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[Hurricane Jack]

In Murray's Saloon is where the Battle of Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, began between the Doolin - Dalton Gang & fourteen US Deputy Marshals in Sept 1893. Three Deputy Marshals lost their lives that day. Three of the gang members were wounded; all but one managed to escape. Murray himself took up arms & sided with the gang against the Deputy Marshals & was badly wounded, captured & did a stint in prison. By 1898 all members of the gang had been captured or killed by Deputy Marshals Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman & Chris Madsen. Gang members Charley Pierce & Bitter Creek Newcomb were killed by bounty hunters.

The Oklahoma Territory/Indian Nation would merge to become the 46th state in 1907.

 

[2jakes]

In Murray's Saloon is where the Battle of Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, began between the Doolin - Dalton Gang & fourteen US Deputy Marshals in Sept 1893. Three Deputy Marshals lost their lives that day. Three of the gang members were wounded; all but one managed to escape. Murray himself took up arms & sided with the gang against the Deputy Marshals & was badly wounded, captured & did a stint in prison. By 1898 all members of the gang had been captured or killed by Deputy Marshals Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman & Chris Madsen. Gang members Charley Pierce & Bitter Creek Newcomb were killed by bounty hunters.

The Oklahoma Territory/Indian Nation would merge to become the 46th state in 1907.

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HJ, I located this image although many
changes have been made since 1893.

"At this site, on September 1 1893, one ot the deadliest gun battles in the history of the west between the Doolin-Dalton gang and US Deputy Marshall "

 

[2jakes]

Al Capone enjoys a baseball game with his kid, at left Illinois legislator Roland V. Libonati and behind them Fred Pacelli and Machine Gun Jack Mcgurn.

Al Capone with Havana mayor Julio Morales and his Miami lawyer Fritz Gordon.

 

[2jakes]

Pinkerton men

William Pinkerton in middle.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

HJ, I located this image although many
changes have been made since 1893.
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"At this site, on September 1 1893, one ot the deadliest gun battles in the history of the west between the Doolin-Dalton gang and US Deputy Marshall "


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That's cool! I wonder if that's private property today?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Pinkerton men
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William Pinkerton in middle.

I've always wondered if J. Edgar Hoover wasn't the reincarnation of Wm Pinkerton. They were both pretty arrogant.

In March, 1874 Pinkerton sent one of his agents named Joseph Whicher from Chicago to Kansas City by train to capture Jesse James. Whicher stepped off the train looking like a city dude, & started asking how to get to the James Farm at Kearney. When asked why he wanted to know, Whicher said he was looking for a job on a farm. One of the locals tried to warn him by telling Whicher that even the James boy's mother, Zeralda might kill him.

Whicher was seen buying the "appropriate clothing" before leaving Kansas City for Kearney, MO. Some accounts say he got a job on the next farm over from the James Farm. Two days after his arrival in Kansas City Whicher was found dead on the Kearney Rd.

This was the same month William Pinkerton sent two agents after the Younger Brothers. One agent was shot & killed, & a second agent mortally wounded in their ambush attempt on Jim & John Younger at Roscoe, MO, killing John.

 

[2jakes]

Bill Doolin

Though more furious and more deadly than the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, the Ingalls, Oklahoma shoot-out between the Doolin-Dalton Gang and U.S. Deputy Marshals is not nearly as well known.

One of the many hide-outs used by the Doolin-Dalton Gang in the early 1890s was the small community of Ingalls, Oklahoma. Unfortunately, this small town was a haven for numerous outlaws, as residents tolerated them for their free-spending ways and the bad men behaved themselves in order to safeguard their hideout.

In August, 1893, several members of the outlaw gang, including Bill Doolin, Bill Dalton, George “Red Buck” Weightman, George “Bitter Creek” Newcomb, Charlie Pierce, “Arkansas Tom” Jones, “Tulsa Jack” Blake, and “Dynamite Dick” Clifton, were taking refuge in the small town, most of them having been in town for weeks living at the city hotel and spending their time at the Ransom Saloon.

