Accused
|
Offence
|
Victim
|
date of offence
|
Location
|
Notes/Outcome
|
Some of the
Names:
Horace Reynolds, Cleo wolfe, Jim Arnold,
C E Briggs, Leslie Cole, Jim May, Alvin
Morgan,
Bill Sofey, Roy Allen and
Leonard O'Neal. |
Rioters, Arsonist.
Burned the courthouse and to murder
the man inside. and many Other terrible
offenses. This Group were
released a year later.
|
George Hughes
(He was dead when he was strung up and
mutilated and burned.
He was buried in the County Farm
Cemetery after the riot)
Read
about this Riot
|
May 1930
|
Sherman
|
The cases against
3 others held separate trials.
Jeff Jones, Webb Purdom, Jess Roper.
|
Delaware Bend
Thieves
|
Read
about them 1873
|
Read
about them 1885.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acker,
Charles (Buddy) & Willis Acker,
Turner Ross Fowler
|
Kidnap-Murder
|
George
Robertson |
11 September 1940
|
Lamar Co., Texas
|
Buddy Acker-
Sentenced to 99 yrs
|
| Allen
Minnie Lee |
Murder
|
Charles Allen
|
17 October 1911 |
Pottsboro |
Shot her husband,
she was no-billed
|
Allen
Robert ("Dad" Allen)
|
Murder
|
Conductor
Timmy Monahan Jr
|
14 October 1891
|
Denison
|
|
Allen
Sam-Mitchell Grayson, B Green
|
Robbery-Murder
|
Wilson Coley,
Belk and Cole
|
13
March 1889
|
McAllister,
I.T.
|
|
Allison
John
|
Murder
|
Bob Allison,
George Allen
|
4 July 1882,
Dec 1883 |
Delaware Bend,
Gordonville |
99 years, but he
was pardoned 23 Dec 1909
|
Andrews
W S
|
Murder
|
George F Thompson
|
15
October 1892
|
Denison
|
released on bond,
I don't what happened after that.
|
Arlington
Ruben & Harry Stacey
|
Theft over value
of $20
|
|
27 August 1889 |
Denison |
Ruben - 2 years
&
Harry -5 years
|
| Atkins G
E |
Murder
|
Melzie Douglas
|
23 February 1925 |
Farmington |
6 years, served
one year and was pardoned
|
Ayres John
|
Murder 2nd degree
|
Homer Hale
|
11
April 1909
|
Pilot
Grove (Oxford)
|
Pardoned by Gov.
Ferguson
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bailey
Allen D. |
Murder |
R L Anderson
|
12 December 1930 |
Preston Bend |
Acquitted,
Anderson had been misbehaving toward
Baileys wife.
|
| Ball G D |
Murder |
Mrs Annie Caddell
Ball
|
21 November 1926 |
Hagerman |
99 years
|
Ball
Sam
|
Murder |
Alf Johnson
|
January 1880
|
Sherman
|
|
| Ballinger W
F |
Forgery
|
|
9 April 1925 |
Whitewright |
2 Years
|
| Suspected and
disproved -Barrow Clyde |
Murder
|
Howard Hall
|
October 1932 |
Sherman |
Gunman is
unknown and Clyde Barrow could not have
done it.
|
| Beard
Manley |
Assault to
murder, Murder
|
Dr Joe Mayes
|
3 April 1899 |
McKinney |
Acquitted
|
Beck
J S
|
Murder
|
Lettie Dehaven
|
4 Apr 1892
|
Denison
|
He followed her
to Oklahoma City and murdered her there.
|
Belk
George & Charles Coe
|
|
|
|
|
Brought back
|
Bell
Riley (Victim)
|
Assaulted
|
|
30 Mar 1909
|
Sherman
|
Unknown
|
| Bennett
Harper |
Murder
|
|
January 1916 |
Pottsboro |
|
Bennett
Pearl
|
Assault to
Murder
|
Grover Bell
|
6
April 1932
|
Sherman
|
|
Black,
Jim
|
Murder
|
Marshal Riley
Jordan
|
20 Mar 1903
|
Howe
|
Death, commuted
to life
|
| Blackmore
William O |
Murder
|
Wilson from
Missouri
|
22 January 1869 |
Mantua |
Hanged in Sherman
|
| Bohannon
Dave |
Murder
|
Tom McCoy, &
Others
|
1893-1894 |
Denison, Indian
Territory |
Shot and killed
in Coalgate, OK
|
Boland John
|
Attempted Murder
|
Sam Love
|
17
April 1880
|
Denison
|
|
Bond
Claud L
|
Murder |
Will Claybrook
|
1921
|
|
He was given 30
days to assist his 3 children since his
wife was dead, they gave him another 30
days-then 20 years
|
| Boss W
B |
Rape
|
Mrs Huber
|
August 1885 |
Denison |
Acquitted
of the charge of rape |
Bounds O
(father of the girls)
|
Murder
|
Charles Martin
|
January
29, 1874
|
Sherman
|
Shot and Killed
by father of two girls he had attempted
to rape.
