4 Nov 1887
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Saturday, November 5, 1887
pg. 5
AN OFFICER KILLED
Deputy United States Marshal
Jack Carlton Shot to Death by
a Negro Desperado He Attempted
to Arrest
Denison, Texas, November 4
- Today at 4 o'clock
p.m. Deputy United States
Marshal Jack Carlton,
accompanied by R. F. Lawrence,
went to the house of Riney
Carter, a negro woman on
Walker street, after a negro
desperado named John Hogan.
Carlton entered the house when
Hogan began firing through a
middle door. Several shots
were exchanged, and officer
Carlton was found lying on the
floor shot through the right
side, while Hogan, the
desperado, escaped unhurt. The
wounded man was taken to the
home of A.B. Bates, where he
died in three hours afterward.
He knew that he was going to
die, and asked that a dispatch
be sent to his wife in Searcy,
Arkansas, where she is
visiting and his body sent to
his home in Sacket, Arkansas.
He has a wife and two boys. He
was 48 years old. The negro
escaped to the Indian
Territory. The verdict
rendered was that Jack Carlton
came to his death by the hands
of John Hogan.
The
Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, November 6,
1887
pg. 1
FATAL SHOOTING
Deputy U.S. Marshal Carlton
Killed While in the Discharge
of His Duty
About 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon an attempt was made
in this city, by Deputy U.S.
Marshall Carlton, of Sebastian
county, Arkansas, to arrest
Hogan the notorious Negro
whiskey peddler, which
resulted in the killing of the
deputy marshal and the escape
of the criminal. The
facts relative to the killing
are as follows:
Deputy U.S. Marshal Carlton of
Hackett City, Arkansas, and
posse consisting of deputies
George Holmes of Salem,
Arkansas, and O. Goben of
Lehigh, I.T., arrived in the
city Friday with nine
prisoners and several horses
captured in the Territory, and
having a warrant for the
arrest of Hogan, the Negro
whiskey peddler, the charge
against him being that of
introducing and selling
whiskey in the Indian
Territory. (Hogan will
be remembered as the Negro who
made himself so conspicuous
with a Winchester at the
"Kennedy" foot racein this
city some time since, and who
had to skip th town to get
awayfrom the officers at that
time.) The officers
thought they had Hogan run to
earth in the Parnell saloon
and Holmes and Goben were
placed to watch the doors of
the saloon with orders to
arrest him if he came out,
while Carlton, learning that
he had been stopping at the
house of Aunt R-ney Carter,
corner of Walker street and
Rusk avenue, started up there
with Mr. H.F. Lawrence to
locate him. Carlton
approached the house and
motioning Lawrence to the
front door, which was closed,
walked around to the side
entrance and commenced talking
about washing to one of the
colored women, keeping his
eyes open for a sight of his
man. At length he
caught sight of him through an
inner door which was partially
open, and drawing his pistol
he sprang into the outer room
calling to the Negro to
surrender. In reply the
door was closed and the next
moment a pistol shot came
through the door followed by
another which entered the body
of the Marshal on the right
side an inch below the nipple,
and passing entirely through
the body emerged under the
left shoulder blade. The
Marshal fell, but supporting
himself upon one arm fired
four shots through the door,
none of which seem to have
taken effect. After
firing the fatal shot Hogan
fired three more, all of which
were aimed too high to be
effective.
Regarding the conduct of Hogan
after the shooting reports are
contradictory. Mr.
Lawrence states that the Negro
remained in the house and
thinking the Marshal killed,
and not wishing to share his
fate, he (Lawrence) came off
up town as fast as he could to
call assistance. A man
who lives nearby and who
states he saw it all, says
that immediately the last shot
was fired Hogan came out of
the house and seeing Lawrence
in full flight up the street
he pursued him about fifty
yards, firing three shots at
him, after which he turned
around and with a laugh and
started off on a run in the
opposite direction, two
revolvers hanging in his belt
and one shining in each hand.
