, Texas October 19 last.

          A dog barking aroused the inmates of the house and spoiled the plans of the officers.  A hot running fight followed in which Deputy Marshal Nakedhead was instantly killed and Ben Hughes was shot through the right arm and captured.  Southerd escaped into the timber and is still at large.  Sam Baker was arrested at his house near by, by may prove an alibi.

          The officers were Detective S. M. Farmer, Deputy Marshals Williams and Britain of Fort Worth, Texas, Deputy Marshal Nakedhead of Muskogee, I. T.  Deputy Marshals McCann and Hosey, with R. A. McClain, Lee and Sid Palmer and tom Harrison as posse men.

          Hughes was once sentenced to 99 years for robbing a train at the same place, but after a new trial was acquitted.  Detective Farmer has followed the Hughes gang for months, and claims this is an important arrest.  Other arrests may follow.  James Nakedhead of the Cherokee Indian police, and a Deputy Marshal, was a brave and fearless officer whose death is sincerely regretted.  Hughes located here temporarily last fall.

 

Nasbit, Ed, see Nesbitt, Ed was commissioned on September 3, 1892 and March 5, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshals Jacob Yoes and George J. Crump.  Deputy Marshal Nasbit was living in Ft. Smith when commissioned.  In January of 1893, Nasbit was sent to South McAlester, Choctaw Nation, to arrest James A. Green who was charged with adultery. Green was transported to jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas to await trial.  (The Weekly Elevator - December 2, 1892, January 27, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

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

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

 

Nave, Roland was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In February of 1892, Roland went to the Creek Nation to serve a warrant of arrest to John Berryhill, charged with introducing liquor in Indian Territory.  His prisoner was taken to the Ft. Smith federal jail to await trial. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - February 12, 1892)   (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Neal, Elias was commissioned on August 23, 1869, serving in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton.  Deputy Marshal Neal lived in Crawford County, Arkansas when commissioned. 

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

 

Neal, Fred F. was commissioned Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory from October of 1894 through December of 1895, 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)

 

Neal, L. G. was commissioned on February 6, 1895, while living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory. 

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

 

Neal, T. S. was commissioned on September 23, 1890, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In December of 1890, he went to Webber Falls to serve a warrant of arrest to Sam Hammonds and Fred Thornburg, charged with peddling whiskey in Indian Territory.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - December 5, 1890) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Neal, William “Neal” H. was commissioned on March 6, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Neal was living in Cameron, Indian Territory when commissioned.  During June of 1894, he arrested Ed Hill, a mulatto malt dealer at Gowan, Indian Territory.  Hill was transported to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Indian Chieftain, Vinita - December 27, 1894)  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Neal

William

H.

D.U.S. Marshal

October 3, 1898; terminated October 26, 1898

 

Needham, John H. was commissioned on April 22, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Needles

Thomas

B.

U. S. Marshal

Muskogee

March 26, 1889

 

Needles, Thomas B.  Biographical Sketch

Born April 26, 1835, in Monroe County, Illinois, he is the eldest son of James B. Needles, of the State of Delaware, his mother being a Talbott, from Virginia. Thomas went to the public schools until eighteen years of age, when he entered his father's mercantile establishment at Richview, Illinois, clerking with him until 1860, when he opened business on his own responsibility  at Nashville, Illinois. In 1861 he was elected clerk of Washington County (same State), and held the office sixteen years, after which ( in 1876) he was elected State Auditor for Illinois, and held the office four years, after which he was called to the State Senate from Washington County, in 1876, and enjoyed the honor of representing his constituency for eight years. About this time he became president of the Washington County Bank, which office he still retains. In March, 1889, he was appointed United States Marshal for the Indian Territory by President Harrison, which position he holds at present. In1861 Mr. Needles married Miss Sarah L. Bliss, of Richmond, Illinois, by whom he has two daughters, Jessie (now Mrs. Genung, of Muskogee) and Winnifred. For the past twenty years Mr. Needles has been a prominent politician, and was a member of the Republican State Central Committee for several years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows --- Nashville Lodge No. 37 -- was Grand Master of the State in 1870, and represented the State as Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of the United States for four years. He has been Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge for several years, and holds that office at present. He is also a Free Mason of old standing, and has taken the Knight Templar degree in that institution. United States Marshal Needles is a handsome, intellectual-looking gentleman, possessing great executive ability, as well as personal magnetism. He is five feet seven inches in height and weighs 170 pounds. His home is in Warrensville, Illinois, where his family reside, while his offices are now situated in the Court House building, Muskogee, Indian Territory.

