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...Winchester. Just then Frank Dorris the town marshal drove by and Nell said, "There's the Law. You'd better duck." Pete, who acted drunk, roared with laughter and Mars Turner had a bad moment. But Marshal Dorris looked the other way and drove straight to Chickasha to get help. To Mars Turner's surprise, they paid him. He said, "Thank you. Come again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: End of a Trail | 8/2/1937 | See Source »

...four friends who paid a $500 repair bill for him after he cracked up in Chickasha, Okla. while preparing for his round-the-world flight, Flyer Wiley Post gave checks for twice that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 21, 1933 | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

...group marched into the Bank of Chelsea (Okla.), ran out with $2,500 in cash under a barrage from officers and townsfolk. One of the convicts, Lewis Bechtel, was captured while eating at a farm house near Dripping Springs, Okla. Another, Frank Sawyer, was captured two days later at Chickasha after a gun fight during which a man he had kidnapped and was using as a shield was seriously wounded. It was guessed that the rest had holed in among the ravines and abandoned lead and zinc mines of the Ozark Plateau, which once harbored such oldtime bandits as Jesse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Lansing Break | 6/12/1933 | See Source »

...Henry Argo May 31 Chickasha, Okla. Shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 27, 1930 | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

...Skinners last week denounced this story as an absolute lie. They said Argo held Mrs. Skinner for 30 minutes, started to choke the 10-month-old Skinner child when it cried out. All Chickasha's officials and white citizens believe the Skinners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Lynching No. 7 (cont.) | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

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