ROBERT KING

Radletter, E. B. was one of the deputy marshals that aided in the killing of Ned Christie near Tahlequah on November 2, 1892. See: “The Capture Of Ned Christie.” (Experience of a U.S. Deputy Marshal)

Ragland, Neal Deputy U. S. Marshal

Former City Man To Be Buried Here

October 26, 1933--The Oklahoman--Services for Neal Ragland, 65 years old, pioneer Oklahoma attorney, shot to death Monday at Yampa, Colorado, will be held from the Street and Draper funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in the Fairlawn cemetery

Details of the shooting had not been learned Wednesday night by the former city man's widow, Mrs. Rosa Ragland, 1110 North Indiana Avenue. An '89er, Ragland was a deputy United States marshal here. He moved to Colorado 25 years ago. Mrs. Ragland, unable to live in the high altitude, has resided here about 12 years.

Rakestraw, B. M. was commissioned in 1899, at the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Rall, Bob was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Deputy Marshal Rall returned from Indian Territory with a white prisoner, William Mickle who was arrested for introducing whiskey into Indian Territory.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - August 16, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Ramey, L. Henry (could be L. H. Raney) was commissioned on June 6, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Ramey normally worked with another deputy marshal named Little. In March of 1890, Deputy Marshal Ramey and Little made an arrest for cutting trees in Indian Territory without a permit. The officers arrested three men named Bussel, Cochran and Ketchum for running a crooked whiskey business in Indian Territory. In May of 1890, the two deputy marshals arrested three white men that were introducing whiskey into Indian Territory. In May of 1891, he traveled to Indian Territory to serve warrants of arrest to John Scott and James Petty.

(Atoka Indian Citizen - March 29, April 26, May 17, 1890. (Ft. Smith Elevator - May 15, 1891) (The Weekly Elevator - August 12, 1892) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Ramsey, W. A. was appointed by Marshal Evett Nix in July of 1894 and was placed over the Kingfisher District in Oklahoma Territory. Ramsey was a brother-in-law to Marshal Evett Nix.

(Shoot from the Lip) (Picture-Oklahombres) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Randel, was working with Al Cottle and Fleming in Muskogee where they were looking for a suspect. A man ran from a house with two bottles of whiskey in his arms. He stopped to place them under his house, attempting to hide them. The officers went into the man’s hotel where they found his stash in a closet and other rooms of the hotel. George Clemmens, the proprietor was arrested on a charge of introducing liquor.

(The Sterrett Sun - February 23, 1906)

Randle-Randall

Ernest

Lloyd

D.U.S. Marshal

Muskogee

February 1, 1906

Randall

Ernest

Lloyd

D.U.S. Marshal

Muskogee

9/1/1903--1907 I. T. Western

Randall, Benjamin J. was commissioned on May 10, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Raney, L. H. See: L. H. Ramey

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

Rarrick, O. S. “Captain” (1889 Land Rush Deputy) Worked under Marshal William C. Jones, in 1889, where he was in charge of the Guthrie location. Deputy Marshal Rarrick was described as a grizzled old lawman with a superb physique for his age.

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

Rasure, Dave was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. Rasure was assigned to Newkirk.

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

Ratteree, E. B. “Coon” was a deputy marshal who served in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In May of 1890, Deputy Marshal Ratteree arrested W. L. Daniels at Prairie Grove, Texas, who was wanted on an assault to kill charge. The outlaw had a reward of $150 on his head. In November of 1892, Deputy Marshal Ratteree was selected as one of the sixteen deputy marshals to travel to Ned’s Fort Mountain near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, to put an end to Cherokee outlaw Ned Christie. In May of 1885, Christie was charged with killing Deputy Marshal Dan Maples in an ambush. Several officers over a period of several years tried to bring the much wanted outlaw to justice without avail. The Cherokee Indian Police appeared to turn their back in trying to bring Ned Christie to justice. Refer to: “The Capture of Ned Christie” in this book for more information. Ratteree was commissioned again on May 29, 1893.

(Atoka Indian Citizen - December 28, 1889, January 18, February 15, March 22, 29, May 17, & June 28, 1890) (Ft. Smith Elevator - August 23, 1889) (The Weekly Elevator - August 12, December 2, 1892, September 22, November 18, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - Samuel L. Davis) (Indian Pioneer History - C. B. Rhodes) (Indian Pioneer History - Wesley McCoy) (Picture-Hell on the Border-Harman) (Picture - Muskogee Genealogical Society) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rayel, Robert W. was commissioned on January 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)

Read, James F. was a district Attorney in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Read served the last three years of Judge Parkers reign, quitting one year after. He prosecuted an average of one thousand cases a year. A mob formed outside of the Ft. Smith jail when Cherokee Bill killed Jailer Larry Keating. It was Read’s prompting that quieted the crowd to prevent a possible lynching.