 

 

Neelly, Asoph was commissioned on April 5, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Deputy Marshal Nelly was living in Muskogee, Creek Nation.

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

 

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

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

 

Neis, Tony was commissioned on July 18, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots.  Deputy Marshal Neis lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas when commissioned. 

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

 

Neisler, P. D. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

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

 

Nelms, G. W. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Deputy Marshal Nelms returned to Ft. Smith from Indian Territory with four prisoners in January of 1886.  William Anderson - assault with intent to kill, John Still - arson and robbery, David Goff and J. T. Jones - introducing liquor. 

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

 

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

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Nelson

Ison

D.U.S. Marshal

September 6, 1898

 

Nerriss, W. W. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory in July of 1902, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough and assigned as office deputy at Miami. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902)

 

Nesbitt, Ed, see: Nasbit, Ed was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  In June of 1894, he arrested a white man, John Moss, in Indian Territory charged with violating postal laws.  His prisoner was taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined ten dollars. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 20, 1894)

 

Nestor, Robert “Bob” worked out of Ada, Southern District Indian Territory with District Court at Ardmore.   Nestor normally worked with posse man, George England and fellow Deputy Marshal, Dick Couch.   Nestor was also reported working at Lehigh, Chickasaw Nation.  On September 6, 1889, Deputy Marshal Nestor with posse man, Luther Smith and citizen, William Bradley were summoned to attend an examining trial for shooting and killing Henry Smith in the Chickasaw Nation.  The shooting occurred fifty-five miles from Purcell, Chickasaw Nation.  Both men were released on a $1000 bond while they awaited trial in the federal court at Paris, Texas.  Deputy Marshals Robert Nestor and Hugh Childer rode with a posse of six near Lexington, Chickasaw Nation trying to capture Charles Buie alias “Charles Davis”. The lawmen trailed Buie to Buckhead Creek in the Chickasaw Nation, then headed southwest to Table Mountain where they lost the outlaw.  Robert Nestor was with Deputy Marshal Lowe and posse man William Bradley when they captured horse rustler Frank Lee alias “George Stephensens” and Charley Bell alias “Charley Scott”.  The chase lasted for one hundred miles which ended in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory where the two thieves gave up the chase.  Nestor was always relentless in his searches which almost cost his life.  Nestor was summoned by the marshal’s office to bring in a gang of Negroes and Indians that had committed a crime.  Nestor worked continually on the case without letting up.  The deputy marshal’s plan was to capture the gang a few at a time until they were all captured.  The gang knew they could defeat Nestor by numbers but the officer’s persistence was winning the battle for him.  The officer was enticed into a log hut which was located between the Indian village and the Canadian River.  Nestor’s would be captives forced their way outside of the hut where they barrage the only door to the hut, then sealed all the other openings to hold their captor.  The building was set on fire and soon became a burning inferno.  Bob Nestor kept his head by laying on the floor keeping as far from the fire as he could.  He covered himself to shield himself from the heat of the blazing fire.  When the time was right the lawman jumped up grabbing a bench, slamming it against the weakened wall until a hole was made large enough for him to force his body through.  The injured marshal made his way to a place where he could get help.  For some time it was thought that Nestor would never regain his voice, but he did.  In a few months the brave officer returned to his duties.  Nestor later became a jailer in Ada, Chickasaw Nation at the federal jail.  Bob Nestor’s physical size surprised many an outlaw that went against him.  Anyone knowing the lawman knew they didn’t want to physically confront him in any way.  Father time caused the old officer to become stooped with a slight hump on his upper back, but his strength never left him. 

(The Territorial Topic - September 12, 19, 26, 1889)  (Atoka Indian Citizen - June 28, 1890) (Indian Pioneer History - John Andrews) (Indian Pioneer History - Lem F. Blevins) (Indian Pioneer History - H. E. Bowling) (Indian Pioneer History - Sidney Alonzo Bullard) (Indian Pioneer History - Dave C. Hybarger) (Indian Pioneer History - Jesse Maise) (Indian Pioneer History - John Saul) (Gunman’s Territory) (Four Men Hanging)

 

Territorial Topic, September 19, 1889--Deputy U. S. Marshal Bob Nestor, his posseman Luther Smith and Citizen William Bradley, were examined by Commissioner Hocker for the alleged unlawful shooting of Henry “Shoo-fly”  Smith, aliased Allen. According to the testimony given, Nestor and posse had been hunting Smith for several days before they came upon him near “Moon” Blue’s cabin. Shoo-Fly spotted the Marshals first and opened up on them with a Winchester as they topped the rim of a ravine. All four officers took shelter behind trees and the enemies began exchanging shots. Shoo-Fly, even though protected by a 10 inch round oak was caught in a crossfire and died from the effects of wounds in the left forearm, the side and the head.

