Law West of Fort Smith: A History of Frontier Justice in the Indian Territory, 1834-1896Examines the life and times of the federal judge at Fort Smith, who held exclusive jurisdiction over 74,000 square miles from 1875 to 1896. |
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... Tom Pink - Jim Lee gang . Guy and three of his men were killed and the rest of the posse routed . Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas later tracked down and killed Tom Pink and Jim Lee , but the battle went on record as one of the heaviest ...
... Tom Pink - Jim Lee gang . Guy and three of his men were killed and the rest of the posse routed . Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas later tracked down and killed Tom Pink and Jim Lee , but the battle went on record as one of the heaviest ...
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... Heck Bruner and Barney Con- nelley trailed him without success . Deputies Heck Thomas and L. P. Isabel cornered him in 1889 and shot him in the face , but Christie escaped after shooting Isabel in the shoulder , crip- pling him for life ...
... Heck Bruner and Barney Con- nelley trailed him without success . Deputies Heck Thomas and L. P. Isabel cornered him in 1889 and shot him in the face , but Christie escaped after shooting Isabel in the shoulder , crip- pling him for life ...
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... Heck Thomas , Heck Bruner , and Burl Cox had been on his trail for days when late one eve- ning they sighted him riding to the home of his sister , who lived near Nowata . As the outlaw came within range of the point where the officers ...
... Heck Thomas , Heck Bruner , and Burl Cox had been on his trail for days when late one eve- ning they sighted him riding to the home of his sister , who lived near Nowata . As the outlaw came within range of the point where the officers ...
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