Ollie B. Lisher, D. U. S. Marshal
Ollie B. Lisher
August 26, 1936—Daily Oklahoman—Rites for Ollie B. Lisher, 66-year-old former deputy United States marshal died Monday night in a city hospital after a long illness, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Hunter funeral home. Burial will be in Sunny Lane Cemetery.
He came to Oklahoma City in 1926 from Shawnee, where he had worked as foreman with the Rock Island railroad and also served as deputy marshal in 1924.
George F. Long, Deputy U. S. Marshal
G. F. Long, 65, Retired Peace Officer, Dies
November 2, 1947—The Oklahoman—George Frank Long, 65, early day Oklahoma peace officer and former deputy U. S. marshal, was stricken fatally by a heart ailment shortly after 10 a.m. Friday in his Kingfisher home. He had been ill two months.
A native of Caldwell, Kansas, Long moved to Kingfisher with his parents near the turn of the century. He played as a member of the famous Kingfisher college football team which marked up one-sided victories over major central and southwestern universities in 1903, 1904 and 1905.
In 1911 he became under sheriff of Kingfisher County. Three years later, he was elected sheriff and served three consecutive terms. It was during his first term as sheriff that Long gained national recognition for his investigation of the murder of Fred Trow, Kingfisher County farmer.
Long first retired three years after he was appointed deputy U. S. marshal in 1925. He was asked to return to federal duty, however, as a guard during the Charles F. Urschel kidnapping trial. He went back into retirement after the trial, but during World War II he became a civilian guard at Tinker field and won several awards ruing his 4-year stay there.
Long is survived by his wife, Dell Long of Kingfisher; two sons, Sam of Kingfisher and Pete Long, 2504 NW 32, who is band director at Central high school; a daughter, Mrs. Monroe Darragh, Hobart; a brother, John Long, Kingfisher, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were not yet arranged late Saturday.
Alfred O. Lund, D. U. S. Marashal; Deputy Sheriff Kay County
Alford O. Lund Former State Officer, Dies
April 24, 1946—Blackwell, OK—Alford Oscar Lund, 79, pioneer city resident and early day peace officer, with a period as police chief here, died in his home early Tuesday, following a long illness.
Lund had been confined to his home since October.
He was born February 17, 1867, near Leavenworth, Kansas, and came to Blackwell in 1893, a short time after the opening of the Cherokee Strip. Lund served for a time as deputy U. S. marshal, special officer for the Santa Fe railroad for 12 years, a deputy in the sheriff’s office under several administrations and city marshal.
In recent years he had operated a fruit farm north of the city.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lizzie Lund; two sons, C. O. Lund, Chicago; and Lester Lund, Blackwell; one daughter Mrs. C. E. Shull, Great Ben, Kansas; and two brothers, Porter Lund of Sacrament, California; and Argus Lund of Sunnyvale, Kansas.
Porter funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
December 17, 1896—Kingfisher Free Press —“Dynamite Dick who reigned as the king of desperadoes after the killing of Bill Doolin is no more. Deputy Marshal Lund killed him near Blackwell last week during a hot fight between bandits and officers. The marshal’s had been on Dynamite Dick’s trail for several weeks. At sunrise on the eventful day Deputy Sheriff Dossie of Kay County and a band of deputies posse men surrounded the outlaws in a hollow between Blackwell and Newkirk. The fight lasted an hour and over 100 rounds were fired. Dynamite Dick was killed outright and his pal, Ben Craven, fatally injured. None of the attacking party was hurt.
“Dynamite Dick derived his name from the deadly manner in which he loaded his Winchester cartridges. In the bullet of each cartridge he drilled a hole, which he filled with dynamite. The hole was then plugged up with lead and it became a double death-dealing instrument. Whenever the ball perforated the object at which it was fired, it exploded tearing the object to pieces. At the fight at Ingalls, in which the outlaws killed so many citizens, Bill Raidler fired these dynamite cartridges from his Winchester rifle, doing most deadly work and for which he was afterwards known as “Dynamite Dick.” After he was killed a number of these cartridges were taken from his cartridge belt. Ben Cravens, his partner was also supplied with them