Life of the Marlows: A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days

Dramatis Personae

vi Dramatis Personae Marlow Family: Wilburn Williamson, Sr., father of the boys. Martha Jane Keaton, mother of the boys. The fighting brothers: Alfred “Alf.” Boone. Charles “Charley.” George H. Llewellyn “Ep,” “Ellie.” Wilburn Wiliamson, Jr. “Willie,” another brother. Charlotte Murphy, a sister. Elizabeth “Eliza,” Gilmore, a sister. Nancy Jane “Nannie” Murphy, a sister. Emma Coppenbarger, wife of Charley Marlow. Lillian May “Lilly” Berry, wife of George Marlow. Venie Davis, wife of Alfred Marlow. Anna Jane (Mrs. C. V. Hallenbeck), George’s daughter. Marlow brothers supporters: Robert Frederick Arnold, attorney. William Shelby Delaney, attorney. Oscar G. Denson. James Denty. Bill Gilmore. Jim Gilmore. John Gilmore. Frank Herron. Jerome Claiborne Kearby, attorney. Marion L. Lasater. Bill Ribble. vii Mob Members in Dry Creek Fight: David “Dink” Allen. William R. Benedict. Lewis Pinkney “Pink” Brooks. Dick Cook. Columbus Frank Harmonson. Robert Hill. Will Hollis. Robert Holman. Clinton Rutherford. Bruce Wheeler. Verner Wilkinson. Jack Wilkins. William “Bee” Williams. Municipal Officers: J. Squire Starrett, Graham justice of the peace. Samuel V. Waggoner, Graham constable, member of Dry Creek mob. County Law Officers: J. H. Bradley, sheriff, Ouray County, Colorado. William T. “Doc” Burns, sheriff Las Animas County, Colorado. Thomas B. Collier, Young County deputy sheriff, became sheriff with murder of Wallace. Maurice Corbett, sheriff, Ouray County, Colorado. Samuel H. Criswell, Young County deputy sheriff, member of Dry Creek mob. G. T. Douglas, sheriff, Wilbarger County, Texas. John J. Douglass, sheriff, Stephens County, Texas. Arthur Thomas Gay, Young County clerk. John Y. Leavell, Young County deputy sheriff, member of Dry Creek mob. Eugene Logan, Young County jail guard, member of Dry Creek mob. Phlete A. Martin, Young County jail guard, member of Dry Creek mob. viii George W. Moore, sheriff, Jack County, Texas. Cyrus Wells “Doc” Shores, sheriff, Gunnison County, Colorado. Marion DeKalb Wallace, sheriff,Young County, killed by Boone Marlow. Marion A. “Little Marion” Wallace, nephew of M. D. Wallace, later sheriff, Young County. State Law Officers: J. M. Britton, Texas Ranger. William Jesse McDonald, captain, Texas Rangers. Federal Law Officers: William L. Crawford, special U. S. prosecutor. Augustus Hill Garland, United States attorney general. Francis Washington Girand, clerk of federal court at Graham. John Barton Girand, deputy U. S. marshal. John Goodman, deputy U. S. marshal. Lon Burrison, deputy U. S. marshal. Ben F. Cabell, deputy U. S. marshal. William Lewis Cabell, U. S. marshal for Northern District of Texas. H. H. Dickey, deputy U. S. marshal. Edward W. Johnson, deputy U. S. marshal, the villain of the piece in Rathmell’s account. George A. Knight, U. S. marshal for Northern District of Texas. Andrew Phelps McCormick, federal court judge. Eugene Marshall, U. S. attorney. John Miller, deputy U. S. marshal. W. H. Morton, deputy U. S. marshal. Bounty Hunters: Jim Beavers John Derrickson. ix Doctors: W. R. Dunham. R. N. Price. Accused Outlaws: Pete Berry. “Curley Charley,” Kansas tough. William D. Burkhart, Marlow cellmate, in Dry Creek fight. William Harbolt, Marlow cellmate. Louis Clift, Marlow cellmate, in Dry Creek fight. Marion Cummings. Bill Murphy. John Frank Spears, Marlow cellmate. Indians: Bar-Sin-da-Bar, Caddo. Black Crow, Comanche. Sun Boy (Sunday Boy), Kiowa chieftain. Washington, Caddo. ...