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The Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
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Citizens of Pawhuska, Okla., raise $1,500 reward for arrest and conviction of those who shot and killed city marshal James S. Shelley on May 11 in Pershing while he apprehended burglars breaking into a box car.
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Pawhuska, May 27. - A reward of $1,500 has been raised by popular subscription and has been offered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who shot and killed James S. Shelley, city marshal of Pershing, Okla., and deputy sheriff of Osage county. The shooting occurred May 11, when Shelley apprehended two men in the act of breaking into a box car in the yards at Pershing.
The reward will be paid through H. M. Freas, sheriff of Osage county.
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Pershing, Okla.
Event Date
May 11
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james s. shelley shot and killed; $1,500 reward offered for arrest and conviction
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James S. Shelley, city marshal of Pershing, Okla., and deputy sheriff of Osage county, was shot and killed on May 11 while apprehending two men breaking into a box car in the yards at Pershing. A reward of $1,500 raised by popular subscription in Pawhuska has been offered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible. The reward will be paid through H. M. Freas, sheriff of Osage county.