Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Gunfire
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 10/20/1902
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Deputy MarshalLute Houston was shot and killed after being being hung by an outlaw gang in Caddo County, Oklahoma. Deputy Marshal Houston was attempting to infiltrate the gang but was discovered by the gang leader. His body was found two weeks later with several gunshot wounds and a noose tied around his neck. Another deputy marshal who had already infiltrated the gang witnessed the murder. That deputy marshal and another officer shot and killed the gang leader several weeks later.
The suspects, brothers, were acquitted but later served short prison terms separately in 1911 and 1923; one of the acquitted suspects had been in involved in the killing of officer Jim Nakedhead in 1895 but was acquitted of that crime.
