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Thomas Radford

Case from Enid, OK dated Jan 10, 1906

Victim Details

Thomas Radford

Male

Enid

OK

1906-01-10

Thomas

Radford

07/05/2026

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In the cold of a January afternoon in 1906 Enid, Oklahoma, City Marshal Thomas Radford sought warmth inside the Tony Faust Saloon. At 45 years old, the male lawman had cultivated a reputation for his stringent enforcement of the city's laws during his nine months in office, a dedication that had earned him a number of enemies. One of those enemies, a former jailer named John Cannon, harbored a deep-seated animosity toward the marshal, an ill will that was about to reach its fatal conclusion.
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