The Marhsal's posse were
notified of the manner in
which the attempted arrest had
terminated and a party
repaired to the house to bring
the unfortunate officer up
town. He was found alive
and conscious and to Mayor
Hanna he stated the nature of
the mission that had caused
the bloody affray, said he was
from Hackett City, Arkansas,
and asked him to tell his wife
that he died happy. He
was conveyed on a stretcher to
the residence of Mr. A.B.
Bales on Burnett avenue, where
Drs. Wilkins and White were
soon in attendance, but
without avail. The shot
had too effectually done its
work and he died at 6:30 p.m.
without having murmured a
complaint.
Immediately upon the news of
the shooting reaching the city
a posse of fifteen people
under Deputy U.S. Marshal
Hackney started in pursuit of
the Negro, led on the trail by
City Marshal Cutler's two
blood hounds. The hounds
did not take the scent very
well and after scouring the
woods between here and the
river til dark, without seeing
anything of their prey, the
most of the party returned
home leaving Marshal Hackney
and a few others still in the
woods on foot. It is not
likely that the desperado will
be captured just now. He
got a full hour the start of
the officers and as he runs
like a race horse he was
probably at the river before
they started, and is probably
now hiding in the Territory.
A man who arrived in the
city about 5:30 p.m., with a
load of cotton, stated that he
saw a yellow Negro bareheaded
and carrying a pistol in each
hand, running up the branch
beyond the Catholic cemetery,
and undoubtedly this man was
Hogan.
The report of the attempted
arrest and shooting, as given
above, is the story as related
by Holmes and Goben, Carlton's
deputies. It is stated
by a member of the city police
force that Carlton was fully
aware that Hogan was at the
Carter house when he went
there, and that he was warned
by Marshal Cutler not to
attempt to make the arrest
light handed as this man was a
tough one and would be sure to
escape. To this he is
said to have replied that he
had a warrante for his arrest
dead or alive and that if he
couldn't take him alive, he
could dead.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Hackney
and Officer Sims, who were
left in the woods by the
balance of the posse sent out
to capture the desperado
Hogan, returned to the city
about 8:30 o'clock Friday
evening, having failed to get
a sight of the fugitive.
The tracks of the Negro
were found in several places
and the hounds caught on
several times and followed the
trail pretty well, but they
were spasmodic and uncertain,
and progress was slow.
Hogan is undoubtedly in
the Territory by this time and
will probably have more blood
on his hands before he is
captured.
The remains of the unfortunate
officer, Carlton, were shipped
to-day (Saturday) to Hackett
City, Ark., Mr. O. Goben of
Lehigh, I.T., accompanying
them. Mr. Carlton was
about 40 years of age, tall,
dark complected, with dark
hair and dark chin whiskers.
During the war he was a
member of the First Texas
infantry and was attached to
Hood's Brigade in the Army of
Virginia. He was for a
number of years connected with
the Civil Service and was
present at the killing of Sam
Bass, the notorious Texas
train robber, at Round Rock.
By the election of
Deputy U.S. Marshal S.F.
Lawrence to the office of
Sheriff of Sebastian county,
Ark. about a year ago, a
vacancy was made which was
filled by the appointment of
Mr. Carlton to the office
which he held at the time of
his death. He was a man
generous to his friends, just
to his enemies and fearless to
the point of foolhardiness.
By his death a wife and
two sons lose an affectionate
husband and father and the
state a valuable and efficient
officer.
Fort
Worth Daily Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Tuesday,
November 8, 1887
pg.
8
A MULATTO MURDERER
The Slayer of United States
Marshal Carlton Arrested
Yesterday morning Special
Officers John Fulford and Jeff
Riggies made an important
capture in the person of
John Hogan, the colored
desperado, who shot and killed
Deputy United States Marshal
Jack Carlton at Denison on the
3rd of this month. Carlton,
with another officer, was in
the act of arresting Hogan in
a negro hut in the outskirts
of town, when Hogan opened up
fire on them, one shot
entering the deputy's right
side with fatal effect, the
officer surviving but a few
hours. Hogan fled, and it was
believed that he had made for
the Indian Territory.
