Criminals
Accused
|
Charge
|
Victim
|
date of offence
|
Location
|
Notes/Outcome
|
Acker
Charles
|
Kidnap-Murder
|
|
11 September 1940
|
Lamar Co., Texas
|
|
| Allen
Minnie Lee |
Murder |
|
17 October 1911 |
Pottsboro |
|
Allen Sam
|
Robbery, Murder
|
|
13 March 1889
|
McAllister, I.T.
|
|
| Allison
John |
Murder |
|
4 July 1882,
Dec 1883 |
Deleware Bend, Gordonville |
|
Andrews
W S
|
Murder
|
|
15 October 1892
|
Denison
|
|
| Arlington
Ruben |
Theft over value of $20 |
|
27 August 1889 |
Denison |
|
| Atkins
G E |
Murder |
|
23 February 1925 |
Farmington |
|
Ayres John
|
Murder 2nd degree
|
|
April 1909
|
Pilot Grove
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bailey
Allen D. |
Murder |
|
12 December 1930 |
Preston Bend |
|
| Ball G D |
Murder |
|
21 November 1926 |
Hagerman |
|
| Ball
Sam |
Murder |
|
January 1880 |
Sherman |
|
| Ballinger
W F |
Forgery |
|
9 April 1925 |
Whitewright |
|
| Barrow
Clyde |
Murder |
|
October 1932 |
Sherman |
|
| Beard
Manley |
Assault to Murder |
|
3 April 1899 |
McKinney |
|
Beck J S
|
Murder
|
|
3 April 1892
|
Dension
|
|
| Bennett
Harper |
Murder |
|
January 1916 |
Pottsboro |
|
Bennett
Pearl
|
Assault to Murder
|
|
6 April 1932
|
|
|
| Bixby
Charley |
Hackney Henry |
|
26 August 1889 |
Denison |
|
| Blackmore
William O |
Murder |
|
22 January 1869 |
Mantua |
|
| Bohannon
Dave |
Murder |
|
1893-1894 |
Denison, Indian Territory |
|
Boland John
|
Attempted Murder
|
|
17 April 1880
|
Denison
|
|
| Boss W
B |
Rape |
|
August 1885 |
Denison |
|
Bounds O
|
Murder
|
|
January 29, 1874
|
Sherman
|
|
| Bourland
William |
Murder |
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
|
Bradley E W
|
Murder
|
|
August 1877
|
Denison
|
|
| Brister
Olga |
Manslaughter |
|
26 May 1994 |
Bells |
|
| Brooks
Lizzie |
Murder |
|
16 January 1911 |
Ft. Worth |
|
Bryant, Monroe
|
Murder
|
|
14 December 1919
|
Whitewright
|
|
| Buchanan
Bill |
Murder |
|
November 1933 |
Denison |
|
| Burris
Dee |
Murder |
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
|
Bussell
Steve
|
Murder
|
|
April 1887
|
Indian Territory
|
|
| Butler
Clifford |
Murder |
|
9 March 1910 |
Denison |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Calhoun
David & James
|
Murder
|
|
1863
|
Millwood, Collin
Co
|
|
| Cannon
Willis |
Murder 2nd Degree |
|
August 1896 |
Sherman |
|
Carlisle
John T
|
Murder
|
|
April 1892
|
Denison
|
|
| Carrington
Sam H |
Murder |
|
July 1900 |
Collinsville |
|
| Chiles Lucy
|
Murder 1st Degree
|
|
March 1876
|
Sherman
|
|
Colton Mat
|
Murder
|
|
1878
|
Gordonville
|
|
| Combs
Simmie |
Manufacture of intoxicating liquor |
|
10 April 1925 |
Denison |
|
Cornish
Herbert
|
Sodomy
|
|
1916
|
Van Alstyne
|
|
Crook
Mack
|
Murder
|
|
16 November 1884
|
Blossom Prairie,
Lamar Co
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dangerfield
Joseph S
|
Assault to Murder
|
|
December 1892
|
Denison
|
|
| Davidson
Joe |
Manufacture of intoxicating liquor |
|
6 April 1925 |
|
|
| Dawson
J A |
Bigamy |
|
May 1917 |
Sherman & Hobart, OK |
|
| Dean
Anver |
Assault to Commit Murder |
|
May 1916 |
Tom Bean |
|
| Dorn S A |
Murder |
|
2 May 1875 |
Denison |
|
Doss William
|
Murder 1st Degree
|
|
March 1876
|
Sherman
|
|
| Driver
Melvin |
Murder |
|
26 June 1941 |
Denison |
|
Duncan
Henry
|
Assault
|
|
December 1885
|
Sherman
|
|
Duzan
Alec
|
Murder
|
|
April 1887
|
Indian Territory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Easley
Charles Dennis
|
Abduction &