|
| Bourland
William |
Murder
|
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
|
Bradley E W
|
Murder
|
Jack Dubois
|
28
August 1877
|
Denison
|
Discharged from
custody this afternoon
|
| Brister
Olga |
Manslaughter
|
|
26 May 1994 |
Bells |
|
| Brooks
Lizzie |
Murder
|
Mrs Mary Binford
|
16 January 1911 |
Ft. Worth |
Jury
Returned Verdict of Not Guilty, using
insanity |
Bryant, Monroe
|
Murder
|
Lee Adcock
5 children were left parent-less.
|
14
December 1919
|
Whitewright
|
acquitted
-insufficient evidence.
|
Buchanan
Bill
|
Murder
|
Miss
Antonia Bachman |
November 1933 |
Near Pottsboro
|
99 years
|
Burris Dee
-Deputy Sheriff
|
Murder
|
John Stevenson-M
R White
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
failed to find
indictment
|
Bussell
Steve
|
Murder
|
Bud Luttrell
|
April
1887
|
Indian
Territory
|
?
|
| Butler
Clifford |
Murder
|
Wesley Higdon
|
9 March 1910 |
Denison |
Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calhoun
David & James
|
Murder
|
|
1863
|
Millwood,
Collin Co
|
|
| Cannon
Willis "Bud" |
Murder 2nd degree
|
Della Cannon
|
August 1896 |
Sherman
|
30 years
|
Carlisle
John T
|
Murder
|
W T Sharman
|
April 1892
|
Denison
|
Hung in Sherman
Jail
|
Carlton
Matt
|
Murder
|
Wilkes Pierce
|
Sep 1900
|
Gordonville
|
arrested 23 yrs
later~....
|
Carpenter
J P
|
Murder
|
C A Burk "Si"
|
19 Jan 1924
|
Sherman
|
|
| Carrington
Sam H |
Murder
|
George B Canary
|
July 1900 |
Collinsville |
Not guilty
|
Cato
Henry
|
Murder?
|
Alvin Frizzel
|
1908
|
Graybill
|
??? interesting
story
|
Chance,
Rev Newton
|
Murder
|
E Junius Foster
|
1863
|
Sherman
|
Not guilty
|
| Chiles Lucy
|
Murder 1stDegree
|
Albert Chiles,
her husband
|
March
1876
|
Sherman
|
Charge changed to
2nd degree. 55 yrs. Gov Pardoned in 1896
|
Colton Mat
|
Murder
|
|
1878
|
Gordonville
|
|
| Combs
Simmie |
Manufacture of
intoxicating liquor
|
|
10 April 1925 |
Denison |
1 year
|
Cornish Herbert
|
Sodomy
|
Jordon ...
age 14
|
1916
|
Van
Alstyne
|
7 years
|
Crook Mack
|
Murder
|
Sheriff (elect)
James Black of Lamar County
|
16
November 1884
|
Blossom
Prairie, Lamar Co
|
99yrs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dangerfield
Joseph S
|
|
James Green and
assault on Ed Green
|
December
1892
|
Denison
|
2 years
|
Daniels
Jeff
|
Murder
|
Albert Collins
|
7 Sep 1909
|
Preston Bend
|
|
| Davidson
Joe |
Manufacture of
Intoxicating liquor
|
|
6 April 1925 |
|
1 year
|
Davidson
William
|
Assault to Murder
|
US Marshall Guy
|
|
|
acquitted
|
Dawson J
A (aka Ira Gibbs)
|
Bigamy
|
1st wife Edith
Harris Gibbs-2nd Ellen Buchanan Dawson
|
May 1917 |
Sherman &
Hobart, OK |
3 years, he
escaped after 3 months.
|
| Dean Anver |
Assault to commit
Murder
|
Mr & Mrs J L
McMahan
|
May 1916 |
Tom Bean |
2 years on each
count.
|
| Dorn S A |
Murder
|
Policeman Charles
Patman
|
2 May 1875 |
Denison |
Not Guilty. He
was shot & Killed later in the
year in Kimble Co, TX after he killed a
man there.
|
Doss
William
|
Murder 1st degree
|
Albert Chiles
|
March
1876
|
Sherman
|
55 years, charge
changed to 2nd degree. Gov Pardoned in
1896
|
| Driver
Melvin |
Murder
|
His wife, Glena
Faye Sauls Driver
|
26 June 1941 |
Denison |
He shot her while
getting papers together for divorce in
cafe. He was acquitted!
|
Duncan
Henry
|
Assault
|
Attacked his
parents and others.
|
December
1885
|
Sherman
|
wounded several
people , attacked his family. "2 and 3"
Yrs.
|
Duzan Alec
|
Murder
|
James Christian
|
April
1887
|
Indian
Territory
|
Was killed after
the murder
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Easley
Charles Dennis
|
Abduction &
Murder
|
Laurie Stevens 11
&
Donna Marie Golish 7
|
1969
& 1970
|
Sherman,
Denison
|
300 year sentence
(reversed) and a 100 year sentence. "In January
of 2015, he will be eligible for parole.