Authorities all over the state
were notified, and Sunday
night a message was received
at the Union depot to look out
for Hogan, that he was on a
south bound freight train
going toward Fort Worth. When
the train got in yesterday
morning Fulford and Riggies
proceeded to search it, and in
a little while discovered
their man in a coal car.
Throwing down their pistols
upon him, they demanded him to
surrender with which request
he at once complied. He
admitted that his name was
Hogan and that he killed
Marshal Carlton. Two pistols
were taken from the villain
and he was put in the county
jail.
The Austin Weekly
Statesman
Austin, Texas
Thursday, November 10, 1887
pg. 4
ATTEMPTED LYNCHING
A Negro Murderer Brought to
Bay at Denison
Special Telegram to the Statesman
Denison, November 8 - Officers
brought in John Hogan, the
negro who murdered Deputy
United States Marshal John
Carlton, of Sacket, Ark., in
this city on last Friday
afternoon. They captured him
in Fort Worth and brought him
to this city. At Whitesboro
the United States Marshal
tried to hurt Hogan, but was
prevented by the officers
having him in charge. He was
taken to the Colonnade Hotel,
where a large crowd surrounded
him, and the excitement ran
high, and railroad man by the
name of J. K. Murphy, tried to
pull him out of the buggy, and
it looked for awhile as though
the mob would lynch him, but
so many special police guarded
him. The effort failed, and
Hogan was taken to the Sherman
jail. All the time Hogan was
laughing and speaking with
those he knew, and was not
frightened in the least. He
remarked, "If they would give
me a chance I would kill
several more."
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Thursday, November 10, 1887
pg. 2
The negro Hogan was
interviewed at Jones street
jail this afternoon by a News
reporter, and says he was shot
at twice by Officer Carlton
before he fired the fatal
shot.
Fort Worth Daily
Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Sunday,
November 13, 1887
pg.
2
SHERMAN
Hogan Held to Await the Action
of the Grand Jury
Special to the Gazette
Sherman, Tex., Nov. 12 -
John Hogan, the mulatto who
murdered Deputy United States
Marshal Carlton of Arkansas
while resisting arrest at
Denison a few days ago, had a
preliminary hearing before
Justice Hinkle this afternoon,
and was remanded to jail
without bail to await the
action of the grand jury.
Several witnesses were
examined, among them H. T.
Lawrence, who testified in
substance that he went with
Marshal Carlton at his request
to show him the house where
Hogan was found; that on
reaching the house he stood at
one door while the Deputy
Marshal went to the other and
entered. He heard him order
Hogan to surrender in the name
of the United States when he
heard two pistol shots and the
Deputy Marshal cried out: "He
has got me," and then fell
mortally wounded when Hogan
ran out and made his escape.
Fort Worth Daily
Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Tuesday,
December 20, 1887
pg.
5
SHERMAN
A Murder Case Called
Special to the
Gazette
Sherman, Tex., Dec. 19 - The
case of the state vs. John
Hogan, the mulatto charged
with the murder of a deputy
United States marshal at
Denison a few weeks ago, was
called in the District court
evening, and the prisoner was
brought out of jail under a
strong guard. The District
courtroom was crowded with
visitors who were anxious to
get a glimpse of the
desperado, and when the
prisoner entered, followed by
the guards, he was manacled
and shackled, which compelled
him to walk very slowly.
Colonel Stillwell Russell
appeared for the defense and
asked the court for a
continuance on the ground that
Rachel McIntyre, an important
witness for the defense, was
sick at her home in Denison
and could not appear in court.
Attorney Randall, for the
state, asked for a recess in
which to controvert the
grounds for a continuance, and
the prisoner returned to jail
and court adjourned till
to-morrow morning at 9
o'clock.
