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Frank Canton Noted Western Marshall Wyoming Warrant Criminal warrant
for Isaac Dye signed by Frank M. Canton, US Deputy Marshal signed as
sheriff of Johnson county, Wyoming.
Lawman, Canton, was born Josiah W. “Joe” Horner in Virginia 1849. As a
child the family moved to Texas and as a teenager Horner became a cowboy,
trailing cattle to Kansas for Texas cattleman Burk Burnett. From 1871 to
1878 Horner engaged in a variety of illegal activities, becoming a fugitive from
justice. Jailed in 1877 for robbing a Comanche, Texas bank, he soon escaped
and helped drive a cattle her to Nebraska.
He decided to join the side of law and order and changed his name to Frank
M. Canton and accepted a position with the powerful WGSA. The “Wyoming
Stock Growers Assc.” (WGSA) was started by wealthy cattlemen to curtail
rustling, but in reality it was aimed at the small ranchers. Unbranded cattle
were deemed property of the WSGA and sold to its members. The WGSA
agreed not to hire cowboys that owned cattle because “they had to have
rustled them”. The WSFA hired ranged detectives, paying them $250 for
every rustler conviction. Their chief detective later was Frank M. Canton.
He was convicted of bank robbery then gained his release and disappeared
only to show up in 1882 as sheriff of Johnson County, WY. He served two
terms there. He simply became a hired killer for the WSFA.
After the murder and lynching of several “rustlers”, the WSGA and their
hired gunmen were put to bay and he moved to the Oklahoma and Indian
territory to work for US Marshal E.D. Nix and along with the likes of Heck
Thomas and Bill Tilghman brought peace to the territory. During the lawless
years of the Alaskan Gold rush he worked again as US Dep Marshal and
tamed the town of Dawson. He returned to Oklahoma and held the post of
adjutant General of the National Guard until his death in 1927. $950.00
for Isaac Dye signed by Frank M. Canton, US Deputy Marshal signed as
sheriff of Johnson county, Wyoming.
Lawman, Canton, was born Josiah W. “Joe” Horner in Virginia 1849. As a
child the family moved to Texas and as a teenager Horner became a cowboy,
trailing cattle to Kansas for Texas cattleman Burk Burnett. From 1871 to
1878 Horner engaged in a variety of illegal activities, becoming a fugitive from
justice. Jailed in 1877 for robbing a Comanche, Texas bank, he soon escaped
and helped drive a cattle her to Nebraska.
He decided to join the side of law and order and changed his name to Frank
M. Canton and accepted a position with the powerful WGSA. The “Wyoming
Stock Growers Assc.” (WGSA) was started by wealthy cattlemen to curtail
rustling, but in reality it was aimed at the small ranchers. Unbranded cattle
were deemed property of the WSGA and sold to its members. The WGSA
agreed not to hire cowboys that owned cattle because “they had to have
rustled them”. The WSFA hired ranged detectives, paying them $250 for
every rustler conviction. Their chief detective later was Frank M. Canton.
He was convicted of bank robbery then gained his release and disappeared
only to show up in 1882 as sheriff of Johnson County, WY. He served two
terms there. He simply became a hired killer for the WSFA.
After the murder and lynching of several “rustlers”, the WSGA and their
hired gunmen were put to bay and he moved to the Oklahoma and Indian
territory to work for US Marshal E.D. Nix and along with the likes of Heck
Thomas and Bill Tilghman brought peace to the territory. During the lawless
years of the Alaskan Gold rush he worked again as US Dep Marshal and
tamed the town of Dawson. He returned to Oklahoma and held the post of
adjutant General of the National Guard until his death in 1927. $950.00
