The Experiences Of A Deputy U.S. Marshal Of The Indian Territory.

Jones, W. F.

Publication: W F Jones, 1937, Tulsa

First edition. Printed wrappers, 40pp., frontis., one plate. A series of interviews with Marshall W.F. Jones of the Indian Territory. Six Guns 1200 says, "Has much material on Oklahoma outlaws, such as the Daltons, Bill Doolin, Al Jennings, the Buck gang, Ned Christie, and others , as well as an account of the Ingalls fight." A scarce account of Oklahoma outlaws throughout the 1890s, by an early Indian Territory law man. Describes the Crazy Snake rebellion, the notorious Buck gang of Okmulgee, the lynching of two Indians south of Sasakwa ("The only lynching of Indians that we know of in the history of the Indian Territory"), and the first legal execution in Indian Territory. "Scarce." Near fine copy.