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

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

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

Ream

D.U.S. Marshal

Tishomingo

August 27, 1902

Rebar, Billy was remembered as a deputy marshal by Thomas Kennedy Lillie during an Indian Pioneer History interview.

(Indian Pioneer History - Thomas Kennedy Lillie)

Rector, Elias “Lyde” was a jailer at the Muskogee federal jail in the Muskogee District, when the Rufus Buck Gang was transported there in 1895, from Okmulgee. Eli Rector outlived all of Judge Parker’s deputies, dying in 1952. (Black Red and Deadly) (Outlaws and Peace Officers of I. T.) (Picture - The Western Peace Officer) (Outlaws On Horse Back) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Reece, Jasper B. served at the Oklahoma Station, Oklahoma Territory during the 1889 Land Rush serving under Marshal Thomas Needles.

(Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Reed, James E. "Ed” served in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Ed Crump. Deputy Marshal Reed was well known for his excellent marksmanship with a rifle or pistol. On January 15, 1895, Ed was working with Deputy Marshals Charles Lamb and Bob Clark when they arrested the Pearce brothers, John and George. The two brothers killed their friend, William Vandever on November 1894, near Coffeyville in Indian Territory. In June of 1895, Ed Reed was reported as the originator of a band of outlaws that stole a carload of cattle from Sam Hare near Waggoner. He was arrested by Deputy Marshal Bruner in the Cherokee Nation, but was cleared of the charge. On July 1, 1896, he was commissioned again while living in Claremore, Cherokee Nation. Ed was stationed at Waggoner, Creek Nation when he killed brothers Dick and Zeke Crittendon. The brothers had been well known deputy marshals that were also stationed in Wagoner. There had been bad blood between Ed Reed and the Crittendons for a long time. The brothers were in a drunken rage when they wounded a Wagoner resident named Burns. They held very little fear of Ed Reed, making open threats that they were going to kill the young deputy marshal. Dick and Zeke were riding down the street on their horses when Ed Reed stepped out of a store door with guns firing, shooting Zeke first, then Dick. Both men fell to the street where they died. On December 14, 1896, at Claremore, Cherokee Nation, Ed Reed entered into an altercation over a game of cards with Joe Gibbs and Bob Clark. Reed, being without his gun, left the saloon, then came back with intentions of closing the place but was cut down by two shotgun blasts from short range as he walked into the saloon. Ed Reed had two strikes against him when he was born, one being he was the son of James Reed, a member of the Quantrill’s Raiders and notorious outlaw. The other being his mother was Belle Starr. Ed’s father was killed by a fellow gang member, John Morris in 1875, when Morris was deputized as a deputy marshal to bring him in dead or alive. After James Reed’s death Belle Starr left Texas to take her two siblings, Ed and sister Pearl, to her parent’s home in Carthage, Missouri. When Belle crossed the South Canadian River in Indian Territory she met her next husband, Sam Starr. Belle and Henry led a life of organized crime which resulted in both being arrested and sentenced to one year in prison in Detroit, Michigan. Belle Starr’s fiery temper and bad disposition made for a bad upbringing of the young Eddie Reed. Frank West had a confrontation with Sam Starr that ended in a gun duel leaving both men dead. After Sam Starr’s death the Starr home became a haven for outlaws. Signs of mental abuse started to show on young Eddie Reed. Belle and her son had arguments which usually ended with her using her quirt to whip him unmercifully. Belle Starr’s next mate was Bill July, a young cousin of her late husband, Sam Starr. Belle liked the Starr name so much that she convinced Bill July to use the Starr for his last name. The two men bore a similar resemblance, both being Cherokee - White mixed bloods approximately the same height, and handsome in appearance. Bill July and Belle became common-law husband and wife. At the age of seventeen, Ed received his first conviction being charged with selling whiskey. On July 12, 1888, young Eddie Reed was sentenced to seven years in the federal penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio. Belle Starr used her influence to have her son released within a few months. In 1889, Belle Starr’s life came to an end when she was murdered as she traveled to a near-by post office to pick-up her mail. Belle’s tenant, an admitted murder named Watson, her son Eddie Reed, her ex-father-in-law Tom Starr, father of Sam Starr and common-in-law husband, Bill July Starr became prime suspects in her murder. Even though the case was never completely settled Bill July Starr met his end when Deputy Marshals James Hutchins and Bud Trainor killed him attempting to arrest him. Eddie Reed was married to the daughter of Deputy Marshal Alex Cochran