"Last
Parole Decision: Denied on 04/15/2015.
He died in prison |
Easter Bud
|
Murder |
......Malone
|
1
September 1873
|
Indian
Territory
|
|
Edwards
Dick- aka Coyote Dick
|
Murder |
Mrs Hattie G
Haynes, Maude Kramer (real name Alta
McIntosh),Florentine (Teen) Hawley. and
shooting of Rosa Stuart who lived.
|
1892 |
Denison |
Life, died in
prison, died Apr 1895
|
| Evans J H |
Assault to
murder, Theft
|
W B Moran
|
15 November 1885 |
Denison |
2 years.
|
Exum
Alvin
|
Murder, selling
intoxicating liquor
|
Leldon Taylor
|
3 Mar 1929
|
Van Alstyne
|
5 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fairless
Harry
|
Horse Thief,
escaping jail
|
|
1908-1909
|
Sherman
|
Captured
|
Faust
Annie
|
Murder
|
Rev Mr Cagle
|
February
1916
|
Sherman
|
Acquitted
Of Charge of Murder |
Fields Alton
|
Murder,
stealing a car, theft and burgularies
|
Mrs Charles R
Crenshaw
|
1925
|
Sherman
|
His charges added
up to more than 12 years.Then he escaped
again!
|
| Fields John
W |
Incest
|
Josie Fields
|
October 1887 |
Sherman |
Acquitted
|
Fitzgerald
Andy
|
Murder
|
Mrs Anna Ure
|
13 June 1919
|
Sherman
|
Not sufficient
evidence
|
Fogg
Frank
|
Murder
|
W T Sharman
|
April
1892
|
Denison
|
Charge dropped
|
Forrester
Pearl
|
Assault to
murder; Theft
|
Sheriff Lee
Simmons
|
November
1912
|
Sherman
|
2 years, but
pardoned.
|
| Forreston George
A |
Forgery
|
|
8 April 1925 |
Denison |
2 years
|
| Foster
James H |
Murder 2nd degree
|
B P Kinsey
|
6 February 1906 |
Denison |
5 years, he was
to be held til 1911, but died in prison
1907
|
| Fowler
John H |
Murder &
Suicide
|
Ida M Knight
|
9 March 1915 |
Sadler |
He killed Ida and
they were sitting in a buggy and people
found them like that.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gaines
WIlliam R |
Murder 1st
degreen
|
Charles H Koch
|
8 July 1895 |
Sherman |
Life, courts
reversed it and he served a short
sentence. He was killed in a train wreck
1901
|
Galloway Charles
A
|
Murder
|
Col Holland
Coffee
|
October
1846
|
Preston
Bend
|
No-Bill Finding
|
| Garcia
Ruben |
Voluntary
Manslaughter
|
Troy Neil Tamplen
|
December 1963 |
Portales, New Mexico |
|
| Garnett
Tobe |
Murder 1st degree
|
Adeline Garnett
|
7 August 1890 |
Denison |
He escaped arrest
for 20 years but was caught and supposed
to be Hung May 3, 1901, but commuted to
life. THEN Pardoned July 1st
1914 |
| Gathright
Minnie |
Murder
|
|
June 1916 |
Sherman |
|
Glafcke
Walter-Aka-Walter Morgan
|
Forged Checks
|
|
Aug 1890
|
|
18 years
|
Godwin Jack
|
Assault to Kille
|
Bob Scott
|
Sep
1900
|
Bells
|
Penalty and court
costs
|
Grayson
Mitchell
|
Robbery, Murder
|
Wilson Coley,
Beck and Cole
|
13
March 1889 |
McAllister,
I.T.
|
|
Green Bill
|
Robbery, Murder
|
Wilson Coley,
Beck and Cole
|
13
March 1889 |
McAllister,
I.T.
|
|
| Green J B |
Murder
|
Lawson Smith
|
25 November 1915 |
Sadler |
Not Guilty
|
Gunter Jot
|
Murder |
Dan Thompson,
killed in Dallas
|
September
1884
|
Sherman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hackney Henry |
Murder
|
Charley Bigbee
(aka Bob Turnbull)
|
26
August 1889 |
Denison |
Thrown out of
court
|
Hall, Joe
|
Murder, Robbery
|
Bob James
|
4
August 1921
|
Fannin
Co
|
Death
penalty-changed to life
|
| Hamilton
Raymond Elzie |
Famous Bank
Robber Caught in Howe
|
|
April 1934
|
Howe
|
|
| Hanson
Arthur |
Murder
|
Burley Smith
|
30 January 1926 |
Sherman |
|
| Harris E W |
Murder
|
Dr J K Yowell
|
June 1892 |
Denison |
Acquitted
|
Harris Newt
|
Murder
|
Sheriff (elect)
James Black of Lamar County
|
16
November 1884
|
Blossom
Prairie, Lamar Co
|
Hung Jury, but he
died before another trial.