    Witness Albert Stevenson stated Shoo-Fly had spent a night at his house and that he admitted to Stevenson that he was aware the Marshals were pursuing him. Stevenson insisted he told Smith to give up, but Shoo-Fly said he was determined to kill one or more of the officers before he left the country. Testimony from Anderson Gordon who had seen Shoo-Fly in the Seminole Nation some 12 days earlier showed the deceased had made similar statements. At the conclusion of testimony, Hocker found the matter fell into the category of a felony and should be heard at Paris, the court having jurisdiction. The defendants were then released on a $1000 bond and the matter bound over.

 

Atoka Indian Citizen, April 27, 1889---Bob Nestor ran onto a whiskey peddler at the stock yards below town on the 19th. He fired at him four times but failed to halt him.

Indian Citizen, September 14, 1889-- Paris Texas, Sept 9--United States Marshal Dickeron received a telegram from Deputy Marshal Bob Nestor that he had killed a man name Shopley Friday morning near Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation, while trying to make an arrest. It is not known what Shopley was wanted for and it is supposed that the warrant for his arrest was issued by Commissioner Hocker of Purcell. Stonewall is off the railroad about seventy-five miles from Purcell.

Nestor

Robert

Bob

D.U.S. Marshal

April 25, 1899; terminated May 5, 1899

 

Nevill, there are two deputy marshals named Nevill that died or were killed on July 4, and 12th of 1878. 

(Arkansas Gazette - Obituaries 1879)

 

Neville, O. D. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory, serving under Marshal W. H. Darrough.  (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library)

 

Neville

O.

D.

D.U.S. Marshal

Vinita

7/1/1902--July 1, 1906--1907

 

Newborn, Frank was commissioned on April 15, 1895, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Newborn was living in Krebs, Indian Territory when commissioned.  After serving as a deputy marshal, Frank Newborn fought a duel in July of 1896, with a horse trader named Don Scott.  The duel was fought in South McAlester, Choctaw Nation. 

(The Woodward News - July 10, 1896) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Neville

O.

D.

D.U.S. Marshal

Vinita

7/1/1902--July 1, 1906--1907

 

Newell, John Q. United States Marshal 1913

 

Marshal Newell Takes New Job

Names Duke Stallings, J. A. Blown and F. Miller as His Deputies

 

November 18, 1913—J. Q. Newell returned to Oklahoma City Monday from Guthrie, Oklahoma, where he went Sunday night for the purpose of being sworn in as United States marshal for the western district of Oklahoma, to succeed W. S. Cade, resigned.

          Federal Judge John H. Cotteral of the western district administered the oath of office to the new officer of his court and also to Marshal Newell’s stenographer, Miss Lillian Vickers.

Names Stallings

          Newell named as deputy United States marshal Duke Stallings, John A. Blown and F. Miller and will later name one more.  Those named were sworn into office Monday by the clerk of the federal court in Oklahoma City, Chris Madsen, who has grown gray in the service as a deputy United States marshal, was retained in office by Marshal Newell.

          Newell is the tenth United States marshal to be appointed for the western district since the opening of Oklahoma.

Past Marshals

          The following have served in succession:

Lurty of Virginia, appointed by President Harrison;

William Grimes of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, appointed by Harrison;

E. D. Nix of Enid, Oklahoma, appointed during Cleveland’s last administration;

C. H. Thompson of Enid, appointed under McKinley’s administration;

William D. Fossett, Kingfisher, appointed under McKinley’s administration;

John R. Abernathy, Fredrick, Oklahoma appointed by Roosevelt;

Chris Madsen, Guthrie, appointed by Roosevelt to hold office pending the appointment of Abernathy’s successor;

W. S. Cade of Shawnee, Cade was appointed April 1, 1911 and was succeeded by the present incumbent, J. Q. Newell of Jennings, Oklahoma.