(South & West, Beaver - June 10, 1895) (The Kingfisher Times - August 15, 1895) (Indian Pioneer History - James Andrew Branstetter) (Indian Pioneer History - S.R. Lewis) (Indian Pioneer History - I. F. Williams) (Ghost Tales Of Oklahoma) (Oklahombres) (Outlaws and Peace Officers Of I. T.) (Outlaws And Lawman) (Hell on the Border - Harman) (Outlaws and Lawmen) (Outlaws on Horseback) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Reeves, E. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Reeves, Bass served as deputy marshal for thirty-two years, possibly one of the first Negro deputy marshals to be appointed. Bass was a Negro, standing six foot two inches tall, weighing one hundred-eight pounds who possessed super strength and fearing very little. Most of the black deputy marshals that served in Indian Territory found their jobs more difficult than the whites or Indians that served in the same capacity. Bass Reeves differed in this respect for he was accepted by most of the Indian citizens whether it was due to his size, reputation or his charisma. Deputy Marshal Reeves was appointed in 1875, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, appointed by Marshal James S. Fagan and serving under Judge Isaac Charles Parker. In October of 1883, Bass rode with Deputy Marshal Columbus Ayers in the Cherokee Nation when Johnson Jacks was captured for the murder of Deputy Marshal Addison Beck. In June of 1884, Reeves and Deputy Marshal Mershon worked the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations serving warrants of arrest. In one load they brought in thirteen prisoners, killing four others who resisted arrest. The Muskogee Indian Journal showed Bass working the Seminole, Creek and Chickasaw Nations on October 22, 1885. On May 29, 1889, Reeves was commissioned by Marshal Jacob Yoes in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In December of 1889, Bass made eight arrests, one of those being Lilly Lena, and Nocos Harjo who was wanted for the murder of Deputy Marshal Joe Lundy. In 1889 Deputy Marshal Reeves put an end to the notorious Story gang who had headquartered on the Red River in the Chickasaw Nation, when Bass killed gang leader, Tom Story at Delaware Bend. Bass moved to Muskogee in 1890, when that court started. In November of 1891, Bass was working with Milo Creekmore out of the Muskogee court when they entered into a shoot-out with Ben Billey, a whiskey peddler and Tom Barnett, a horse thief near Okmulgee. Billey was shot twice in the leg before the two wanted men decided to surrender. A bullet from Bass’ gun took the life of his cook, William Leech. During Reeve’s trial of acquittal the account given for the shooting of Leech was that Leech threw hot grease on Reeves dog which angered Reeves to the point that he shot Leech. William Leech fell face down into the campfire where his body was left until it charred. Reeves contended his gun went off accidentally resulting in the accidental death of Leech. During Reeve’s career as a deputy marshal he killed fourteen men, but was acquitted in every case. The Territorial paper stated that Bass had arrested more than three thousand men and women in Indian Territory Reeves served under seven different marshals. His devotion to duty was perhaps greater than any other deputy marshal which was proven when he had to arrest his own son for the murder of his wife. Bass Reeves resigned his duties as deputy marshal on November 16, 1907. Reeves was born a slave in Texas in July of 1840. He died on January 12, 1910 in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

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Reeves, J. B. was commissioned on December 8, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Reeves lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas when commissioned.

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

Regnier, Begnier, Ed N. served a warrant of arrest, in January of 1905, to a father and his three sons with the surname of Sullivan, at Ponca City. The Sullivan’s had been counterfeiting $10 gold pieces. Deputy Marshal Regnier served under Marshal Jack Abernathy in the Western District in 1906 and 1907, being in charge of the Ponca City District.

(Shoot from the Lip) (Fairview Republican - January 20, 1905)

Regnier

Edward

D.U.S. Marshal

March 21, 1905

Reid

D.U.S. Marshal

Muskogee

June 12, 1916

Remey, See: Ramey, L. H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Renfro, Isaac C. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in October of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Revard, Franklin served as a deputy marshal in the Pawhuska area and Indian Police in the Osage Nation. Revard lost his commission on July 1, 1901, when several deputies lost their jobs. Frank served with Ed Brunt, Frank Tinker, Fred Penn, Paul Wheeler, Gilbert John Plummer and Dave Sears

(Indian Pioneer History - Fred Keeler) (The Osage Journal, Pawhuska - July 4, 1901)

Former U. S. Marshal Given 30-Year Award

May 19, 1946--Pawhuska, OK--Franklin N. Revard, pioneer Osage County peace officer and present real estate man, was awarded the 50 year pin in special Masonic ceremonies this week, with
Anthony Soldani, another pioneer of this area, making the presentation.

Revard, a former deputy U. S. marshal in the Osage country, who dealt with the
Dalton gang, joined the Masonic lodge at Sedan, Kansas, in 1892 and transferred to the Pawhuska lodge in 1902 when he transferred here as a federal officer.

Reynolds

Beulah Ms.