|
Harrison
Rev. Garrison
|
Murder
|
B
E Parvin
|
31
July 1888
|
Cannon
|
|
| Harrison
John H |
Manslaughter
|
Jack Goodwin
|
27 August 1885 |
Sherman |
4 years, pardoned
1887
|
Hearod
Miles H -
Harrod Miles H
|
Murder
|
John J McCoy
|
April 1922 |
Denison |
acquitted
|
Hefley
Anna Belle
|
Murder
|
Charley Hefley
|
|
Dorchester
|
|
| Henderson
Buck |
Rape
|
Mrs J S Suddith
|
August 1889 |
Denison |
No-Bill
|
Herndon
Craig "Creed"
|
Murder
|
J J Reasor
|
June
1894
|
Collinsville
|
He ran off and
was not caught but more ....
|
| Herriage
Cliff |
Homicide
|
His wife, Roetta
Vincent Herriage
|
23 February 1951 |
Denison |
He tried to kill
himself, he had a brain tumor and died
in 1952
|
Hester, Wm
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown
|
Hewitt, Roy
|
Robbery, Murder
|
Bob James
|
4
August 1921
|
Fannin
Co
|
99 years-served
till 1933, pardoned
|
| Hicks W H |
Murder
|
His dau in
law-Ruth May Johnson Hicks
|
6 December 1940 |
Locust
|
Killed himself.
He served 16 years of a 20 year sentence
for previous murder of Cy Paragen.
|
| Hightower
Ed |
Murder |
Killed his wife
and then himself. She was
Florence Hightower
|
20 November 1916 |
Denison |
Shot himself
|
| Hill R P |
Kidnapping
|
Mandie Woolsey
-It was a result of a divorce-child
custody case |
May 1-2, 1889 |
Sherman |
released
|
| Hogan John |
Murder 1st degree
|
US Marshal Jack
Carlton
|
November 1887 |
Denison |
Life, pardoned
1903, was later in prison for selling
liquor in Ga. then again in Okla. in
1913
|
Holden R B
|
Rape
|
Wennie Kemp
|
1919
|
Tioga
|
|
| Hood Carl
Owen & Hood Duff M
|
Burglary with
Firearm
|
Clarence Hoyle
|
1932
|
Tom
Bean
|
Carl went to
Alcatraz for murder
|
Houston Frank
|
Murder
|
Luis Barbrick
& Albert Dedrick
|
1891
|
Denison
|
|
Hughes J W
M
|
Conspiracy
|
|
May
1904
|
Whitesboro
|
|
Humber
Della
|
Murder
|
killed his wife
|
|
|
|
Humes Wash
|
Murder
|
Ed White
|
August
1885
|
Sherman
|
15 Years,
Pardoned Dec 1887
|
| Hunt W
E |
Murder 1st degree
|
His wife &
unborn child
|
December 1892 |
Denison |
Death Penalty,
commuted to life, died Jul 14, 1900
|
| Hurst John |
Burglary
|
|
December 1885 |
Van Alstyne |
Since he could
not defend himself in court he was
discharged
|
Hutchcraft
Frost
|
Assault to Murder
|
John G Hammond
& James Study
|
July
1891
|
Sherman
|
Discharged 1897
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ingram
Helen & Son , Larry
|
Burglary &
Theft
|
|
August 1951 |
Denison, New Orleans |
15 years-she died
in 63, in prison
|
| Ingram
Simon |
Rape
|
Mrs Emeline
Brandenberg
|
April 1890 |
Denison |
99 Years,pardoned
15 Jul 1913
|
Isom Ben
|
Murder
|
Sheriff May
|
May
1889
|
Howe
|
|
| Isom Laura |
Manslaughter
|
Killed her baby
|
1919 |
Bells |
4 yrs suspended
sentence
|
Isom
Mandrew
|
Murder
|
Sheriff May
|
May
1889
|
Howe
|
8 Years, Pardoned
by Gov 4 Sep 1900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jackson,
Fannie
|
1st degree murder
|
Ed Kilgore
|
June
1897
|
Ladonia,
Fannin Co.
|
|
Jameison, along
with ...Umphries.
|
Murder
|
Mr Davis
|
10 January 1854 |
Kentucky- Town |
discharged
|
Jarman
Silas -aka Eugene Hines
|
Robbery with a
deadly weapon
|
Mrs. R A
Hassenpflug
|
October
1928
|
Gainesville
|
Execution;
Electric Chair
|
| Johnson Alf
(Ed) |
Murder
|
Killed Sheriff
Sam Ball
|
January 1880 |
Sherman |
Alf Johnson was
killed by Sam Ball at the same time he
shot Sam Ball
|
Johnson Ves
|
Murder
|
Killed his uncle
-Joseph Akridge
|
August
1886
|
Graybill
|
was freed
|
| Joiner
Bert |
Murder
|
Mrs Wheelers, was
Mrs Bobby Weir
|
3 September 1907 |
Ardmore, Oklahoma |
|
Jones
George
|
Murder
|
J W Massey
|
15 Jun 1926
|
Denison
|
|
Jones
Jeff
|
Arson
|
Rioting, arson
|
May 1931
|
Sherman
|
Leader of the
Riot in 1930
|
Jones
Samuel M
|
Murder
|
Eddie Jones;
his divorced wife
|
16 August 1912 |
Sherman |
Hanged
|
Jones
William Morris
|
Murder
|
H L McLean
|
March
1950
|
Denison
|
Life
|
Jones
Will
|
Murder
|
Ben Smith
|
1822
|
Whitewright
|
5 years
|
| Jordan
Miles |
Burglary
|
|
1885 |
Grayson Co.
