Lindsey Graham
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15,077 appearances
196 recordings
52 series
first heard Aug 2024
last heard 16 Sep
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These men assisted more experienced deputies while learning the ropes.
And because deputy marshals and their possemen often spent months in the saddle pursuing criminals, they traveled with a supply wagon carrying food, equipment, and a cook.
This allowed them to stay in the field as long as it took to apprehend suspects before transporting their chained prisoners back to Fort Smith.
Reeves was also unusual among deputy marshals because, due to his childhood in slavery, he had never learned to read or write.
He was able to memorize and recognize printed names, associating them with certain written documents.
But to complete much of the paperwork associated with his role, he was often forced to ride long distances to find someone who could read aloud or take his dictation.
But what he lacked in administrative skills, he made up for with his creative approach to catching criminals.
To get as close to suspects as possible in order to arrest them, he donned various disguises, often posing as a drifter, cowboy, preacher, or farmer.
And in 1883, Reeves used one of these disguises while pursuing a ruthless fugitive named Jim Webb.
Webb was the hot-headed foreman of a massive ranch in the Chickasaw Nation, where he ruled over dozens of cowboys with an iron fist.
But his temper wasn't just reserved for the men who worked for him.
That spring, after a black preacher at a neighboring ranch ignited a controlled burn that spread to Webb's ranch, Webb rode over and shot the preacher dead.
Reeves was alerted to the murder, and a few days later, he and a posseman rode to Webb's ranch.
Disguised as cowboys passing through, they asked Webb for breakfast.
It was the custom on the frontier to offer food or lodging to travelers, so Webb reluctantly agreed.
But he was immediately suspicious of these two strangers.
Imagine it's a spring morning in 1883 on a large ranch in the Chickasaw Nation.
You're a deputy U.S.
Marshal disguised as a cowboy, and you're inside a barn feeding your horse while back at the ranch house, the cook prepares breakfast.
But you're not really hungry.
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