Muskogee

D.U.S. Marshal

April 16, 1908

Reynolds, C. W. was assigned to the Perkins District on July 15, 1893, under Marshal Evett Nix. Deputy Marshals Reynolds and Bill Tilghman transported the notorious outlaw and “The Most Wanted” in that time period, Bill Doolin, to Stillwater on May 1, 1896. Bill Doolin was to be tried for assault charges on the deputy marshals that were killed in Ingalls. Deputy Marshals Reynolds, Milburn and George Steward arrested Deputy Marshal John Couch who was working for Marshal Needles in the Indian Territory court. Couch shot and killed Van Pendley in a saloon in Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation. Couch was sent to an examining trial in the federal court at Ardmore which did not allow bail for him. The deputy marshal asked to go before Judge Bryant at Sherman who overruled the examining court, releasing Couch on $3000 bail.

(The Territorial Topic - March 10, 1892) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (Guardian of the Law)

Reynolds, H. H. was appointed deputy marshal under E. D. Nix in Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894 where he served at the Chandler until December of 1895. Later, Reynolds became chief of police of Guthrie, a position he held for three terms.

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

Reynolds, James “Jim” worked in the Southern District at Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation. In March of 1890, Deputy Marshal Reynolds passed through Atoka, Choctaw Nation, returning from the Ft. Smith court. On May 30, 1901, Deputy Marshal Reynolds left Antlers, Choctaw Nation on a south bound train with an old Negro named Ike Stevenson, charged with introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory. Charges were issued against Stevenson in 1895, in which he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. Stevenson had been at Grant, Choctaw Nation living in peace with his family.

(Ralph Evans - File #1161 Ardmore Library) (Atoka Indian Citizen - March 8, 1890) (The Antlers Democrat - May 31, 1901)

Rhodes, Charles B. was commissioned as deputy marshal in 1901. In August of 1902, Deputy Marshal Rhodes was commissioned again by Marshal W. H. Darrough to serve in the Northern District, Westville area. Rhodes was known as the deputy marshal that carried a gun in one hand and a bible in the other. Rhodes was alive in 1930, living in Muskogee.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - September 12, 1902) (The Woodward Bulletin - August 22, 1902) (Indian Pioneer History - C. B. Rhodes) (Indian Pioneer History - W. F. Jones) (Indian Pioneer History - Josephine Pennington) (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library) (Experience of A U.S. Deputy Marshal) (Picture - Outlaws and Peace Officers) (Picture - The Western Peace Officer) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Rhodes

Charles

D.U.S. Marshal

Vinita

January 1, 1903--Sallisaw-July 1, 1906 --1907

Charles B. Rhodes, 87, Dies

November 23, 1949—Muskogee—Charles B. Rhodes, 87, deputy U. S. marshal in Indian Territorial days and one of the men “who rode for Parker,” the “hanging judge” of Fort Smith, died in a hospital here Tuesday, ending the career of one of the most colorful remaining figures of early day Oklahoma.

His activities had led him into nations “now departed” and into situations equaled today only in history books.

Born August 8, 1862, in Fayette County, Illinois, of Tennessee and Kentucky parents. Rhodes attended public schools and Irving academy in that state. He came from a family of pioneers and remembered close relatives who fought in both the Mexican and Civil wars.

Goes To Kansas

At the age of 20 he left Illinois for the plains of Kansas and the following year went to Dodge City, then one of the toughest towns in the United States.

That same year he drove an eight-mule team in a wagon train to Fort Elliott, Texas, taking 30 days for the round trip and later was prominent in organization of several Kansas counties and towns.

He once related that this work resulted in “very bloody contests” with many lives lost, especially in Stevens County which involved the “Hay Stack Massacre” in “No Man’s Land” and caused the Supreme Court to establish jurisdiction over that territory.

Organized Schools

After leaving there he went to Colorado and then to Indian Territory, arriving in the Coo-Wee-Coo-Wee district of the Cherokee nation, in what is now Washington County, near Bartlesville.

There he organized a community school and taught Delaware Indians for two years, until 1895. He married during this time and recently the couple celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary.

Rhodes then moved to Westville in the Cherokee Nation and built the first house erected by a non-citizen. Here he took a saloon and gambling house and established the first school in Westville, also organizing the first Sunday school class.

After incorporation of Westville he became first assessor and the next year mayor of Westville. He was the target of an assassin while mayor, but escaped and shortly was named deputy U. S. marshal and in 1902 he was transferred to Sallisaw to become head officer there.

Carried Bible, Gun

Sallisaw at that time was considered one of the largest, busiest and most dangerous offices in all Indian Territory.

He has related during his declining years here, many harrowing incidents of his law enforcement days and has prided himself in the fact that the “never had killed a man” in pursuance of his duties.

He also delighted in exhibiting the gun and an old Bible which he said he always carried with him, giving the Bible much of the credit for his safety during his dangerous days.

Rhodes was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Arrangements are incomplete at the Petering funeral home.

