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Name Murdered In Date
Argo, HenryAnadarko, OKMay 31, 1930
Berry, EdwardPurcell, OKAugust 6, 1915
Campbell, WilliamPaul's Valley, OKMay 25, 1901
Carter, PeterPond Creek, OKAugst 24, 1911
CoraEufaula, OKDecember 21, 1892
Conly, HenryGuthrie, OKJune 16, 1917
Cudjo, JohnWatonga, OKNovember 4, 1913
Dickerson, BenjaminNoble, OKJanuary 27, 1914
Dudley, CarlIdabel, OKApril 9, 1916
Father BaileyOkemah, OKJuly 16, 1907
Forman, JohnNorman, OKSeptember 29, 1916
Franklin, SandersOklahoma City, OKAugust 14, 1913
Garden, JamesMannford Creek, OKDecember 24, 1907
Johnson, PeterDurant, OKOctober 1, 1898
Magill, L.L.Lincoln, OKJune 29, 1918
Martin, OscarHoldenville, OKApril 3, 1916
Morris, B.S.Wagoner County, OKSeptember 16, 1896
Nelson, Laura and sonNowata, OKMay 25, 1911
PowellNowata, OKSeptember 29, 1916
Ralston, HenryPaul's Valley, OKAugust 14, 1913
Scott, MarieWagoner County, OKMarch 31, 1914
Simmons, DennisLocality Unknown, OKJune 13, 1913
Stinson, Sylvester aka "Alabama Red"Wilburton, OKJune 26, 1909
Suddeth, EdwardCoblert, OKOctober 22, 1911
Turner, SamuelMiskogee, OKJanuary 1, 1912
Walker, BudMannford, OKDecember 6, 1911
Ward, Dr. B. E.Noble, OKMay 9, 1915
Washington, GeorgeShawnee, OKSeptember 4, 1915
Williams, CrockettEdmond, OKAugust 7, 1914
Williams, JamesSterrett, OKMarch 31, 1907
Wish, In KiWoodward, OKSeptember 16, 1894
1 Victim - Name UnreportedChickasha, OKMay 23, 1906
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCorenta, OKAugust 18, 1911
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLawton, OKSeptember 26, 1894
1 Victim - Name UnreportedMadill, OKNovember 15, 1910
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWagoner County, OKJanuary 2, 1913
1 Victim - Name UnreportedWilburton, OKMarch 3, 1891

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