|
24 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Key Louis
|
|
|
|
|
10 years
|
| Keyes Harry |
Murder, 2nd
degree
|
Henry
Tully
|
January 1897 |
Denison |
25 Years ,
pardoned 15 years later.
|
Kilgore Thomas E
"Ed"
|
Manslaughter
|
...Sanders
|
July
1888
|
Ladonia,
Fannin Co.
|
2 years, pardoned
after 6 mos
|
Kinman E F
|
Incest & Rape
|
His
step-daughter, Ella Pickle
|
1897
|
Sherman
|
5 & 10 Years,
was released 1908
|
Kirk
Oscar-Deputy Sheriff
|
Murder
|
John Stevenson-M
R White
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
Failed to find
indictment
|
Koch Charles
|
Murder |
James Gaines
|
1893
|
Denison
|
Not guilty
|
Koll
Louis S
|
Murder |
Miss Dedra
Geraldine Graham |
December
1940
|
Denison
|
Louis H.
Koll was sentenced to die in the
electric chair-99
years |
Krebs
Benjamin
Also see this page;
Krebs
& Preson
|
Murder, 1st
degree
|
William England,
Celina Taylor England, Isaiah Taylor,
Joseph Taylor, Isaac M Taylor, Birch
Taylor, Susannah Taylor
|
26 August 1876 |
Montague Co. |
Life he was too
young to execute. Gov Hogg pardoned and
freed him in 1894
|
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Laughlin
Albert
|
Murder |
J A Bruhn
|
25
October 1918
|
Denison
|
Aquitted
|
Lee Jim
& Pink Lee
See also this page.
|
Murder |
U S Marshal
Guy, Andy & Jim Roff, Will
Kirland
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
Law killed them
in a gunfight , Bodies on display
in Gainesville.
|
Lee
Thomas
|
Murder |
US Marshal Guy
|
|
|
Acquitted
|
| Lewie
George Sidney |
Murder |
Ben Livingston
|
August 1898 |
Denison |
|
| Lewis Harry |
Attempted Murder
|
|
27 January 1901 |
Tishomingo, I.T. |
|
Linxwiler
Charles E (Liniwiler in some
newspapers)
|
Murder
|
His wife;Pauline
Linxwiler
|
15 February 1925 |
Sherman |
He then shot and
blinded himself. 5 to 9yr sentence.
Pardoned in 1926
|
| Locke
Harold(Tommy) |
Murder
|
Whitesboro City
Marshal Ches Estes
|
Feb 1935
|
Whitesboro
|
Death Penalty.
Then to 99 yrs. He committed Suicide in
1950 in jail.
|
Lowe Tom
|
Bigamy
|
16 Wives/19
children
|
1897
|
Grayson
Co.
|
|
Luttrell
Charles
|
Murder
|
W T Sharman
|
April
1892
|
Denison
|
Hung Sherman Jail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mallory
Lawson
|
Assault to murder
|
Mary Mallory- his
wife
|
March
1906
|
Sherman
|
Acquitted
|
| Mancilla
Jessie Eugene |
Possession of
Controlled Substance
|
|
November 2011 |
Sherman |
Multiple charges
see his page.
|
Mason
Robert, &
Jimmie Dixon, Clifford Harris.
|
2 Charges of
Murder
|
Elgie Leslie in
Coleman County & Marshal W L Echols
of Van Alstyne
|
23 Mar 1929
|
Van Alstyne
|
2 Life terms
-killed while escaping Jail
|
| Massey J W |
Murder
|
George Jones
|
15 June 1926 |
Denison |
|
| Massey Jim |
Murder
|
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
|
Massey Sam
|
Rape & Murder
|
Mrs Mattie Smith
|
1892
|
Sherman
|
Hung in Bonham
|
Massingale, son
of George
|
Murder By
... Massingale age 14 |
Thomas Colbert
|
1886
|
Pottsboro
|
|
Maxey Wood
|
Murder
|
Ernest Johnson
|
October
1910
|
Sherman
|
Hung in Aug 1912 |
| McClure
Burt |
Selling
Intoxicating Liquor
|
|
February 1925 |
Preston |
|
| McComb Joe |
Murder |
Ben McComb his
Twin brother
|
December 1899 |
Van Alstyne |
Given
manslaughter, and 2 years he was
pardoned in 1900. He shot himself in
1904
|
| McCoy John |
Murder |
Miss Antonia
Bachman
|
November 1933 |
Near Pottsboro
|
99 years
|
McCoy
G H
|
Murder with
Malice
|
L D Hardee
|
13 Sep 1933
|
Howe
|
|
| McDowell W
P |
False Swearing
|
|
December 22, 1885 |
McKinney, Sherman |
2 Years-pardoned
1886
|
| McFaull
John |
Assault to commit
Murder
|
|
July 1887 |
Whitewright |
2 Years, but let
out in 1889?