His is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nora Sebring Rhodes; two sons Thomas M. Rhodes, Kansas City, Missouri, and Neil D. Rhodes, Sallisaw; two daughters, Mrs. Le. E. Goodwin, Kansas City, Kansas, and Mrs. Leo Kearney, Tulsa; a sister, Mrs. Emma Ross, Chicago, five grandchildren, including Charles Rhodes, Oklahoma City; five grand children and two great-grandchildren.

Rhodes, Mrs. Nell, Deputy U. S. Marshal 1937 temporary assignment.

Judge’s Secretary To Be Marshal

September 15, 1937—Daily Oklahoman—Mrs. Nell Rhodes is going to abandon her job as secretary to A. P. Murrah, federal district judge, the latter part of the week to become a United States deputy marshal—temporarily.

Joe Ballard, Marshall, said Tuesday he would deputize Mrs. Rhodes to take a woman prisoner, Essie May Miller, to the women’s reformatory at Alderson, W. Va., where she has been sentenced for two years on a narcotics charge.

A long list of prisoners, committed to a number of institutions has overtaxed the marshal’s staff, Bullard said.

Rice, A. L. served as deputy marshal in 1899, as reported by A. L. Rice in Indian Pioneer History.

(Indian Pioneer History - A. L. Rice)

Rich, David L. was commissioned on March 12, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Crump lived in Prairie Groove, Washington, Arkansas when commissioned.

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

Richardson, James E “Jim” was commissioned on December 2, 1885, in the Western District of Arkansas. In January of 1886, Richardson brought in John Floyd and Levi Lumley charged with assault with intent to kill to the federal jail in Ft. Smith. Jim Richardson was killed by Bill Pigeon, a Cherokee outlaw on March 29, 1886, in the Saline District of the Cherokee Nation. Deputy Marshal Richardson was working this area out of the Ft. Smith, Arkansas court trying to serve a warrant of arrest to the charged Pigeon. The officer approached Pigeon with a drawn pistol not giving him any warning. As he approached, the outlaw drew his pistol, fired, killing the Deputy Marshal instantly. Pigeon claimed he did not know there was a warrant of arrest against him. The outlaw already knowing what his fate was if he faced the “Hanging Judge” Parker fled to the Flint Hills where he went into hiding, never to be captured. The deputy marshals of Ft. Smith put up a reward of $400 for Bill Pigeon dead or alive. The Ft. Smith Elevator on March 25, 1887, reported that Bill Pigeon died of pneumonia at the Saline District, Cherokee Nation in the fall of 1886.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - December 4, 1885; April 9, 1886; March 25, 1887) (The Cherokee Advocate - April 2, 1886) (Indian Journal, Muskogee - April 22, 1886) (West of Fort Smith) (Black, Red, And Deadly) (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical) Killed in the line of duty.

Riddle, George W. was commissioned on September 12, 1895, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Deputy Marshal Riddle lived in Wilburton, Indian Territory when commissioned.

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

Riddling, B. F. was commissioned in 1897, in the Western District Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

Ridenhaus, W. E was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Ridenhour, Francis M. was commissioned on August 17, 1889, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Deputy Marshal Ridenhour lived in Muskogee, Creek Nation when commissioned.

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

Ridenhour, Henry Elijah was commissioned on November 30, 1894, in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he served for five years. Henry would later become chief of police at Vinita. Ridenhour was still alive in 1930, living at Vinita, Oklahoma.

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Ridenhour

Henry

Elijah

D.U.S. Marshal

Vinita

August 19, 1913

Ridenhour, Sam served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894.

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

Rider, Charles served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894.

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

Ridling, B. F. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Riley, Charles E. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Riley

John

D.U.S. Marshal

Ardmore

February 19, 1906

Rinehart, Rhinehardt, Frank rode with Chief Deputy Marshal Bill Fossett in April of 1898, when he played a part in the killing of “Little” Dick West, near Guthrie. Deputy Marshal Rhinehardt worked under Marshal Evett Nix in Oklahoma Territory assigned at Guthrie. Frank Rhinehardt was also sheriff of Logan County in this time period. It was common for sheriffs and members of the Indian Police to hold commissions as deputy marshals which was helpful because that person had dual jurisdictions in making arrests. Rhinehardt used a collar while transporting prisoners, feeling this way of securing prisoners was better than shackling their feet and hands. The collar gave prisoners more freedom while providing more comfort to them and making it safer for the officer to transport them. The collar was placed around each prisoner’s neck and was fastened together with a short piece of chain. Several authors have disagreed on the subject that Frank Rhinehardt was a deputy marshal but it appears that he was commissioned.

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Ritter, Thomas was commissioned on August 9, 1869, in District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas, serving under Marshal William A. Britton. Deputy Marshal Ritter was living in Crawford County, Arkansas when commissioned.