Sherman
Daily Register
Friday, December 30, 1887
pg. 4
FROM A BROTHER
Sheriff May Receives Letters
Asking About Jack Carlton
Sheriff May today received a
letter from Dr. M.C. Carlton,
of Carlton, Texas, asking
about Jack Carlton who was
killed in Denison on November
4, 1887, by the Negro, Hogan,
who is now confined the the
Jones street jail. Dr.
Carlton states that he has
reasons to believe that the
deceased was his brother, and
that he has written several
letters of inquiry to
authorities in Denison, but
has never heard a word.
He was given a full
description of Carlton's
appearance, his place of
residence, and the manner in
which he met his death.
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Thursday, April 19, 1888
pg. 1
SHERMAN
The Case of Hogan Creating
Much Comment - Hackney
Testifies
Sherman, Tex. April 18, - The
motion for a continuance in
the Hogan case being
overruled, the state announced
ready for trial and the
special venire called. The
work of impaneling of a jury
was not completed until 3:30
this afternoon. Policeman
Hackney had been on the stand
ever since the state began to
introduce testimony. His
evidence is to the effect that
Carlton, the man killed, was
with his posse in the pursuit
of Hogan, who was needed on
the charge of violating the
intercourse law. He was not
with Carlton at the time of
the killing, but arrived
shortly afterward and saw
Carlton, who was not yet dead,
and says Carlton told him that
the first shot was fired by
the negro did the work.
He also testified that one of
the shots from the darkened
room, in which Hogan is
supposed
to have been, was fired
through a crack in the door.
He denied that he ever gave
the negro Hogan a right to
carry
a pistol, although he had
gotten him to try to capture
another negro wanted for an
offense.
Carlton was an officer from
the Western district of
Arkansas, and upon this fact
the defense is now basing many
of their interrogations in the
cross-examinations. The case
is creating much comment.
St. Louis
(MO) Dispatch
Sunday,
April 22, 1888
pg.
5
FOR
LIFE
End
of John Hogan's Trial for
Murder at Sherman - His
Sentence
By
Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch
Sherman,
Texas,
April 21 - The end of the
famous Hogan-Carleton murder
trial, which has occupied
the attention of the
District Court the entire
week, was reached this
morning, when the jury
brought in a verdict finding
Hogan guilty of murder in
the first degree and
assessing his punishment at
confinement in the State
prison for life.
John
Hogan
is the Mullato desperado who
had figured for a long time
as a whiskey peddler and
gambler in the Indian
Territory, dealing with and
selling liquor to the
Indians contrary to the
federal laws. On the
4th day of last November,
Deputy United States Marshal
Carleton of Hackett City,
Arkansas, was in this county
looking for Hogan, and,
hearing that he was
concealed in a house in
Denison, went, accompanied
by a posse, to arrest him.
When the Marshal
opened the door to enter the
house, Hogan fired at him
from the inside, inflicting
wounds from which the Deputy
Marshall died on the same
day.
The
murderer
made his escape to Ft.
Worth, where he was captured
by the officers and brought
back to this city and held
in jail for trial, with the
above results. The
jury withheld the penalty of
death on several points made
slightly in favor of the
prisoner.
The
Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday,
April 22, 1888
pg.
1
HOGAN
SENTENCED
In
the
case of Hogan, the Negro
murderer of Deputy U.S.
Marshal Carlton of Arkansas,
the jury returned a verdict
Saturday morning assessing
his punishment at
imprisonment for life.
The
Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, May 6, 1888
pg.1
The Sherman
Register and Herald
seem to be very much
perturbed over an
advertisement of the Star
Store, (this city) contained
in last week's issue of the
Gazetteer,
wherein the advertisers took
the liberty of recounting
the supposed death of Hogan
the Negro murderer, in order
to lead up in an interesting
manner to what they wished
to say concerning their
house. The Register
lashes itself into an
indignant fury over the
damage done the spotless
reputation of the black
desperado, while the Herald
is piously petulant at the
want of veracity displayed
by the wicked Gazetteer.