Murder
|
|
1969 & 1970
|
Sherman, Denison
|
|
Easter Bud
|
Murder
|
|
1 September 1873
|
Indian Territory
|
|
| Edwards
Dick |
Murder |
|
1892 |
Denison |
|
| Evans
J H |
Assault to Murder |
|
15 November 1885 |
Denison |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Faust
Annie
|
Murder
|
|
February 1916
|
Sherman
|
|
| Fields
John W |
Incest |
|
October 1887 |
Sherman |
|
Fogg
Frank
|
Murder
|
|
April 1892
|
Denison
|
|
Forrester
Pearl
|
Assault to
Murder; Theft
|
|
November 1912
|
Sherman
|
|
| Forreston
George A |
Forgery |
|
8 April 1925 |
Denison |
|
| Foster
James H |
Murder 2nd Degree |
|
6 February 1906 |
Denison |
|
| Fowler
John H |
Murder & Suicide |
|
9 March 1915 |
Sadler |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gaines
WIlliam R |
Murder 1st Degree |
|
8 July 1895 |
Sherman |
|
Galloway Charles
A
|
Murder
|
|
October 1846
|
Preston Bend
|
|
| Garcia
Ruben |
Voluntary Manslaughter |
|
December 1963 |
Portales, New Mexico |
|
| Garnett
Tobe |
Murder 1st Degree |
|
7 August 1890 |
Denison |
|
| Gathright
Minnie |
Murder |
|
June 1916 |
Sherman |
|
Godwin Jack
|
Assault to Kill
|
|
|
|
|
Grayson
Mitchell
|
Robbery, Murder
|
|
13 March 1889 |
McAllister, I.T.
|
|
Green Bill
|
Robbery, Murder
|
|
13 March 1889 |
McAllister, I.T.
|
|
| Green
J B |
Murder |
|
25 November 1915 |
Sadler |
|
Gunter Jot
|
Murder
|
|
September 1884
|
Sherman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hackney
Henry |
Murder |
|
26 August 1889 |
Denison |
|
Hall, Joe
|
Murder, Robbery
|
|
4 August 1921
|
Fannin Co
|
|
| Hanson
Arthur |
Murder |
|
30 January 1926 |
Sherman |
|
| Harris
E W |
Murder |
|
June 1892 |
Denison |
|
Harris
Newt
|
Murder
|
|
16 November 1884
|
Blossom Prairie,
Lamar Co
|
|
Harrison
Rev. Garrison
|
Murder
|
|
31 July 1888
|
Cannon
|
|
| Harrison
John H |
Manslaughter |
|
27 August 1885 |
Sherman |
|
| Hearod
Miles H |
Murder |
|
April 1922 |
Denison |
|
| Henderson
Buck |
Rape |
|
August 1889 |
Denison |
|
Herndon
Craig
|
Murder
|
|
June 1894
|
Collinsville
|
|
| Herriage
Cliff |
Homicide |
|
23 February 1951 |
Denison |
|
Hester, Wm
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
|
April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
|
Hewitt, Roy
|
Murder, Robbery
|
|
4 August 1921
|
Fannin Co
|
|
| Hicks
W H |
Murder |
|
6 December 1940 |
Locust |
|
| Hightower
Ed |
Murder |
|
20 November 1916 |
Denison |
|
| Hill R P |
Kidnapping |
|
May 1-2, 1889 |
Sherman |
|
| Hogan
John |
Murder 1st Degree |
|
November 1887 |
Denison |
|
Holden R B
|
Rape
|
|
1919
|
Tioga
|
|
Hood Carl
|
Burglary with
firearm
|
|
1932
|
Tom Bean
|
|
Hood D M
|
Burglary with
firearm
|
|
1932
|
Tom Bean
|
|
Houston Frank
|
Murder
|
|
1891
|
Denison
|
|
Hughes J W M
|
Conspiracy
|
|
May 1904
|
Whitesboro
|
|
Humes Wash
|
Murder 2nd Degree
|
|
August 1885
|
Sherman
|
|
| Hunt W
E |
Murder 1st Degree |
|
Decemer 1892 |
Denison |
|
| Hurst
John |
Burglary |
|
December 1885 |
Van Alstyne |
|
Hutchcraft
Frost
|
Assault to Murder
|
|
July 1891
|
Sherman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ingram
Helen |
Burglary |
|
August 1951 |
Denison, New Orleans |
|
| Ingram
Simon |
Rape |
|
April 1890 |
Denison |
|
Isom Ben
|
Murder
|
|
May 1889
|
Howe
|
|
| Isom
Laura |
Manslaughter |
|
19919 |
Bells |
|
Isom
Mandrew
|
Murder
|
|
May 1889
|
Howe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jackson,
Fannie
|
1st Degree Murger
|
|
June 1897
|
Ladonia, Fannin
Co.
