Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Assault
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 9/23/1891
Weapon: Edged weapon; Axe
Suspect: Sentenced to 5 years
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Deputy Marshal Wilson was shot and killed while serving an arrest on a man near Tahlequah, Indian Territory. During the arrest the two exchanges shots and Deputy Marshal Wilson was struck in the side.
The suspect and another man fled the scene but returned the following day and found Deputy Marshal Wilson still alive. They then beat him with a piece of firewood and an axe, killing him. The buried his body in a nearby ravine.
The two suspects turned themselves in several days later. One of the suspects was initially sentenced to death but later sentenced to only 5 years after appealing his sentence. The second suspect was acquitted.
