Richard Dick Speed

Death by Force

In the small, dusty town of Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, a chapter of Old West history was violently written on September 1, 1893, ending in the death of 26-year-old Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Richard 'Dick' Speed. On that fateful day, Speed was part of a determined posse of thirteen U.S. Marshals who had descended upon the town with the express purpose of capturing the notorious Doolin-Dalton Gang. The outlaws, wanted for a string of train robberies and other violent crimes, had been known to ...Read More

Okie History: The Battle of Ingalls

Special Deputy Marshal Richard Speed

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