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The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, September 22, 1907
pg. 2

EDWARD B. STEEN DEAD
Another well known pioneer died last Friday at the home of his son, T.E. Steen, No. 631 W. Sears street.
We all know him as Ed Steen, that is the old-timers. The deceased had been a resident of Denison and this section of a great many years. In the 70s he a prominent cattle and business man and was known extemsively throughout western Texas and the Indian Territory. Ed Steen was one of the central figures in one of the most noted feuds on the border. It was when the Lee boys were giving so much trouble to the officers of Texas and the Territory. As the culmination of that bloody era Steen was arrested and carried to Ft. Smith and very narrowly escaped the gallows. His attorney was A.A. Person. The trial was one of the most notable in the annals of the Indian Territory. It made Col. Person a great reputation as he cleared his client. It is said that the address of Col. Person will go down to history as one of the most eloquent ever heard in the historic old courthouse.
Ed Steen stood by his friends. The Lee boys were his neighbors, and if we mistake not, relatives. He did what any other true man would have done under the circumnstances. He was noted as one of the gamest men that has ever lived on the Texas border; an open and fearless fighter when the occasion demanded.
Mr. Steen located in Denison many years ago and engaged in business. He has always proved one of our best citizens. For the past 3 years he has been in bad health. At the time of his death he was 55 years and a few months old. He was buried under the auspices of the Knights of the Maccabees and interment was at Oakwood. The deceased leaves a family.