|
McKinney
James H
|
Assault to commit
Murder
|
His wife;
first name not stated, (nee) Doss
McKinney
|
19
November 1878
|
Denison
|
Captured in Mo.
he was not charged. He went back to Mo
and was shot and killed for another
fight.
|
| McSwain
Charles |
Murder
|
Holmes McLish.
|
27 February 1894 |
Tishomingo, I.T. |
Charles was shot
by a a man , Harry Lewis.
|
Miller F
Lee
|
Murder
|
Bell Ford "Jim"
Crabtree
|
July
1919
|
Pottsboro
|
|
| Mingo Allie |
Murder
|
Wesley Higdon
|
8 March 1910 |
Denison |
20 years
|
| Morris Tennie |
Murder
|
Killed Mrs Leater
"Lela" Farrar
|
14 July 1920 |
Denison |
Acquittal
|
| Moss Virgil |
Murder
|
Harve Adams
|
July 1923 |
White Rock |
Not guilty
|
Murphy Ben
|
Bigamy
|
|
April
1890
|
Denison
|
2 and a half
years
|
Murphy
Homer
|
Murder
|
B C "Dude" Stone
|
April
1919
|
Sherman
|
Not guilty
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nettle
Byron
|
Murder
|
unknown railroad
worker
|
Feb 1898
|
On the Red River
Bridge
|
Body found and
identified.
|
|
|
|
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|
|
O'Brien, Tom
|
Burglary
|
|
December 1895
|
Sherman
|
Penitentiary; 5
yrs.
|
O'Neal Bill
|
Incest
|
Lena O'Neal,
daughter
|
1916
|
Sherman
|
10 years
|
| O'Neal
Ollie |
Murder
|
Sam Taylor Atkins
|
1927 |
Howe |
|
Odom
Jess "Red"
|
Burglary-Aggravated
Assault
|
He also beat;
Clayton Holland
|
1917 |
Sherman |
3 Years,
discharged May 1921
|
| Oliver Carl |
Murder
|
Robert D Stanley
, member of the posse.
|
18 June 1910 |
Mt. Vernon |
Hung at Grayson
Co Jail Apr 1916
|
| Overley
Nellie |
Manufacturing
intoxicating Liquor
|
|
11 April 1925 |
Sherman |
1 year
|
| Overton
Milton |
Murder
|
|
December 1888 |
Chickasaw Nation,
I.T. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painter Dan
|
Murder |
Ira John of
Denison
|
January
1908
|
Ardmore
|
He was imprisoned
for manslaughter
|
(Parker
Charles- his alias) John Conner
|
Murder |
Conductor, John W
Brown |
18 October 1889 |
Sherman |
Proves an
Alibi |
| Parsons
Bob-Policeman |
Murder |
John Stevenson-M
R White
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
failed to find
indictments
|
| Penn
William Perry |
Murder |
John Coward
|
27 February 1869 |
Kentuckytown &
Pilot Grove |
Died in 1869
ambush
|
Perkins
Charlie
|
Murder
|
Janie Jones
|
1921
|
Denison
|
99 years but he
was paroled in Apr 1936
|
Petty Dave
|
Murder |
Killed Justice of
the Peace D M Harris
|
24
October 1898
|
Pottsboro
|
See
D M Harris Page
|
Poe John
|
Murder |
W T Sharman
|
April
1892
|
Denison
|
Not proven guilty
|
Porter
Creed
|
Murder |
J H Cummins
|
July
1890
|
Pottsboro
|
|
Porter Ella
|
Murder |
Zac Moseley(her
uncle)
|
September
1901
|
Denison
|
|
| Porter
Frank |
Murder |
Policeman Joseph
E Johnson
|
30 October 1879 |
Denison |
75 Years
|
Posey John
|
Assault
|
Joe McKinney
|
December
1894
|
Van
Alstyne
|
|
Post A
H
|
Murder |
W E Powell
|
April
1888
|
Denison
|
|
Preston James
Also see this page
Krebs
& Preston
|
Murder, 1st
degree
|
William England,
Celina Taylor England, Isaiah Taylor,
Joseph Taylor, Isaac M Taylor, Birch
Taylor, Susannah Taylor |
26 Aptil 1876 |
Montague Co. |
Life, Gov Hogg
gave him a pardon and freedom 1894.
|
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|
| Ragsdale A
E |
Embezzlement
|
|
December 1921 |
Collinsville |
1st guilty
4th not guilty 6 yrs
|
Reed, Sheriff
James
|
Murder |
|
1863
|
Tyler
|
|
Regnier, Albert
|
Murder |
His
Granddaughter, Josephine Gremeau
|
July
1892
|
Denison
|
|
Reynolds J
Robert aka Rily Reynolds
|
Bigamy
|
|
December 1887 |
Sherman |
1 month
|
Robertson
Clyde
|
Bigamy
|
He married Marie
Mayes in Grayson Co and he already has a
wife (Anna Mayfield Robinson) &
children in Summerville Co TX
|
27
July 1916
|
Sherman
|
2 years
|
| Robinson
Mack |
Murder |
Sam Williams
|
8 April 1884 |
Denison |
Not Guilty
|
| Russell
Charley |
Murder |
Constable Nelms
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
Killed while
being arrested.