          Chris Madsen has served as a deputy United States marshal in the southwest for more than twenty years, having worked out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the court of the famous Judge Parker.

 

Newsome, William “Bill” was commissioned on February 3, 1893, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, while living in Sebastian County, Arkansas. In March of 1890, Deputy Marshal Newsome arrested John Swimmer on larceny charges.  On June 9, 1894, Newsome was driving the stage coach from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation to Ft. Gibson with seven passengers.  Levi Sanders a young Cherokee Indian, who was very drunk, sat on the box by the driver. When the stage was about one and one-half miles from the outskirts of Tahlequah, Sanders drew his pistol, forcing the driver to stop the stage.  The drunken Indian ordered the entire passenger to get out of the stage coach, then he asked them to line up so he could rob them.  A young man from Texas was standing behind the rest of the passengers.  Sanders walked behind the young man, placing the gun to his back then shoved him forward with it.  When Sanders shoved, the gun went off missing the young Texan’s heart only by a few inches leaving the young man seriously injured.  When the pistol fired everyone scattered, even Sanders ran to the bushes.  Levi Sanders decided to leave the scene of the robbery for he knew he was in trouble, the robbery did not go as planned.   During his departure Sanders met a man riding a horse which he tried to steal.  After a brief gunfight, Sanders conquered his foe and headed toward Tahlequah.  Near the city of Tahlequah, Nancy Duncan was traveling with her son Felix when they were approached by Sanders. The woman and son were ordered to stop, but when they resisted, Nancy Duncan was shot in the heart, killing her instantly.  Felix pulled his Winchester rifle shooting Sanders horse from under him.  Sanders tried to make his escape on foot but five slugs from Felix’s rifle found their mark, killing Levi Sanders. 

(Atoka Indian Citizen - March 22, 1890) (The Weekly Elevator - December 15, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - Burl Taylor) (Indian Pioneer History - James B. White) (Hell on the Border - Harman) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Newsome, William was commissioned on February 4, 1896, while living in Napier, Indian Territory.  In March of 1892, he was summoned to the Creek Nation to arrest Ben Tobler, wanted on charges of larceny.  The prisoner was taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to await trial in Judge Parker’s court. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - March 18, 1892) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

 

Newton, Jay B. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Nicks, Nix, Crowder was remembered as an deputy marshal in Indian Territory in Indian Pioneer History.  In June of 1887, Crowder Nix was not yet commissioned as a deputy marshal but was riding posse with Deputy Marshal Will Field trying to arrest Jim Cunnieus who was wanted for larceny.  Cunnieus resisted arrest killing Will Fields during a brief shoot-out.  Posse man Crowder gave chase to Cunneius becoming engaged in a running gun battle which ended fifteen miles from Eufaula.  Nicks wounded Cunneius forcing the outlaw to surrender. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 23, 1889) (Atoka Indian Citizen - February 22, April 19, 1890) (Indian Pioneer History - Wesley McCoy) (Black Red and Deadly) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 

U.S. MARSHAL E. D. NIX

The Victorious Candidate Come Home With His Sheepskin in His Grip

He Talks With “The News” and Compliments the Defeated Candidates—He Will Make No Appointments Until After July 1^st, When He Assumes the Duties of His Office—The Class of Men He Will Appoint.

 

June 6, 1893—Guthrie Daily News--United States Marshal, E. D. Nix, who won the crown and wears it, arrived in Guthrie Sunday afternoon and was enthusiastically received by a legion of friends.  This young exemplar of the young democracy of Oklahoma bears his well-won honors with a modest dignity that well befits him.  When The News corralled him he was as smiling as a father gazing on his first paternal triumph, and assured The News that he was all there, with the sheepskin in his pocket.  A considerable conversation ensued, in which the marshal briefly outlined a few of his future purposes.  The time has gone by, he says, for swashbucklers, for men who fence themselves round with revolvers and cartridges.  A revolver, with the men he will appoint, will be for business, and not for show.  Hereafter men who are arrested will not be carried five hundred miles around the country to make fees for speculative deputies.  Men will not be arrested and dragged from their homes to Fort Smith for the sole purpose of putting dollars in the pockets of officials who arrest them.  Men shall be treated as innocent men, when arrested, until the law and the evidence shall prove them guilty.  He will see to it that the territory will not be burdened with taxation by arresting men on trumped up charges and carried, until turned loose by the authorities, as persons who never should have been arrested.

