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George Lawson, Dep U.S. Marshal DS, April 23, 1895 (Fort Smith).
Expense voucher signed by G(eorge) D. Lawson as Deputy Marshal.
Lawson helped kill "Dynamite Dick" Clifton and hung 12 men for the
"Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker. $150.00
Note: The document is complete with no fold faults. I just had to make two
scans of it because it was too long for my scanner.
Dan "Dynamite Dick" Clifton (1865-1896?) - Dan Clifton was already a
wanted man before joining the Doolin Gang in 1892. Having committed
robbery, safecracking, and cattle rustling in Oklahoma, lawmen were
constantly on his tail. Two stories tell of his nickname, one that he gained it
when he blew himself out of the side of a moving train while trying to crack
a safe. The other, more simpler tale, says that he lost three fingers while
playing with dynamite as a child. Upon joining the Doolin Gang, Clifton
supplied the fire power to the gang and took part in the remainder of their
robberies. In an 1893 gunfight with law enforcement at Ingalls, Oklahoma,
he was wounded, but that didn't stop the outlaw. On May 20, 1895, he,
along with Bill Doolin and Bill Dalton, robbed a bank in Southwest City,
Missouri, killing J.C. Seaborn before escaping. The next year, both Doolin
and Clifton were both behind bars in Guthrie, Oklahoma, but after gaining
control over a prison guard, and made their escape, along with 13 other
prisoners. Holing up at a farm outside of Newkirk, Oklahoma, he was
trapped there on December 4, 1896 by U.S. Deputy Marshals George
Lawson and Hess Bussey. As he tried to escape, he was shot down and
killed. Clifton was buried at the government's expense in the town cemetery
at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Expense voucher signed by G(eorge) D. Lawson as Deputy Marshal.
Lawson helped kill "Dynamite Dick" Clifton and hung 12 men for the
"Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker. $150.00
Note: The document is complete with no fold faults. I just had to make two
scans of it because it was too long for my scanner.
Dan "Dynamite Dick" Clifton (1865-1896?) - Dan Clifton was already a
wanted man before joining the Doolin Gang in 1892. Having committed
robbery, safecracking, and cattle rustling in Oklahoma, lawmen were
constantly on his tail. Two stories tell of his nickname, one that he gained it
when he blew himself out of the side of a moving train while trying to crack
a safe. The other, more simpler tale, says that he lost three fingers while
playing with dynamite as a child. Upon joining the Doolin Gang, Clifton
supplied the fire power to the gang and took part in the remainder of their
robberies. In an 1893 gunfight with law enforcement at Ingalls, Oklahoma,
he was wounded, but that didn't stop the outlaw. On May 20, 1895, he,
along with Bill Doolin and Bill Dalton, robbed a bank in Southwest City,
Missouri, killing J.C. Seaborn before escaping. The next year, both Doolin
and Clifton were both behind bars in Guthrie, Oklahoma, but after gaining
control over a prison guard, and made their escape, along with 13 other
prisoners. Holing up at a farm outside of Newkirk, Oklahoma, he was
trapped there on December 4, 1896 by U.S. Deputy Marshals George
Lawson and Hess Bussey. As he tried to escape, he was shot down and
killed. Clifton was buried at the government's expense in the town cemetery
at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