|
Russell
James
|
Murder or
manslaughter
|
Pinckney Russell,
his brother
|
6 May 1906
|
Denison
|
shot
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sartin Tom
|
Manslaughter
|
Henry Mauldin
|
1906
|
Whitemound
|
4 years, pardoned
in 1909
|
| Scott Jim |
Manslaughter
|
Dr W C Gould
|
6 January 1925 |
Bells |
2 years
|
Searles
J
|
Murder
|
|
|
Dec 1902
|
|
| Seitz L
Garland |
Murder
|
C G
Cheatham
|
19 Dec 1924 |
Tioga |
Self Defense lead
to an Acquittal
|
Sharpe, James
|
Murder
|
Tom Wood
|
25
July 1896
|
Sherman
|
Acquitted
|
Sherill, J T
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
| Shumate W H |
Murder
|
J L Bryson
|
3 April 1900 |
Tioga |
Self Defense,
released
|
| Simmons W
Frank |
Murder 2nd degree
|
Sam T Waltham
|
March 1886 |
Whitewright |
7 1/2 years,
pardoned 17 Aug 1890
|
| Smart Joe |
Murder
|
|
4 July 1882,
Dec 1883 |
Deleware Bend,
Gordonville |
|
Smith Billy
Bob
|
Murder with
malice
|
|
5
March 1962
|
Denison
|
|
Smith
Miles, Dick Smith
|
Burglary
|
|
1885 |
Grayson Co. |
20 years
|
Smith
George
|
Murder
|
Bells Sheriff Jim
Isbell
|
January
1891
|
Bells
|
8 Jul 1892 Hung
in Sherman.
|
Smith
Lonnie. age 9
|
Murder
|
Killed his 3 yr
old sister.
|
6
July 1920
|
Whitewright
|
Was sent to the
State Training School for Boys
|
Smith Rob
|
Murder
|
Arria Taylor
|
January
1899
|
Sherman
|
Charged with
murder
|
Smith
Veatrice "Duke"
|
Assault to Murder
|
Clint Woodson (he
lost an arm because of this)
|
20
October 1937
|
Denison
|
2 years
|
Snapp
Hamp
|
Murdered
|
He was murdered
by several boys. Willie Byars, John
Ruddell, Hawk Jones
|
1 Aug 1909
|
Above Denison at
a ferry.
|
|
| Spears
Sidney |
Murder |
Killed his wife
with a razor, Emma Spears
|
6 July 1899 |
Sherman |
Hanged at Sherman
Jail
|
| Speed A
M |
Murder |
His
brother:Charlton Speed
|
31 October 1937 |
South Gale |
|
| Spencer
Thomas |
Murder with
Malice
|
Willis Vincent
|
28 July 1951 |
Denison |
5 years, he died
in 1953 in jail
|
| Stacy Harry |
Theft over value
of $20
|
|
27 August 1889 |
Denison |
|
| Stein Ed |
Murder |
Sergeant Guy
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
acquitted
|
| Stephens
Tom |
Murder |
Charlie Hodges
|
5 May 1881 |
Gordonville |
|
Stephenson
Frank
|
Murder |
Sebe Davis &
Joe Prigmore
|
1893
|
Pilot
Grove
|
|
Stewart
Wiley,
Henry Stewart, & Texas Dick
|
Murder |
Dr J B Jones of
Whitewright
|
9 August 1878 |
Caddo, I.T. |
|
| Stone W E |
Murder |
Ben Thompson
|
8 April 1903 |
Sherman |
Not guilty
|
| Sturdy |
Murder |
|
1869 |
Pilot Grove |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tait
Charles
|
Murder |
His half-sister,
Pearl Rudasill
|
May
1922
|
Sherman
|
5 Years
|
Timms
Will
|
Murder Suicide
|
Arthur Cardwell
|
30 Mar 1909
|
Sherman
|
|
| Taylor Tom |
Manufacture of
intoxicating liquor
|
|
7 April 1925 |
|
2 years
|
Thomas Ben
|
Murder 1st degree
|
M P Crane
|
September
1910
|
Sherman
|
Death penalty,
commuted to life. Died in Sep 1916
|
Thompson
Cecil
|
Murder
|
Morris Harris
|
February
1926
|
Tioga
|
Cleared with
alibi
|
| Thompson
John |
Murder
|
Wilson from
Missouri
|
22 January 1869 |
Mantua |
hanged in Sherman
|
Thompson
Michael
|
Murder with
Malice
|
Mrs Blanche
Thompson
|
5
March 1962
|
Denison
|
|
Toettel
Julius-Tuttle
|
Murder 1st degree
|
Joseph Brenner
|
15
January 1879
|
Denison
|
Hung Sherman Jail
|
Trammel
Frank
|
Horse Thief
|
|
1908-1909
|
Sherman
|
|
| Trice Zach
T |
Murder
|
Marshall James
Brooks
|
July 1905 |
Collinsville |
|
| Turner
Claude |
Rape
|
Lena Goldman
|
20 July 1895 |
Denison |
|
Turner Brothers
Manuel & Vee
|
Robbery with
Firearms. One was formerly convicted to
Assault to murder in GC.
