James Bourland

Death by Force

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, a simmering animosity between two men erupted into a fatal confrontation. Caddo County Deputy Sheriff James C. 'Big Jim' Bourland, a man known for his fearlessness, was about 35 years of age at the time of his death. The male deputy had a history with a man named Fred Hudson, an individual with a reputation that straddled both sides of the law.

The bad blood between them had reportedly intensified after Bourland, w ...Read More

Deputy U.S. Marshal James Bourland

Deputy U.S. Marshal James Bourland

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