Raynors HCA 2017-02
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Important partially printed document signed by U. S. Marshall “Jno W. Hixon” and “E(vett) D. Nix,” September 6, 1893 being a voucher for payment to Isaac A. Steel of Gutherie Oklahoma Territory for “Six days services as posse comitatus from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, 1893 at $3 per day.” Steel swears that he “employed ... by John W. Hixon ... as one of his posse comitatus to assist in executing the following Capias Writs, to-wit Bill Dalton, Bill Doolin, Slaughter Kid, and Arkansas Tom ...” U.S. Marshall John W. Hixon swears to the statement. Marshall Evett D. Nix also signs certifying the affidavits. Note that Steel was present at the Ingalls battle.The 8-1/4” x 14-1/2” document has a “thumb” pull at the top causing loss of paper although not affecting any text. This is a direct result of the Battle of Ingalls, one of the final gun battles of the outlaw era. The afternoon of September 1, 1893, found the gang inside George Ransom's saloon. Present along with Doolin and Bill Dalton were Dan "Dynamite Dick" Clifton, George "Red Buck" Weightman, George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Arkansas Tom" Jones [Roy Daugherty] and Bill "Tulsa Jack" Blake. The lawmen moving in for the arrests were headed by Deputy Marshal John Hixon, who brought four other deputies with him - Lafe Shadley, Tom Hueston, Dick Speed and Jim Masterson. An additional eight men joined the ranks as posse members. In the gruesome confrontation that afternoon, Hueston was fired on as he dove for cover. Doolin shot Speed dead as the deputy tried in vain to join Shadley, who was concealed behind the body of a horse. Then, when Shadley saw one of outlaws fall wounded, he moved in. But Dalton shot him in his tracks. Masterson later threw dynamite into the outlaws' hiding place and captured Jones, but the others fled southeast out of town. The escaping outlaws halted at the top of a nearby ridge long enough to fire some final shots at the lawmen, and one of those bullets killed Frank Briggs, an innocent bystander. All told, men on both sides of the law met their destiny that afternoon. Deputy Speed was killed during the actual fighting; Deputies Hueston and Shadley died of their wounds the following day. There was talk of Arkansas Tom Jones being lynched, but instead he was sent to the federal prison in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, about 35 miles away. NIX, Evitte Dumas (1861-1946) was a United States Marshal in the late 19th century handling the jurisdiction that included the wild Oklahoma Territory, later to be the state of Oklahoma. He was first appointed in 1893, in the closing years of the Old West, during the last years of the "Hanging Judge" Parker tenure. HIXON, John W. (1850-1928) famous lawman from Oklahoma Territory that has been written about in numerous old west stories, he helped round up the Doolin Gang along with other outlaws.
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