|
|
|
Haslet Bank
Robbery
|
Vee Turner 10
years
and Manuel 5 years
|
| Turner W C |
Murder
|
W L White
|
July 1916 |
Denison |
not guilty
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unidentified
|
Murder
|
|
1 March 1879
|
Denison
|
|
| Unidentified |
Murder
|
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
|
Unidentified
|
Murder
|
|
11
October 1932
|
Sherman
|
|
| Unidentified
Chickasaw Indian |
Murder
|
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
|
| Unidentified
German |
Burglary |
|
4 June 1874 |
Red River City |
|
Unidentified
Mexican
|
Murder |
Rev Tom Powers
|
May
1903
|
Burns
City
|
|
| Unidentified
Negro |
Murder |
|
August 1911 |
Durant, Oklahoma |
|
| Unidentified
Negro baby |
|
|
March 1937 |
Denison |
|
Unidentified
Railroad Worker
|
Murder |
|
Feburary
1898
|
Indian
Territory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Van Waggoner
S F |
Murder 2nd degree
|
Barney Way
|
October 1892 |
Sherman |
5 Years
|
Vaughan
John aka John Wilson, aka Henry
Parson
|
Theft of Horse
& Mules
|
|
1887 |
Sherman |
10 Years
|
Vick
Alice
|
Murder
|
Of her grandchild
|
1899
|
Grayson
County
|
5 years
|
Vines
Sellars
|
Murder
|
Fred Mounger
|
October
1911
|
Sherman
|
Death Penalty
|
Vivion, N C
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Waggoner C
M |
Murder |
W W Webb
|
11 August 1921 |
Wichita Falls |
5 years
|
| Wagner
Houston |
Murder |
Miss Zaola Cramer
|
26 March 1916 |
Oak Cliff |
He tried to
escape the jail and was shot
|
Waldrop
Henry T
|
Triple Murder
|
L W Sharp, Walter
Sharp, Miss Georgia Sharp
|
1 Jul 1912
|
Sherman
|
Acquitted
|
| Walker Dan |
Murder |
His wife; Alice
Golden Walker
|
30 July 1896 |
Fannin County |
Hung
|
Walker, Francis
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
Walker, Jacob
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
Walker, Dr. John
W
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
Walker, Thomas
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
Steve Stephenson
|
April
1864
|
Kentucky
Town
|
7 robbers were
hung near Kentuckytown |
| Waters
Bennie |
Murder
|
Garrett Waters,
her husband
|
14 June 1916 |
Denison |
|
Weeks
Furnan
|
Murder
|
Wilkes Pierce
|
1878
|
Gordonville
|
arrested 23 yrs
later....
|
Weir
Brothers (Pat Weir, ..)
|
Murder
|
Marshall R
C Ayers
|
2 Mar 1879
|
Whitesboro
|
|
Hix
Vestal
|
Murder
|
John Welch
|
27 Apr 1930
|
Sherman
|
|
| West Calvin |
Manslaughter |
Malinda West
|
January 1896 |
Denison |
3 years, he died
in prison in 1897 pneumonia
|
| Wheat Si |
Murder
|
His brother in
law, Tom Murphy
|
25 March 1917 |
Howe |
Acquitted
|
Whitney J D
|
Intent to kill
|
|
April
1871
|
Denison
|
|
| Wilbur Ed |
Murder
|
Lula Louise
Wilber
|
10 May 1918 |
Denison |
5 Years, Pardoned
in 1920
|
Wildner Ab
|
Rape & Murder
|
Mrs Bessie Bullard
Caldwell
|
1901
|
Southmayd
|
Killed by mob
|
Williams
Butler
|
Murder
|
Jim Hampton
|
July
1891
|
Sherman
|
Released
|
Williams
Joe
|
Murder |
Wm Gaither
|
May 1884
|
Denison
|
Imprisonment for
life
|
| Wilson John |
Murder
|
James Sacra
|
December 1888 |
Chickasaw Nation,
I.T. |
|
| Wilson
Lewis |
Rape
|
Mrs Catherine
Dubbs
|
October 1884 |
Denison |
Died in Jail
|
| Witt Dow |
Murder
|
John Coward
|
27 February 1869 |
Kentuckytown &
Pilot Grove |
|
| Woods Will |
Rape
|
Maggie Miles
|
1888 |
Sherman |
|
| Woolsey
John L |
Murder
|
|
1893 |
Denison |
|
| Wyatt
Sammie |
Murder |
George Andrews
|
14 Sep 1928 |
Whitewright |
15 years, he was
released in 1934 |
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