|
|
| Jameison |
Murder |
|
10 January 1854 |
Kentucky Town |
|
Jarman
Silas
|
Robbery with
deadly weapon
|
|
October 1928
|
Gainesville
|
|
| Jobe
Guard |
Murder |
|
November 1899 |
Denison |
|
| Johnson
Alf |
Murder |
|
January 1880 |
Sherman |
|
Johnson Ves
|
Murder
|
|
August 1886
|
Graybill
|
|
| Joiner
Bert |
Murder |
|
3 September 1907 |
Ardmore, Oklahoma |
|
Jones
Samuel M
|
Murder |
|
16 August 1912 |
Sherman |
|
Jones
William Morris
|
Murder
|
|
March 1950
|
Denison
|
|
| Jordan
Miles |
Burglary |
|
1885 |
Grayson Co.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Keyes
Harry |
Murder, 2nd Degree |
|
January 1897 |
Denison |
|
Kilgore
Thomas E "Ed"
|
Manslaughter
|
|
July 1888
|
Ladonia, Fannin
Co.
|
|
Kinman E F
|
Incest & Rape
|
|
1897
|
Sherman
|
|
| Kirk
Oscar |
Murder |
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
|
Koch Charles
|
Murder
|
|
1893
|
Denison
|
|
Koll L S
|
Murder
|
|
December 1940
|
Denison
|
|
| Krebs
Benjamin |
Murder, 1st Degree |
|
26 August 1876 |
Montague Co. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Laughlin
Albert
|
Murder
|
|
25 October 1918
|
Denison
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lee
Jim |
Murder |
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
|
| Lee
Pink |
Murder |
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
|
| Lewie
G S |
Murder |
|
August 1898 |
Denison |
|
| Lewis
Harry |
Attempted Murder |
|
27 January 1901 |
Tishomingo, I.T. |
|
| Linxwiler
Charles E |
Murder |
|
15 February 1925 |
Sherman |
|
| Locke
Harold |
|
|
|
|
|
Lowe Tom
|
Bigamy
|
|
1897
|
Grayson Co.
