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IT’S MARSHAL BENNETT NOW.*He Assumed' Char are of His OfficeSaturday Last.Special Report to Ttao Post. ' ,•Muskogee, October 18.—Saturday afternoon Hon. Leo E. Bennett was sworn in and assumed charge of the Northern District . The oath of office was administered by Judge Wm. M. Springer, after which the Judge con*_ the new marshal upon his preferment and promised his hearty co-operation in the performance of his duties.. At the same time Judge Springer expressed his thanks to Retiring Marshal Rutherford ’ for thevery able and efficient manner, in which he had discharged his duties during his term of office. Frank C. Hubbard was then sworn in as chiefdeputy marshal ; P. M. Ford, second deputy ; E. L. Berry, third deputy, and W. K. Locke as fourth deputy, all of whom will perform office duties.The following field deputies were then called forward and sworn in: Dave Adams, John O’Brien, JacobHarrison, Grant Johnson, George Lawson, Frank Jones J. F. Ledbetter, A. M. Lewis, Bass Reeves, J. C. C. Rogers aud Gabe Beck. The retiring officers turned over the business to these men who at once esumed thefunctions of their offices. 1*The following other appointments have been announced by Marshal Bennett: Gideon S. White, office deputy, Vinita; John C. Dannenberg, office deputy, Tablequah and W, A Lub-bes, jailor, Muskogee.
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Fort Gibson Post
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Oct 21, 1897
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