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Post by mowlick on Jan 30, 2024 11:04:13 GMT
wonder how the lawmen in the Indian Territory were paid. Did they get a regular salary or payment for every outlaw they brought in ? Thanks in advance for any feedback
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Post by politicidal1 on Feb 13, 2024 14:59:21 GMT
This is how Bass Reeves got paid. Perhaps it was a similar arrangement for other lawmen operating in the Indian Territory: "....Reeves would often be gone for months tracking down outlaws. When he returned to Fort Smith he was paid in fees and rewards, usually $1,000 but sometimes more. After paying his expenses, he might make $400 in profit unless he collected a large reward."
www.normantranscript.com/news/bass-reeves-the-most-feared-u-s-deputy-marshal/article_51975df5-516e-5b7e-82ec-bc9fbef1697e.htmlAnd this is from the Oklahoma Historical Society's website: On November 19, 1909, the Muskogee Times Democrat wrote that "in the early days when the Indian country was overridden with outlaws, Reeves would herd into Fort Smith, often single handed, bands of men charged with crimes from bootlegging to murder. He was paid fees in those days that sometimes amounted to thousands of dollars for a single trip, trips that sometimes lasted for months."
www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RE020 |
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Post by mowlick on Feb 15, 2024 20:20:07 GMT
This is how Bass Reeves got paid. Perhaps it was a similar arrangement for other lawmen operating in the Indian Territory: "....Reeves would often be gone for months tracking down outlaws. When he returned to Fort Smith he was paid in fees and rewards, usually $1,000 but sometimes more. After paying his expenses, he might make $400 in profit unless he collected a large reward."
www.normantranscript.com/news/bass-reeves-the-most-feared-u-s-deputy-marshal/article_51975df5-516e-5b7e-82ec-bc9fbef1697e.htmlAnd this is from the Oklahoma Historical Society's website: On November 19, 1909, the Muskogee Times Democrat wrote that "in the early days when the Indian country was overridden with outlaws, Reeves would herd into Fort Smith, often single handed, bands of men charged with crimes from bootlegging to murder. He was paid fees in those days that sometimes amounted to thousands of dollars for a single trip, trips that sometimes lasted for months."
www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RE020Many thanks, that was very helpful |
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Post by merv on Feb 15, 2024 20:23:10 GMT
I think it largely depends on the jurisdiction.
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Post by mowlick on Feb 16, 2024 1:21:05 GMT
I liked the bit about Reeves being illiterate and having someone else read the warrants. I guess that at that time book learning was not as important to a policeman as courage and common sense. ![[sun]](http://storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/xxbZAntehYJKWsTebBax.gif) |
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Post by politicidal1 on Feb 16, 2024 15:41:44 GMT
I liked the bit about Reeves being illiterate and having someone else read the warrants. I guess that at that time book learning was not as important to a policeman as courage and common sense. That’s what clerks are for. :P |
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Post by mowlick on Feb 16, 2024 19:32:05 GMT
I liked the bit about Reeves being illiterate and having someone else read the warrants. I guess that at that time book learning was not as important to a policeman as courage and common sense. That’s what clerks are for. :P An interesting point was that Judge Parker liked to appoint blacks, not so much because of any sort of political beliefs (although he was a surprisingly liberal sort of chap), but because the Indians trusted blacks more than they did whites |
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