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From: "Anne" <>
Subject: [BAGBY] Constable Bagby...Randolph county, Missouri
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:15:46 -0500

Friday, 6 Feb 1914--ARRESTED CATTLE THIEF--John Smith Wanted in Oklahoma,
Arrested Here by Constable J. H. Bagby--Saturday last Marshal W. F. Cain
received a
message from the authorities at Tulsa, Ok, to arrest and hold pending the
arrival of an
officer from that place, one John Smith, wanted there for a felony. The
message stated
that he would likely be found at the home of his uncle, W. G. Smith, east of
town, and
contained the further information that Smith was a dangerous man.
The matter was turned over to Constable J. H. Bagby, who went the uncle's
home
where he found his man. Young Smith suspected Bagby's mission and made a
break for
a Winchester rifle. Mr. Bagby was prepared for just such a move, and drew
an automatic
gun, and but for the fact that a shell caught in it as he cocked it we would
have a different
story to tell. The elder Smith, seeing the intention of his nephew picked
up the rifle and
wouldn't let the latter have it. Mr. Bagby, when the man showed resistance,
called for
assistance, when several of Smith's family responded. It took six, we
understand, to
overcome and hog tie him, when he was brought to town and landed in the city
jail. He
refused to state what he was wanted for, and no one was any the wiser until
the arrival,
Wednesday, of F. S. Woodruff, of McAlester, of the state secret service, who
stated that
the prisoner, with an accomplice, had stolen several head of cattle from the
county farm
near Tulsa. The animals were taken one at a time and sold to a packing
company, the
thieves going back for another when their money ran low.
Young Smith is the son of John Smith who lived here a few years ago and
worked
at the livery barn, and is considered a very dangerous man by Tulsa
officers, according to
Mr. Woodruff.
Woodruff not arriving when expected Justice Elgin put a fine of $10 against
Smith for resisting an office, so there would be no getting away until the
arrival of the
Oklahoma officer. Through the efforts of Messrs. Cain and Elgin the
prisoner agreed to
return without a requisition, and for their efforts along this line, as well
as the courtesies
shown him, Mr. Woodruff desires us to express his thanks. He left Wednesday
over the
Katy with his prisoner in handcuffs.

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