     He will give personal supervision to the office and keep it as clean as he would the business of a private concern.  He uttered these sentiments in a utopian sense.  He is convinced, as a businessman, that the office can be conducted on business principles and that it is as necessary to have honest men around him, as it is in the great business with which he has been connected.

     Marshal Nix will make no appointments until he take possession of the office, which will not be until the 1^st day of July.  In the mean time he will retain the present deputies until he has carefully looked over the field, and be enabled to make a satisfactory selection for the various places to be filled.

     Speaking of his campaign in Washington he said that it was a clean one on part of every man concerned who sought the office.  There were twenty-three candidates, nineteen from Oklahoma territory and four from the outside.  He speaks in terms of high eulogy of them all.  He regards them as a fine set of men, and only wishes that was not a marshalship for every one; for each and every one, he says, is deserving of a place.

     In E. D. Nix the people of Oklahoma territory will find they have a very capable marshal and one who is splendidly equipped for the high office that he holds.

 

U. S. MARSHAL E. D. NIX

The Elements, Which Constitute the Makeup of a First Class Office.  He Proposes to Make His Force Stronger By Judicious Reduction—He Will Have a Staff That He Can Rely Upon—Having No Enemies to Punish He Will Have Thousands of Friends on Whom to Rely

 

June 17, 1893-Guthrie Daily News--United States Marshal E. D. Nix is gradually getting down to business, and he is doing it in a way that cannot fail to recommend itself to all the people without regard to consideration of party:  There are now some sixty deputy marshals in office in this territory; this body will be reduced to about thirty and made a good working and effective body of men of unimpeachable character and men of standing in community.

    The strength of Marshal Nix’s backbone will be exemplified in his selection of his forces, and as he is a man of keen judgment and rare discriminating powers, qualities which have been illustrated in his extraordinary business success, he cannot fail to organize a working force of deputies and an office staff that will reflect credit both on himself and has part and the great territory of which he will prove a distinguished representative.  He is a rare combination of courage, youth and strength, of high moral tone, and an exemplar of what a man should be who has in his keeping the honor and good name of a great and growing commonwealth.

    He has, right now, all the sturdy characteristics of a veteran.  A forceful independence, a clear, cool head, a quiet, unostentatious confidence in himself that is the best equipment it is possible for a man to have who would fill successfully the high office to which his merits, and his merits alone, were the signal cause of his call.

    In his recent speech at the opera house he said he had no enemies.  Such an assertion, made at that time, is the best index of the character of the man.  It was a spontaneous outburst.  It was the utterance of a man who knew that the record of his life was clean and pure; that his every act was founded in justice; that in his career he had done unto others as he would that other should do unto him—and, having so walked the devious course of life he had no reason to believe that he had an enemy in the work.

    Nor do we believe he has, though few men can make that assertion.  He is a genial, outspoken man.  Frank and manly, and the more the people know of him the better they will like him.

    With a good staff, a picked corps of deputies, we make the prophecy that his conduct of the officer of United States Marshal for the next four years will reflect the highest honor on the man and credit, brilliant and lasting, on the noble territory of which he is a creditable representative.

 

MARSHAL NIX EXONERATED

The Blame for Extorting Monies Put Where It Belongs

A Congressional Investigation That Promises to Throw a Great Deal of Light Into Many Dark Corners

 

October 13, 1893— Guthrie Daily News --Private advices received from Washington, recently, make it reasonable certain that a rigid investigation of alleged frauds at the booths and land officers in the strip will be made by congress.

      A territorial official who is acquainted with the facts at Perry said that the deputy marshals were not wholly to blame for the impositions on the people in the line, as men representing themselves to be deputy marshals who had never had any connection with the office were chiefly the one who profited by the extortion.  Information was conveyed to Marshal Nix that his temporary deputies were robbing the people on the line and his chief deputy went from Guthrie to Perry and took the commission away from every deputy he could find.  He put six of the oldest and most reliable deputies in charge of the line.  These were Heck Thomas, Forrest Halsell, Bill Tilghman, John Quimby, Jim Bryant and Jim Jones. He also posted four papers on the land office building notifying the people that the deputy marshals had nothing whatever to do with the land office and that no deputy marshal should exercise any authority over the line under any pretext whatever under penalty of having his commission taken from him at once.