When U.S. Marshals got word of their location, Marshal, Evett Dumas “E.D.” Nix formed a posse of some 27 deputy marshals and Indian Police and headed towards Ingalls. Camping out along a creek the night before, they were seen by a young boy, who the deputies held over night. However, the boy slipped away early the next morning and ran into Ingalls, telling the outlaws, “The marshals are coming.”

Evett Dumas Nix

The boy’s warning gave the outlaws time to saddle their horses at the livery stable, but rather than making a run for it, they chose to return to their poker game at the saloon.

On the morning of September 1, 1893 the posse crept into town while the outlaws were drinking and gambling in the saloon. When Newcomb stepped out of the saloon and got on to his horse, he was fired upon by one of the officers. However, “Arkansas Tom” Jones, who was sick in bed at the O.K. Hotel, returned the fire from his second story window, mortally wounding U.S. Deputy Marshal Thomas Hueston, who would die the next day. After firing just a couple of rounds, Newcomb was wounded, but was able to escape.

Within seconds a full-out gunfight erupted with the outlaws shooting their way from the saloon to the nearby livery stable. Fugitives, Red Buck, Bill Dalton, and “Tulsa Jack” Blake then mounted their horses and came out of the stable with their guns blazing. When Deputy Lafeyette Shadley shot at Bill Dalton, the lawman instead hit the outlaw’s horse, toppling Dalton to the ground. Dalton returned the fire, hitting Shadley, who would die two days later. In the meantime, Bill Doolin, shot and killed Deputy Marshal Richard Speed. Outlaw, Dan “Dynamite Dick” Clifton and Charlie Pierce were also hit and wounded, but both were still able to ride.

All the outlaws escaped except “Arkansas Tom” Jones, who was trapped in the hotel room when Deputy Marshal Jim Masterson threatened to throw dynamite into his hiding place. Though there was talk of Arkansas Tom Jones being lynched, he was later sent to federal prison in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory.

In the shooting frenzy, an innocent bystander named Young Simmons was also killed when he tried to take cover inside Vaughn’s Saloon. Another citizen, known only as Old Man Ramson was also hit in the leg but survived. Also wounded was the saloon bartender, a Mr. Murray, who obviously an ally of the outlaw gang, fired on the deputies from his front doorway. He was shot in the ribs and the arm, arrested and sent to prison. Two years after his release, Murray would pursue damages against the government for his injuries, but lost his case due to U.S. Marshal Nix’ testimony defending his deputy marshals actions.

In the end, the outlaws won the battle but lost the war, as eventually, every member of the gang who had escaped from the Ingalls gunfight would be killed, most by U.S. Deputy Marshals.

The small community of Ingalls, Oklahoma, located about halfway between Stillwater and Yale, Oklahoma, is no longer shown on state highway maps. Only a few deserted buildings, stone foundations, and a stone memorial mark the site of the famous gunfight. Settled after the land rush of 1889 into the “Unassigned Lands” between the Chickasaw Nation to the south and the Cherokee Outlet to the north, Ingalls was a thriving community of 150 people in the 1890’s; however, by 1907 the post office was closed. The site is located about 9 miles east of Stillwater, Okalahoma, and 1 mile south at Ingalls Road.

The building reminds me of scene from movie "Shane" minus the mud!

 

[BobHufford]

One agent was shot & killed, & a second agent mortally wounded in their ambush attempt on Jim & John Younger at Roscoe, MO, killing John.

We went to (my wife's) family reunions in Roscoe for years (the Freeman family). One family member had an old buckboard in the barn with "C. Younger" painted on the side. It was proudly possessed...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

We went to (my wife's) family reunions in Roscoe for years (the Freeman family). One family member had an old buckboard in the barn with "C. Younger" painted on the side. It was proudly possessed...

Neat Bob! The Younger family owned some property between Roscoe & Monegaw Springs. If you know about the burning & torture of the people of nearby Osceola by federal troops during the Civil War then you know St. Clair county is a hotbed of Confederate sympathies. Whenever the brothers needed to lay low they would go to St. Clair county. There was also a tavern & dance hall at Monegaw Springs called The Red Lantern Inn that Cole liked to hang out at. The log cabin bldg stood until it was struck by lightening in the 1970's.

