The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
CAPTURING CUNNING BANDIT.
DEPUTY MARSHAUS LONG AND
PERSISTENT SEARCH.

the NotortOus 9hO0efy, IN Artful
Dodwer. VINO WMs wanted I'M indian
T~errttOry-Had TO shoot HIS Man.
Tn merRtns Of Indian Territory into the
State OF Oklahoma will witness the passing
| u the old time guardians OF tho peace. tn@
| nictIreeoue United States deputy msrshsls-
It is true hat the new State VIII nave fs
ouota OF these law officers, but the duties
that they will be called upon To perform
will not be Of the same character ~ those
which kept the old timers busy.
Fourteen or fifteen years ago, when BUD
KeIl, Bill Mccall, Jim Fisher. Bent Oooo'
Jack Ellis and Old Man: Depew helped to
uphold the pe@ce and dignity oil the United
STATES in the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek
and Seminole nations, there were pdctur-
esuue doings. Black Tiger. The famous
Seminole outlaw; Belle Starr. the woman
bandit, and her brother, Jim July then
held the boards and the nation was f@iriy
filed with bootleggers, horse thieves and
lesser criminals.
Tho old deputy marshals were fearless
men. Some Of them had oubttu repuoa-
tons ere they entered the service NJ Uncle
Sam, and In more than one Instance the
deputv marshal'a commission was given
nv thu OY1C9Te CI JlO ~ "a
~ oompromise and treaty Of peace with an
especially troublesome, enteTpr1sing ana
sperVetio law breaker. Where such was
the case the deputy who won his spurs IN
this peculiar manner became notably EN-
Gent and loyal to the powers he served.
Two decades ago there hoUrished In the
southern part OF the Territory says the
Kansas City Star; q noted character who
- ,.AAaN fhA aObrfnYIot nj
sshoo1v.s What his real name was and
where he hailed from were mysteries tnaS
have never been solved. He had o pro-
nounced Yankee twang and all the manner
fsms of the regular Down Easter.
Hs u,ddenlv came tn the notice Of the
| rerritory officials as a bootlegger-one OF
.ha c,tsat slveet and most successful per
.rhulatinR dispensatoriee that Y g re-
t.;lad uoYid woe TO the denixens Of the
snation.s The fellow moved so rapidly and
oovsrad 40 much territory that he really
aeamed ubiquitous For a long time his
oUIv means Of Identification were the pecu-
liar methods that he employed in the trans
ac+ion az his business Of introducing and
aallinRS and the uniform SUCCESS he had OF
avadinR the officers Of the law or Of giving
them a glimpse OF his person.
He was tho Artful Dodger p~ersonined
and in leu Of q better name he was chris
aned -shooiy" by the officers who sought
him-they paying him an unconscious
i compliment in 80 naming him For a while
sShooAv' was content to break the law
In the ons particular Of selling liquor TO
the ndian and such Of the white residents
o. the nation as had gained his confidence
After a. while, however, his criminal enter-
prise took wider range and he stole norses'
hald IN travellers and In course OF time was
CHARGED with practically all the offences
an the calendar. Il is known to q certainty
that there were over forty warrants issued
a1ainrt him from the Federal courts dtuated
IN paris, wichita and Fort Smith.
United States marshals pitted their c1n-
ming AGAINST his In their effort to capture
him but all without avail. Practically
ali the old time deputies in the territory
RAD taken their whirl In trying TO appre-
hend him., but on their return from the
chase they would rave 70 confess that they
stood no show whatever with the sly old
fox they were after.
Al Atoka In those days there a deputy
named Bob Nester, or Bob Nasty az he
was Familiarity known. He was q weaZen
faced, underlined fellow, and the last per-
aon that one would pick out for an officer
Of the character Of deputy marshal In that
section Of the country. He might do for
some third rate district In Ohio, where the
law breakers practically arrest themselves,'
would be the thought Of the casual OBJ
server, but those who knew Bob realized
that there was no man In the Territory more
fearless than he, and there certainly was
no officer more devoted TO duty.
Bob had a fine appreciation Of the etH-
cheney Of the deputy ~marShalsof the nation
and IL troubled him that Shooiy had
40 long remained immune from arrest.
Practically all the other officers were mar
ried men and they could not AFFORD 20 chase
the arch criminal for months and months,
as their only means OF compensation was
the fees they received for making arrests
and attending the various courts. Bob,
who wac, single, and who felt that he could
AFFORD 10 do 70, undertook 10 uphold the
honor Of his fellow officers n sta rted out
one morning in June with the determination
OF camping on the trail OF Shoofy until
he could bring the latter TO justice. even
II IL took all summe TO night It OUT on tnAt
line.