      Then the register and receiver of the land office urgently requested that the deputy marshals be kept on, and Mr. Nix went personally to the land office and again let his deputies assume control, the land office men having asked the attorney general by wire for authority to employ these six men for ten days longer at this duty.  Before the expiration of this time Receiver King asked for four men five days longer and Marshal Nix received authority for this extension from the attorney general.  Last Saturday night the five days expired and every marshal was withdrawn.  The supposition is that soldiers will be substituted on the line, and if they are, great dissatisfaction will result.   

    Marshal Nix is said to feel keenly the imputation cast upon his office by the charges of corruption among his deputies, but declares that the employment of unrealizable men was forced upon him.  It is stated that upon investigation, the matter he found that one of his deputies, a man named Johnson, accepted a bribe and he was promptly arrested, his commission revoked and the money secured.

          Blame has been entirely taken from the shoulders of United States Marshal Nix and not a shadow of blame attaches to his methods of owing his duty in the strip.

 

Nix, Joe was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  On August 3, 1894, Deputy Marshal Nix was working out of the Muskogee court when he tried to arrest James Gerties (Girty) a half-breed Cherokee charged with violating whiskey laws in Indian Territory.  Nix had previously arrested him on whiskey charges and Gerties made open threats against his life. It was suspicioned that the deputy marshal was drawn into an ambush and was shot to death by Gerties’ friends.  Nix’s body found near Vian, was riddled with fifty-six bullets.  Gertie was arrested and taken to the Ft. Smith jail where he was held to await trial.  Red Cloud Scruggs was also arrested for complicity in the killing.  It later came to light that a Negro, Bill Ford turned himself over to the marshals at Vian, Cherokee Nation, claiming he had killed a man near Vian.  An Investigation showed Nix had confronted Ford in a running gun fight chasing him for several hundred yards.  As the chase neared, Ford turned around, shooting the marshal with turkey shot.  Knowing the severity of his wound Nix made his way back toward a house where he sunk to the ground.  The next day a search party found the officer dead where he had fallen. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 3, 1894) (The Kingfisher Times - August 9, 1894) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of duty.

 

Nix, Roy was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Nix, S. S. was the father of Marshal Evett Nix.  In July of 1894, Marshal Evett Nix appointed him chief clerk of his office staff in Enid, Oklahoma Territory.   Nix replaced Chris Madsen as chief clerk.  In 1895 he was assigned to Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.  In 1895 Nix worked with Will Nix, Appleton, and Miller making a raid on counterfeiters working in a cave in the Kaw Country.  They captured eight of the fifteen gang members.  They had been on the lookout for the gang for six months. 

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

 

Nix, William M. was commissioned by his brother, Marshal Evett Nix in July of 1894.  William was appointed as Managing Deputy of the Perry District, Oklahoma Territory.  In May of 1894, William rode with Deputy Marshal Steve Burke and Reed to arrest cattle thieves, Ben Cravens and William Crittenden, six miles east of Perry.  The thieves had one-hundred cattle in their possession, when arrested.  The two outlaws were lodged in the Guthrie federal jail where they were visited by “Big Susan” who left means of escape with them.  The following morning the two departed from the jail.  In September of 1894, Deputy Marshal Nix and Renfro lodged J. W. Walker, John Crilly and Joseph Cowden of Tecumseh, in jail at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.  The counterfeiters had a number of molds and spelders in their possession.  Twelve arrests were made in conjunction with this case.  In March of 1895, Will Nix was in charge of fifteen deputy marshals that were sent to a cave where Bill Doolin was suspected to be in hiding.  Their orders were to blast the outlaws out of hiding with dynamite.  This was the same hideout where four marshals and several outlaws were killed in 1893.  In July of 1895, William and Deputy Marshal Merrick went to New York to take a prisoner to the Kings County jail.  While standing outside of a hotel talking with another person, their prisoner, John E. Bittel, walked to his freedom, not to be captured again.  William Nix’s commission was pulled after September 30, 1895, by Marshal Evett Nix. 

(The Kingfisher Times - September 13, 1894; July 18, August 15, 1895) (The Alva Chronicle -March 15, 1895) (The Alva Republican - September 6, 1895) (Shoot from the Lip) (Picture-Oklahombres) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Nickolas, George served under Marshal Jack Abernathy in 1906 and 1907, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, being in charge of the Fredrick District.