When John Younger was killed local citizens from as far away as Appleton City took shifts sitting with the body until Cole could get there from Jackson county. No one knew what enemies might be coming.

The new marker is out on Hwy 82 & E, I think. It just says "Near here" but the original marker still stands on the actual site of the gun battle if you know where to go.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Zombie_61]

I've always wondered if J. Edgar Hoover wasn't the reincarnation of Wm Pinkerton. They were both pretty arrogant...

Assuming for a moment that you're being serious, it's unlikely since they were both alive from January 1, 1895, when Mr. Hoover was born, until December 11, 1923, when Mr. Pinkerton died.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Identity of subject unknown.

 

[Michael R.]

HISTORY
3 Famous Texas Rangers That Deserve Our Attention
By Spring Sault | June 1, 2017


We recently published an article series on the history of the Texas Rangers law enforcement. It’s a logical next step then to highlight some of the premiere Texas Rangers that made crime-fighting their career, keeping the Lone Star State safe through their indomitable spirit. Informally created by Stephen F. Austin in the mid-1800s, the Texas Rangers played an integral role in the early beginnings of the Republic of Texas and the many governments that succeeded it. Here are three famous Texas Rangers that deserve our attention.

 

[Michael R.]

1. Captain John Coffee Hays

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Coming to San Antonio in 1837, John Coffee Hays became one of the more famed Texas Rangers from their earlier days. Within three years of his arrival, he was named a Ranger captain and built his reputation fighting Mexican marauders and Native Americans. One of the latter who ended up riding with Hays and his men named the Ranger captain “brave too much,” explaining that his bravado was often considered too much for many a hostile party.


2. John B. Armstrong

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Lawless Texans appeared to be the largest issue for the Texas Rangers law enforcement by the second half of the 19th century. The Texas Legislature subsequently created two such forces in 1874 in order to deal with the situation, one of which was called the Frontier Battalion, led by Major John B. Jones and an organization called Special Forces under Capt. Leander McNelly. John Wesley Hardin, one of Texas’ deadliest outlaws, was a preacher’s son presumed to have killed 31 men. Under the direction of Capt. Leander McNelly, Ranger John B. Armstrong captured Hardin in Florida. With his Colt .45 in hand, Armstrong boarded the train that Hardin and four of his companions were on. When the outlaw saw him, he shouted “Texas by God!” and drew his pistol. When it was all said and done, one of Hardin’s friends lay dead, Hardin was knocked out, and the surviving three friends were staring at Armstrong’s gun. They say that a round had pierced Armstrong’s hat in the process, but he remained uninjured.


3. Captain Bill McDonald

The often referenced “One Riot, One Ranger” is attributed to Captain Bill McDonald in regards to a trip he was sent on to Dallas in order to prevent a scheduled prizefight. When the mayor of the city met him at the train station, it’s rumored he asked McDonald, “Where are the others?” To that McDonald’s supposed response was, “Hell! ain’t I enough? There’s only one prize-fight!” His creed was said to be: “No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that’s in the right and keeps on a-comin’.” And these have since evolved into the existing Texas Ranger creed.

 

[Michael R.]

Photograph taken between 1920-1936

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The often referenced “One Riot, One Ranger” is attributed to Captain Bill McDonald in regards to a trip he was sent on to Dallas in order to prevent a scheduled prizefight.

This reminds me that during his post-Tombstone life Wyatt Earp officiated & referred a prizefight, & was accused of taking a bribe to orchestrate the outcome & winner.

 

[2jakes]

We went to (my wife's) family reunions in Roscoe for years (the Freeman family). One family member had an old buckboard in the barn with "C. Younger" painted on the side. It was proudly possessed...

I have parts of wood and bolts from
Al Capone' yacht while he stayed in
Fla. during the St. Valentine's massacre
in Chicago.
It's not allowed in the house!

 

[2jakes]

Giddy up!

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Feb 1864
The fighting is over for the day.