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

Ritter, William “Bill” was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas. In July of 1893, Bill McCall, Ran Dickerson, Frank Flore and Ritter went before the Ft. Smith court where he was acquitted for the killing of Walsh Bruner of Brunertown, Seminole Nation.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - July 7, 1893)

Roach, John was commissioned in 1899, serving in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Indian Chieftain, Vinita - December 24, 1891) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Roach, Lee B. Deputy U. S. Marshal 1922

Lee B. Roach

December 22, 1922--The Oklahoman--Funeral services for Lee B Roach, 52 years old, deputy United States marshal of Purcell, who died Thursday afternoon as a result of being struck by an automobile, will be held Saturday at 2 o'clock at the Hahn funeral home. Burial will be in Fairlawn. Roach was a brother of Kelly Roach of Oklahoma City.

Robacker, Roebecker, Morris was commissioned as deputy marshal while serving as Indian policeman. On July 15, 1893, Deputy Marshal Robacker was commissioned by Marshal Evett Nix at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. Robacker also served at Pawnee in 1893. In April of 1894, Robacker arrested outlaws Sam Weaver and William Thomas in a shootout, forty miles southeast of Pawhuska, Osage Nation. Morris transported the duo to the Guthrie jail. When Marshal Nagle replaced Marshal Evett Nix in February 1896, Morris was placed in charge of the Pawhuska District. In March of 1905, Morris became chief of police for the Osage Reservation. Morris Robacker lived his last years in Cleveland, Oklahoma.

(West Of Hell’s Fringe) (Charles Francis Colcord) (Picture - Oklahombres) (Woodward Bulletin - March 10, 1905) (Picture- West Of Hell’s Fringe) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896)

Robacker-Roebecker

Morris

D.U.S. Marshal

Pawhuska

Robb, J. C. was appointed chief deputy marshal of Oklahoma Territory by Marshal William Grimes, in August of 1890.

(Shoot from the Lip)

Robb, W. A. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

Robberson, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Robbins, R. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Robbins, William L. was first commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. In June of 1892, he served a warrant of arrest to J.D. Brown in the Choctaw Nation on larceny charges and taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was commissioned again, on December 6, 1895, while living in Checotah, Indian Territory.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 10, 1892) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

Robbins, W. P. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Roberts, Ed H. “Doc” was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory serving under Marshal Evett Nix. He and Deputy Marshal Charley Marx spied on the Doolin Gang at Ingalls where their lives were threatened when they were caught by Bill Doolin and Bill Dalton. On August 31, 1893, Doc took part in the “Battle of Ingalls”. Doc Roberts was one of the thirteen deputy marshals that traveled from Guthrie and Stillwater to try to arrest the Bill Doolin Gang. The gunfight that occurred in Ingles did not favor the lawmen. The element of surprise was lost by the deputy marshals when the outlaws spotted them before they could make their attack on the town. Early the next morning when the group should already made their attack on the outlaws they waited for their leader to arrive to lead the assault. After the battle was over, three deputy marshals were dead and two outlaws, Bill Dalton and George Newcomb were wounded. On September 25, 1895, Doc rode with fellow Deputy Marshals Seldon Lindsey, Loss Hart, and W. H. Glover near Ardmore, where they killed William Dalton, a gang member of the Oklahombres.

(Selden Lindsey) (West of Hell’s Fringe) (Bill Doolin O. T.) (Shoot from the Lip) (Ralph Evans - File #1161 Ardmore Library) (The Marshals Monitor - Microsoft Internet Explorer)(Encyclopedia of A Western Gun-Fighter)

Roberts

Edward

D.U.S. Marshal

Ardmore

February 3, 1902

Roberts, Sam was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory. On July 5, 1907, Deputy Marshal Roberts was killed and Deputy Sapper was wounded near Porum by Thomas Patton of Denton, Texas. Bud Ledbetter captured Thomas Patton alias Jim Baldridge, alias Bill Johnson and John Adkins near Whitefield. The outlaws were armed to the teeth but the officers laid in ambush and got the drop on them. They surrendered without resistance and were taken to the Muskogee jail.

(Indian Journal, Eufaula - July 12, 1907)

Roberts, T. L. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Roberts, W. J. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Robertson, Ed was remembered as a deputy marshal by Clyde Stanley Hyde in Indian Pioneer History.

(Indian Pioneer History - Clyde Stanley Hyde)

Robertson, William was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In March of 1890, Robertson arrested John Swimmer in the Choctaw Nation charged with larceny. Robertson was commissioned again on July 18, 1891.

(Atoka Indian Citizen - March 22, 1890) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Robinson, Charles F. was commissioned on June 10, 1871, in Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Logan S. Roots. Deputy Marshal Robinson lived in Ft. Smith, Arkansas when commissioned.