(Shoot from the Lip)

 

Noah, J. W. “Tom” worked with Deputy Marshal Wisby in June of 1896, when they arrested three boys for cutting cedar trees forty miles south of Alva.  The boys were taken to federal jail in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory to await trial.  Deputy Marshal Noah had a warrant of arrest to serve to a Negro who had a reputation of being very bad.  Rather than serve the warrant alone Noah elected to stop in Pauls Valley to have Marshal Scribbner go with him serving as back up.  While the two lawmen were enroute they met two Negroes along the trail, one being Ben Johnson, one of the men they were after.  As the foursome met, Officer Noah ordered Johnson to halt but as he did, he slid down on the outside of his horse and began shooting.  Johnson’s horse and Noah’s horse both fell dying as they hit the ground.  Marshal Scribbner and the other Negro ran from the scene of the gun battle which left Ben Johnson taking cover behind his fallen horse and Noah trying to find cover from a small diameter tree.  The tree he selected was not large enough to hide behind.  Johnson, having the better position, fired rapidly at the officer, knocking the bark from the tree.  Tom Noah finally ran out of ammunition, seeing his chances were nil, he called that he was coming out because he had no more ammunition.  Johnson told Noah to get more bullets and come back, he would wait for him.  Tom Noah never came back to make the arrest.  Noah rode with Deputy Marshal Highshew trying to capture Dick Yeager and Ike Black in the Gloss Mountains near Fairview.  Deputy Marshal Noah’s commission was pulled by Marshal Evett Nix after September 30, 1895. 

(The Alva Pioneer - August 9, 1895) (The Enid Daily Wave - June 13, 1896) (Indian Pioneer History - D.C. Pendergrass) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Noble, Charles “Charlie” A. was hired short term to help eliminate Bill Doolin. Charlie Noble was commissioned because of his close association with the notorious outlaw.  Bill Doolin had been captured at Eureka Springs, Arkansas by Deputy Marshal Bill Tilghman and lodged in the Guthrie federal jail which he escaped on July 5, 1896. Tom and Charlie Noble were blacksmiths living at Lawson. 

(Bill Doolin O. T.) (Shoot from the Lip) (Outlaws on Horseback)

 

Noble, George B. was remembered by Samantha Johnson in Indian Pioneer History.  He served in the Central District in 1894.

(U.S. Deputy Marshals. I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Indian Pioneer History - Samantha Johnson)

 

Noble

George

B.

D.U.S. Marshal

Cameron

February 20, 1897

 

Noble, S. H. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. 

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

 

Noble, Thomas “Tom” was hired with brother, Charlie Noble to help eliminate Bill Doolin.  The Nobles had a close relationship with the Bill Doolin which was needed to stop the Doolin Gang.  On August 24, 1896, Bill Doolin was shot by Heck Thomas with a Winchester rifle and shotgun blasts from Bee and Bill Dunn. Tom and Charley Noble were a part of this posse. 

(Bill Doolin O. T.) (Shoot from the Lip) (Outlaws on Horseback)

 

Noble, William was appointed commissioner in May of 1890, at South McAlester. 

(Atoka Indian Citizen - May 24 1890)

 

Norman, Nelson Henry served as deputy marshal and Indian policeman in the Chickasaw Nation from 1889 to 1898.  Deputy Marshal Norman worked with several other marshals arresting the Belle Starr gang.  Nelson Norman was born in 1847. 

(Indian Pioneer History - Lynn W. Norman) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

 

Norris, J. H. was commissioned on June 1, 1893, in the Western District a Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump.  Deputy Marshal Norris was living in Crawford County, Arkansas when commissioned. 

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

 

Norris

Mollie

stenographer

July 2, 1898 to June 30, 1899

 

Norvell	Joseph		L.	D.U.S. Marshal		August 15, 1898
Norvell		Marshall	G.	D.U.S. Marshal	Marietta	February 19, 1906--1907-1908

 

Nowlin

D.

T. jr.

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

 

Norwood, William was commissioned on September 4, 1872, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. 

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

 

Nudles, T. B. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Nunly, Henry Amos was commissioned on August 5, 1886, 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)

 

 Nutting, Bill was assigned to the Hunnewell District, Oklahoma Territory.  During the land rush Nutting was called to work at Perry, Oklahoma, with fellow Deputy Marshal Doc Blust where they protected the land claim office.

(Indian Pioneer History - Col. J. B. Queen)