|
|
Luttrell
Charles
|
Murder
|
|
April 1892
|
Denison
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mallory
Lawson
|
Assault to Murder
|
|
March 1906
|
Sherman
|
|
| Mancilla
Jessie Eugene |
Possession of Controlled Substance |
|
November 2011 |
Sherman |
|
| Massey
J W |
Murder |
|
15 June 1926 |
Denison |
|
| Massey
Jim |
Murder |
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
|
Massey Sam
|
Rape & Murder
|
|
1892
|
Sherman
|
|
Massingale,
son of George
|
Murder
|
|
1886
|
Pottsboro
|
|
Maxey Wood
|
Murder
|
|
October 1910
|
Sherman
|
|
| McClure
Burt |
Selling Intoxicating Liquor |
|
February 1925 |
Preston |
|
| McComb
Joe |
Murder |
|
December 1899 |
Van Alstyne |
|
| McCoy
John |
Murder |
|
November 1933 |
Denison |
|
| McDowell
W P |
False Swearing |
|
December 22, 1885 |
McKinney, Sherman |
|
| McFall
John |
Assault to Commit Murder |
|
July 1887 |
Whitewright |
|
McKinney
James H
|
Assault to Commit
Murder
|
|
19 November 1878
|
Denison
|
|
| McSwain
Charles |
Murder |
|
27 February 1894 |
Tishomingo, I.T. |
|
Miller Lee
|
Murder
|
|
July 1919
|
Pottsboro
|
|
| Mingo
Allie |
Murder |
|
8 March 1910 |
Denison |
|
| Morris
Tennie |
Murder |
|
14 July 1920 |
Denison |
|
| Moss
Virgil |
Murder |
|
July 1923 |
White Rock |
|
Murphy Ben
|
Bigamy
|
|
April 1890
|
Denison
|
|
Murphy
Homer
|
Murder
|
|
April 1919
|
Sherman
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Newton
Chance |
Murder |
|
1863 |
Sherman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
O'Brien,
Tom
|
Burglary
|
|
December 1895
|
Sherman
|
|
O'Neal
Bill
|
Incest
|
|
1916
|
Sherman
|
|
| O'Neal
Ollie |
Murder |
|
1927 |
Howe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Odom
Jess |
Burglary |
|
1917 |
Sherman |
|
| Oliver
Carl |
Murder |
|
18 June 1910 |
Mt. Vernon |
|
| Overley
Nellie |
Manufacturing intoxicating liquor |
|
11 April 1925 |
Sherman |
|
| Overton
Milton |
Murder |
|
December 1888 |
Chickasaw Nation, I.T. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painter Dan
|
Murder
|
|
January 1908
|
Ardmour
|
|
| Parker
Charles |
Murder |
|
18 October 1889 |
Sherman |
|
| Parsons
Bob |
Murder |
|
4 May 1904 |
Sherman |
|
| Penn
William Perry |
Murder |
|
27 February 1869 |
Kentuckytown & Pilot Grove |
|
Petty Dave
|
Murder
|
|
24 October 1898
|
Pottsboro
|
|
Poe
John
|
Murder
|
|
April 1892
|
Denison
|
|
Porter
Creed
|
Murder
|
|
July 1890
|
Pottsboro
|
|
Porter Ella
|
Murder
|
|
September 1901
|
Denison
|
|
| Porter
Frank |
Murder |
|
30 October 1879 |
Denison |
|
Posey John
|
Assault
|
|
December 1894
|
Van Alstyne
|
|
Post A H
|
Murder
|
|
April 1888
|
Denison
|
|
| Preston
James |
Murder, 1st Degree |
|
26 Aptil 1876 |
Montague Co. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ragsdale
A E |
Embezzlement |
|
December 1921 |
Collinsville |
|
Reed, Sheriff
James
|
Murder
|
|
1863
|
Tyler
|
|
Regnier, Albert
|
Murder
|
|
July 1892
|
Denison
|
|
| Reynolds
J Robert |
Bigamy |
|
December 1887 |
Sherman |
|
Robertson
Clyde
|
Bigamy
|
|
27 July 1916
|
Sherman
|
|
| Robinson
Mack |
Murder |
|
8 April 1884 |
Denison |
|
| Russell
Charley |
Murder |
|
4 July 1879 |
Denison |
|
Russell
James
|
Murder
|
|
19 December
1891
|
Denison
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sartin Tom
|
Manslaughter
|
|
1906
|
Whitemound
|
|
| Scott
Jim |
Manslaughter |
|
6 January 1925 |
Bells |
|
| Seitz
L G |
Murder |
|
19 Dec 1924 |
Tioga |
|
Sharpe, James
|
Murder
|
|
25 July 1896
|
Sherman
|
|
Sherill, J T
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
|
April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
|
| Shumate
W H |
Murder |
|
3 April 1900 |
Tioga |
|
| Simmons
W Frank |
Murder 2nd Degree |
|
March 1886 |
Whitewright |
|
| Smart
Joe |
Murder |
|
4 July 1882,
Dec 1883 |
Deleware Bend, Gordonville |
|
Smith
Billy Bob
|
Murder with
Malice
|
|
5 March 1962
|
Denison
|
|
| Smith
Dick |
Burglary |
|
1885 |
Grayson Co. |
|
Smith
George
|
Murder
|
|
January 1891
|
Bells
|
|
Smith
Lonnie
|
Murder
|
|
6 July 1920
|
Whitewright
|
|
Smith Rob
|
Murder
|
|
January 1899
|
Sherman
|
|
Smith
Veatrice "Dude"
|
Assault to Murder
|
|
20 October 1937
|
Denison
|
|
| Spears
Sidney |
Murder |
|
6 July 1899 |
Sherman |
|
| Speed
A M |
Murder |
|
31 October 1937 |
South Gale |
|
| Spencer
Thomas |
Murder with malice |
|
28 July 1951 |
Denison |
|
| Stacy
Harry |
Theft over value of $20 |
|
27 August 1889 |
Denison |
|
| Stein
Ed |
Murder |
|
May 1885 |
Delaware Bend |
|
| Stephens
Tom |
Murder |
|
5 May 1881 |
Gordonville |
|
Stephenson
Frank
|
Murder
|
|
1893
|
Pilot Grove
|
|
| Stewart
Wiley |
Murder |
|
9 August 1878 |
Caddo, I.T. |
|
| Stone
W E |
Murder |
|
8 April 1903 |
Sherman |
|
| Sturdy |
Murder |
|
1869 |
Pilot Grove |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tait
Charles
|
Murder
|
|
May 1922
|
Sherman
|
|
| Taylor
Tom |
Manufacture of intoxicating liquor |
|
7 April 1925 |
|
|
Thomas Ben
|
Murder 1st Degree
|
|
September 1910
|
Sherman
|
|
Thompson
Cecil
|
Murder
|
|
February 1926
|
Tioga
|
|
| Thompson