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

Robinson, Ed was a Negro deputy marshal

(Black Red and Deadly) (The Western Peace Officer)

Robinson

D.U.S. Marshal

Durant

August 16, 1902

Robinson, Ike was a deputy marshal at Ft. Gibson in 1897, when he was killed by Clarence Goldsby, the twenty-one year old brother of “Cherokee Bill”. Ike Robinson was caught by surprise when he stepped down from a train. Clarence Goldsby shot the deputy marshal point blank, killing him instantly.

(Marietta Monitor - April 29, 1897)

Roby, M. B. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Roby, M. R. was commissioned in 1899, in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rodgers, a deputy marshal named Rodgers was killed or died on May 21, 1878, as reported in the Arkansas Gazette.

(Arkansas Gazette - Obituary 1879)

Rodgers, S. A. was commissioned on October 8, 1889.

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

Rodman, J. H. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in July of 1894, serving under Marshal Evett Nix. Rodman was assigned to the Newkirk area.

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

Roe

D.U.S. Marshal

Erick

November 19, 1907

Roebuck, Richard “Dick” was selected field deputy in March of 1901, by Marshal Hackett, being assigned to the Antlers Court. During an Indian Pioneer History interview Dick Roebuck was remembered as a Negro deputy marshal who would arrest his prisoners and shackle them to an iron bar at the old passenger depot in Hugo, Choctaw Nation. (Indian Pioneer History - Julius P. Ward) (Black Red and Deadly) (Black Indians) (The Antlers Democrat - April 12, 1901)

Roff, Andrew “Andy” was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Andy was killed May 1, 1885. (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) Killed in the line of duty.

Roff, Charlie was a deputy marshal that served in the 1880 to 1890 time period. Charlie lived at Roff, Chickasaw Nation, serving under Marshal Evett Nix on July 15, 1893, in the El Reno District.

(West of Hell’s Fringe) (Gunman’s Territory)

Roff, James was commissioned in the Western District, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. James was killed on May 1, 1885. (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) Killed in the line of duty.

Rogers, arrested a thirteen year Negro boy who shot and killed two white men that had teased him. The boy went to his home, got a Winchester rifle and returned where he killed the two men. The incident occurred in July of 1898, at Vian, Cherokee Nation, a small station twenty-five miles southeast of Ft. Gibson. The boy was taken to Muskogee where he was placed in custody in the federal jail.

(Marietta Monitor - July 22, 1898)

Rogers, Alexander was commissioned on October 10, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Rogers, B. B. is pictured at the 1908 U.S. marshals reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Indian Pioneer History -George D. Castoe) (Picture - The Western Peace Officer) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Rogers, Dan was a deputy marshal and a cousin to Deputy Marshal Ike Rogers. Dan served with Bud Trail, Heck Thomas, Bud Heady, Heck Bruner and Bud Ledbetter.

(Indian Pioneer History - Agnes Walker)

Rogers, G. S. was commissioned in 1899, in Oklahoma Territory by Marshal Richard Jones. The Chronicles of Oklahoma stated that Marshal Jones and Rogers were active in dealing with real estate brokers for they had three dozen tents consigned to them.

