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John Culp, D. U. S. Marshal

ANOTHER DEPUTY KILLED

January 3, 1888—Gainesville, Texas—At Minterville, I. T., two miles north of here, yesterday, Deputy United States Marshal John Culp was killed by one Wofford, a notorious character in that vicinity, while in turn Wofford was killed by one Bard, a friend of Culp, and whom Wofford was trying to shoot also, but Bard, being to quick, fired the fatal shot first.  It appears to have been a preconcerted arrangement of the outlaws in that part of the Indian Territory to kill Deputy United States Marshal Culp, who was one of the most intelligent officers in the Territory. With this in view Wofford went to the house of Culp, raised a fuss with him about a load of corn which he claimed he had purchased from one Hart, a stepbrother of Culp. Hart being absent, Culp refused to allow Wofford to take the corn and was immediately shot and killed.

R. M. Cummings

Former Officer Dead

August 28, 1910—Ardmore, OK—R. M. Cummings, who was a United States deputy marshal in this section for several years prior to statehood, died at his home at Lone Grove, in this county.  Friday night and was buried there today with Masonic honors

Cunningham, A. B.

Death Claims Former Chief of Cherokee

A. B. Cunningham Was Mayor of Tahlequah; Pioneer Peace Officer

September 13, 1928—Muskogee—A. B. Cunningham, former president of the Cherokee Indian nation under appointment by former President Woodrow Wilson, former post-master and mayor of Tahlequah and peace office of Sequoyah County and deputy United States marshal, died in a hospital here Wednesday, after a long illness.

            Only recently, however, was Cunningham brought to Muskogee when the illness which had affected him for several years became acute.  He was 59 years old.

            Funeral rites will be conducted Thursday afternoon at Tahlequah, burial to be in a Tahlequah cemetery.

Born Near Vinita

            Cunningham was born near Vinita, Indian Territory, May 1, 1869.  He was educated in the Cherokee training school near Tahlequah and after having been graduated from there located in Tahlequah, where he spent the remainder of his life.

            He formerly was sheriff of Sequoyah County, deputy United States district marshal; executive secretary of the Cherokee nation under chiefs J. M. Buffington and W. C. Rogers, until Cherokee affairs were closed in 1912.  He served as postmaster at Tahlequah for two terms, as mayor three terms and president of the chamber of commerce.

Mother Still Lives

            He is survived by his wife, mother, Mrs. Kezia Cunningham; two brothers, Jeter and Johnson, all of Tahlequah, and three sisters, Mrs. Connell Rogers, Fort Gibson; Mrs. Lillian Grant and Mrs. T. O. Graham, Tahlequah.

            Bearers for the funeral will be J. c. Hunt, Lee Strauss, T. Wyley, Roy Wiggins, Arch Fulcher and Don Dohea.