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TILGHMAN, Willam Matthew Jr. (1854-1924).
Farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, felon, lawman, rancher, saloon keeper, state senator, businessman, and one of the 'Three Guardsmen.'
Document signed ("Wm Tilghman") as Deputy U.S. Marshal, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, 'Territory of Oklahoma', October 8, 1895. 1 page, quarto, minor paper loss at upper left, slight separation at one fold, otherwise very fine. Tilgman signs for $21 to be paid to N. Brown of Guthrie, who rode in a posse for a period of 7 days. A very interesting document which stipulates the going rate of $3 per day, and that the participants immediately proceeded to the Creek Nation to assist in arresting one "Buck Waitman et al" (and friends). However, the form has been altered to reflect that the posse was merely "endeavoring to arrest" said malfeasant who, presumably plum got away. The document is countersigned by the U.S. Commissioner for Oklahoma Territory.
A single episode from Mr. Tilghman's extraodinary career. From Bill O'Neal, Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, University of Oklahoma Press, 1979, pp. 324, "Tilghman was camped near Petrie, Indian Territory, on June 25, 1874 with fellow buffalo hunters. One of their number, Pat Congers was killed in Petrie by a local desperado known as Blue Throat. That night, Tilghman and a cohort named Hurricane Bill rode into town to retrieve the body from the saloon where he had been shot. Blue Throat and several companions were still inside, and a fight broke out. Both sides began blasting at each other, but a slug hit the lamp and in the darkness the two buffalo hunters found Conger's body behind the bar. They carried it off and the next day performed a decent burial. In 1924, still a U.S.Marshal, 70-year old William Tilghman was shot down on the the streets of Cromwell, Oklahama.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.
Farmer, buffalo hunter, army scout, felon, lawman, rancher, saloon keeper, state senator, businessman, and one of the 'Three Guardsmen.'
Document signed ("Wm Tilghman") as Deputy U.S. Marshal, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, 'Territory of Oklahoma', October 8, 1895. 1 page, quarto, minor paper loss at upper left, slight separation at one fold, otherwise very fine. Tilgman signs for $21 to be paid to N. Brown of Guthrie, who rode in a posse for a period of 7 days. A very interesting document which stipulates the going rate of $3 per day, and that the participants immediately proceeded to the Creek Nation to assist in arresting one "Buck Waitman et al" (and friends). However, the form has been altered to reflect that the posse was merely "endeavoring to arrest" said malfeasant who, presumably plum got away. The document is countersigned by the U.S. Commissioner for Oklahoma Territory.
A single episode from Mr. Tilghman's extraodinary career. From Bill O'Neal, Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters, University of Oklahoma Press, 1979, pp. 324, "Tilghman was camped near Petrie, Indian Territory, on June 25, 1874 with fellow buffalo hunters. One of their number, Pat Congers was killed in Petrie by a local desperado known as Blue Throat. That night, Tilghman and a cohort named Hurricane Bill rode into town to retrieve the body from the saloon where he had been shot. Blue Throat and several companions were still inside, and a fight broke out. Both sides began blasting at each other, but a slug hit the lamp and in the darkness the two buffalo hunters found Conger's body behind the bar. They carried it off and the next day performed a decent burial. In 1924, still a U.S.Marshal, 70-year old William Tilghman was shot down on the the streets of Cromwell, Oklahama.
Provenance: Ronald J. Atlas collection.