John |
Murder |
|
22 January 1869 |
Mantua |
|
Thompson
Michael
|
Murder with
Malice
|
|
5 March 1962
|
Denison
|
|
Toettel
Julius
|
Murder 1st Degree
|
|
15 January 1879
|
Denison
|
|
| Trice
Zach T |
Murder |
|
July 1905 |
Collinsville |
|
| Turner
Claude |
Rape |
|
20 July 1895 |
Denison |
|
| Turner
W C |
Murder |
|
July 1916 |
Denison |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
May 1903
|
Burns City
|
|
| Unidentified
Negro |
Murder |
|
August 1911 |
Durant, Oklahoma |
|
| Unidentified
Negro baby |
|
|
March 1937 |
Denison |
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Unidentified
Railroad Worker
|
Murder
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Feburary 1898
|
Indian Territory
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| Van
Waggoner S F |
Murder 2nd Degree |
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October 1892 |
Sherman |
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| Vaughan
John |
Theft of Horse & Mules |
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1887 |
Sherman |
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Vick
Alice
|
Murder
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1899
|
Grayson County
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Vines
Sellars
|
Murder
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October 1911
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Sherman
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Vivion, N C
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Robbery,
Attempted Murder
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April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
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| Waggoner
C M |
Murder |
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11 August 1921 |
Wichita Falls |
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| Wagner
Houston |
Murder |
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26 March 1916 |
Oak Cliff |
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| Walker
Dan |
Murder |
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30 July 1896 |
Fannin County |
|
Walker,
Francis
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
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April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
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Walker, Jacob
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Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
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April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
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Walker, Dr.
John W
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
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April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
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Walker,
Thomas
|
Robbery,
Attempted Murder
|
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April 1864
|
Kentucky Town
|
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| Waters
Bennie |
Murder |
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14 June 1916 |
Denison |
|
Weeks
Furnan
|
Murder
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1878
|
Gordonville
|
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| West
Calvin |
Manslaughter |
|
January 1896 |
Denison |
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| Wheat
Si |
Murder |
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25 March 1917 |
Howe |
|
Whitney J D
|
Intent to Kill
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April 1871
|
Denison
|
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| Wilbur
Ed |
Murder |
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10 May 1918 |
Denison |
|
Wildner Ab
|
Rape & Murder
|
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1901
|
Southmayd
|
|
Williams
Butler
|
Murder
|
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July 1891
|
Sherman
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| Wilson
John |
Murder |
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December 1888 |
Chickasaw Nation, I.T. |
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| Wilson
Lewis |
Rape |
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October 1884 |
Denison |
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| Witt
Dow |
Murder |
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27 February 1869 |
Kentuckytown & Pilot Grove |
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| Woods Will |
Rape |
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1888 |
Sherman |
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| Woolsey
John L |
Murder |
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1893 |
Denison |
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| Wyatt
Sammie |
Murder |
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1928 |
Whitewright |
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