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Samuel Elgin Sam Roberts

Case from Porum, OK dated Jul 04, 1907

Victim Details

Samuel Elgin Sam Roberts

Male

White / Caucasian

Porum

OK

1907-07-04

49

Samuel

Elgin Sam Roberts

07/13/2026

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On the sweltering Fourth of July in 1907, a day of celebration turned tragic near the town of Porum, in what was then the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. Special Deputy Marshal Samuel Elgin 'Sam' Roberts, a 49-year-old lawman, was attending a community picnic, not just for the festivities, but to uphold the law. He and another deputy were investigating reports of illegal liquor being sold at a soda stand at the gathering.

As the deputies approached the stand to conduct a search, the operato ...
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