(Chronicles Of Oklahoma - Volume 35, 1957) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rogers, Henry L, was commissioned on December 24, 1894, while living in San Bois, Indian Territory. He was listed as a United States Constable. Henry is pictured in the 1908 U.S. marshals’ reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. (Picture - The Western Peace Officer) (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rogers, Howe, L. was commissioned on August 17, 1891, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was sent to the Cherokee Nation in March of 1892, to arrest Solomon T. Hood for charges of adultery. The prisoner was taken to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to await court with Judge Parker. May of 1893, Deputy Marshal Rogers was summoned to Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation to arrest Robert Winfield Adams. When Rogers found Adams, he had in his possession a fine sorrel mare, belonging to the man that reported the theft.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - March 18, 1892) (The Weekly Elevator - May 5, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rogers, Isaac “Ike” was commissioned on October 4, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. He worked with Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas in the fall of 1892. Isaac and Rufe Cannon tried to arrest the Henry Starr Gang near Bartlesville. A shootout occurred when the outlaw band tried to escape from the lawmen. Jesse Jackson was shot three times while Henry Starr and Ed Newcome escaped. In 1895, Crawford Goldsby alias “Cherokee Bill” developed a close relationship to Ike Rogers’s wife’s niece. Cherokee Bill was of mixed blood, Negro, Mexican and White. He was nineteen years old at the time. Cherokee Bill already had the reputation of being a killer which he earned when he got into a row with a Negro named Jake Lewis. Cherokee Bill did not fair too well in the fight so he decided he would take other measures to settle the difference. The following morning Lewis went to get his horse where he found an angry Cherokee Bill waiting for him. The unarmed Lewis was shot and killed not having any way to protect himself. Bill continued to gain fame through his association with the Bill Cook Gang. The gang’s involvement in robbery and the killing of Deputy Marshal Sequoyah Houston placed him on Judge Parker’s most wanted list. He was one of the outlaws that most of the deputy marshals avoided until a reward was offered. Cherokee Bill knew he would hang if he was ever tried by Judge Parker so he pledged he would fight to his death before allowing any deputy marshal to take him in. The reward “Dead or Alive” on Cherokee Bill’s head was large enough that the money meant more than friendship to Ike Rogers. Ike Roger’s niece intrigued Cherokee Bill so much that he tried to develop a close friendship with Ike even though he knew Ike Rogers had been a deputy marshal. Ike Rogers enlisted the help of Deputy Marshal Scales to make the capture. The deputy marshals developed a plan to make the capture without killing him. Capturing him without killing him could have been due to his relationship with Ike’s niece or knowing how dangerous he would be in a shoot-out. The deputy marshals tried just about everything they could to overpower him without tipping him off. Morphine was placed in a drink which he refused to drink; they tried to catch him asleep, which he would not do. A day later, on January 29, 1895, Cherokee Bill leaned over the fireplace to fire a stick to light a cigarette which allowed Rogers and Scales to overpower him so they could place hand cuffs on his wrists. Cherokee Bill was taken to Nowata where he was turned over to Deputy Marshals Bill Smith and George Lawson. After the arrest, Ike Rogers lived in mortal fear knowing eventually those associated with Cherokee Bill would kill him. In August of 1897, a year after the execution of Cherokee Bill, Ike was leaving the train at Fort Gibson when he was confronted on the train platform by Clarence Goldsby, Cherokee Bill’s brother. Clarence Goldsby shot Ike Rogers without any warning, then searched the body of Rogers for his brothers pistol which he did not find. Clarence took Ike’s Winchester rifle throwing it under the train car. Goldsby crawled under the train car making his escape. Clarence Goldsby lived in seclusion for the rest of his life without ever being arrested.

(The Weekly Elevator - December 2, 1892, January 27, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - Ben Beckley) (Indian Pioneer History - William C. Cook) (Indian Pioneer History - John C. Humberd) (Indian Pioneer History - Josephine Pennington) (Indian Pioneer History - Greenbury Polson) (Indian Pioneer History - Bill Swimm) (Indian Pioneer History - Burl Taylor) (Indian Pioneer History - William Taylor) (Indian Pioneer History - Agnes Walker) (Indian Pioneer History - Clarence O. Winteringer) (Indian Pioneer History - W. I. Worley) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (Outlaws and Peace Officers of I. T.) (The Western Peace Officer) (Picture - Hell on the Border - Harman) (Picture - Outlaws on Horseback) (Tales of Old Fort Gibson) (Iron Men) (Heck Thomas) (Black History In Oklahoma) (Black Red and Deadly) (Law West Of Fort Smith) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1888 - 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List) Killed in the line of duty.

Rogers, James C. Courrell was commissioned on March 23, 1892, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. He was commissioned again on June 8, 1893, while living in Muldrow, Indian Territory. Roger was very active in making arrests and delivering prisoners to the Ft. Smith federal jail. One of these arrests was in December of 1893, when he arrested John String, a white man who was charged with introducing liquor in Indian Territory. In February of 1894, the Attorney General’s office made an investigation of the conduct of deputy marshals and marshals in Indian Territory and asked J.C. Rogers serving in the Northern District to be removed from duty along with M. L. Rogers who was Constable in of the same district. He served in the Northern Judicial District in 1895, under Marshal W. H. Darrough. In July of 1902, he was commissioned by Marshal W. H. Darrough in the Northern District of Indian Territory, as field deputy at Sallisaw.

(The Weekly Elevator - March 3, May 26, August 4, September 22, and December 22, 1893) (Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902) (File #10, Indian Library, Oklahoma Historical Library)(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

Rogers

James

D.U.S. Marshal

April 1, 1898

Rogers, J. G. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

Rogers, J. M. was commissioned on September 4, 1894, in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. Deputy Marshal Rogers lived in Gaither, Arkansas when commissioned.

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

Rogers, Levi served in the Northern Judicial District in 1894.

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

Rogers, “Red” was assigned to the Western District of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he worked out of the Sallisaw area with posse man George Lewis Mann.

(Indian Pioneer History - J. W. Brewer) (Indian Pioneer History - Joe Hogner) (Indian Pioneer History - George Lewis Mann) (Indian Pioneer History - J.C. Presley) (Indian Pioneer History - I. F. Williams)

Rogers, S. A. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

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

Rooks, C. C. was commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas, in 1894.

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

Roots, Logan worked in the Cherokee Nation as deputy marshal.

(Iron Men)

Rose, Christopher Columbus was commissioned as deputy marshal in the Western District of Arkansas at Ft. Smith, around 1888. Rose previously served as a Light