Calvin James, 1886 July 23

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James, a black-Indian halfbreed, was a member of a gang that ran
whiskey into the Indian Territory, On August 1, 1885, he and three
othersmenbers of the gang, Tony Love, Henry Robey and Albert Kemp
rode to Texas where each purchased four gallons of whiskey and

then they returned to Oklahoma, While they were traveling through
a remote seciton of the Chickasaw Nation, James and Love fell be-~
hind Robey and Kemp and James shot Love through thehead and took
his whiskey, He dragged the body two hundred yards off the road
where he concealed it in sbme bushes, unsaddled his hors e and
turned it dose, When he caught up with Robey and Kemp, he told
them that he would kill them if the saiid anything about the murder,
When friends reported Love missing, it was ascertained that he had
last been seen in the company of these three men and all were taken
into custody for questionéng, ‘obey and Kemp then told the officers
of the killing and they appeared as witnesses for the prosecution

at James' trial where he was convicted and sentenced to die, He was

hanged of the gallows at Fort Smith, Ark,, on July 23, 1886,

JAMES, Calvin

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James, a black-Indian halfbreed, was a member of a gang that ran
whiskey into the Indian Territory, On August 1, 1885, he and three
othersmembers of the gang, Tony Love, Henry Robey and Albert Kemp
rode to Texas where each purchased four gallons of whiskey and

then they returned to Oklahoma, While they were traveling $hrough
a remote seciton of the Chickasaw Nation, James and Love fell be-
hind Robey and Kemp and James shot Love through thehead and took
his whiskey, He dragged the body two hundred yards off the road
where he concealed it in shme bushes, unsaddled his hors e and
turned it Ahose. When he caught up with Robey and Kemp, he told
them that he would kill them if the said anything about the murder,
When friends reported Love missing, it was ascertained that he had
last been seen in the company of these three men and all were taken
into custody for questioning, “obey and Kemp then told the officers
of the killing and they appeared as witnesses for the prosecution

at James' trial where he was convicted and sentenced to die, He was
hanged of the gallows at Fort Smith, Ark., on July 23, 1886,

JAMES, Calvin

James, a black-Indian halfbreed, was a member of a gang that ran
whiskey into the Indian Territory, On Avgust 1, 1885, he and three
otheramenbers of the gang, Tony Love, Henry Robey and Albert Kemp
rode to Texas where cach purchased four gallons of whiskey and
then they returned to Oklahoma, While they were traveling throveh
a remote seciton of the Chickasaw Nation, James and Love fell be-
hind Robey and Kemp and James shot Love through thehead and took
his whiskey, He dragged the body two hundred yards off the road
where he concealed it

turned it dtose, When he caught up with Robey and Kem, he told
them that he would kill them if the said anything about the murder,
Vhen friends reported Love missing, it was ascertained that he had
last been seen in the company of these three men and all were taken
into custody for questioning, obey and Kemp then told the officers
of the killing and they appeared as witnesses for the prosecution
at James! trial where he was convicted and sentenced to die, He was
hanged off the gallows at Fort Smith, Ark,, on July 23, 1886,

in shme bushes, unsaddled his hors e and

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