So concerned are they
about this matter that it is
evident they don't know
whether to believer the
statements contained in that
advertisement or not, and
for fear that continued
uncertainty might prove
fatal to the editorial (want
of) faculty we will admit
that those statements were
untrue, and that Hogan still
lived.
The
Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, July 22, 1888
Pg. 1
Hogan, the murderer
of Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack
Carlton, in this city, was
removed from the Sherman
jail to the Rusk
Penitentiary last Tuesday,
to enter upon his term of
life imprisonment.
Convict Record,
Texas State Penitentiary
at Rusk, Cherokee County,
Texas
Registered
No.
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3357
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Name
|
John
Hogan
|
Age
|
32
|
Height
|
5' 6"
|
| Weight |
192
|
Complexion
|
Mulatto
|
Eyes
|
Mulatto
|
Hair
|
Mulatto
|
Marks
on Person
|
Scar
right eyebrow
Scar back right shoulder
Scar on forehead
Scar left side
Scar above right ___
Scar ass
Scar upper right hip
Stab scar front upper right
thigh
|
Marital
Relations
|
No
|
Use of
Tobacco
|
Yes
|
Habits
|
Int
|
Education
|
None
|
Occupation
|
Lab
|
Nativity
|
Mo
|
Time of
Conviction
|
June
23. 1888
|
Offense
|
Murder
1st Degree
|
Term of
Imprisonment
|
Life
|
County
|
Grayson
|
Residence
|
Denison
|
Plea
|
not
guilty
|
When
Received
|
July
19, 1888
|
Expiration
of Sentence
|
Death
|
Remarks
|
Pardoned
Jan. 23, 1903
|
The
1900
Census shows him as a
44-year-old Rusk inmate with a
birth year of 1855. In January
of 1903, fourteen-and-a-half
years after he began serving
his life sentence, he was
pardoned at age 46 or 47 by
Governor Joseph Draper Sayers.
Less than two years
after he was pardoned, the Muskogee
Daily Phoenix
reported in December 1904 that
Hogan had been arrested again
for selling liquor. He was
fined $10 and sentenced to two
years in the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta,
Georgia.
Muskogee (OK) Daily Phoenix
Thursday, December 1, 1904
pg. 5
THE IMPORTANT CAPTURE
Prisoner Recognized by Jailer
Lubbes After Seventeen Years
The capture of John Hogan
Tuesday night at Constable
Kimsey, Deputy Adams and Paul
Smith, is considered a very
important one. The
officers spotted a trunk on
the train which looked
somewhat suspicious.
Upon investigation it
was found that the trunk made
numerous trips over the road
and the owner of the trunk was
pointed out to the officers,
whereupon they arrested one
John Hogan. Hogan had a
number of bottles of whiskey
in his pockets and the check
which corresponded with the
one on the trunk. The
trunk contained 104 pint
bottles of intoxicants.
When the prisoner was
taken to jail he was
immediately recognized by
Jailer Gus Lubbes.
According to Mr. Lubbes,
Hogan was convicted of murder
in Texas 17 years ago and
served a 14 year sentence in
the Texas penitentiary.
Eight years after that he was
arrested again for operating a
moonshine still several miles
southwest of Eufala with a man
named Hugh Nall. The following
year, in October 1913, he was
arrested again near Eufala and
charged with selling liquor to
a minor.
The
Muldrow (OK) Press
Friday, December 20,
1912
pg. 5
FIND "MOONSHINE"
STILL
Checotah - John Hogan
and Hugh Nall were taken to
Muskogee to appear before
the federal court on the
charge of operating a
"moonshine" still. The
sheriffs of Pittsburg and
McIntosh counties, working
in concert, located the
plant on the banks of the
Canadian river southeast of
Melette.
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