4 Nov 1887
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston,
Texas
Saturday,
November 5, 1887
pg. 5
AN OFFICER
KILLED
Deputy
United States Marshal Jack Carlton Shot to
Death by a Negro Desperado He Attempted to
Arrest
Denison,
Texas, November 4 - Today at 4
o'clock p.m. Deputy United States Marshal
Jack Carlton, accompanied by R. F.
Lawrence, went to the house of Riney
Carter, a negro woman on Walker street,
after a negro desperado named John Hogan.
Carlton entered the house when Hogan began
firing through a middle door. Several
shots were exchanged, and officer Carlton
was found lying on the floor shot through
the right side, while Hogan, the
desperado, escaped unhurt. The wounded man
was taken to the home of A.B. Bates, where
he died in three hours afterward. He knew
that he was going to die, and asked that a
dispatch be sent to his wife in Searcy,
Arkansas, where she is visiting and his
body sent to his home in Sacket, Arkansas.
He has a wife and two boys. He was 48
years old. The negro escaped to the Indian
Territory. The verdict rendered was that
Jack Carlton came to his death by the
hands of John Hogan.
The Sunday
Gazetteer
Sunday,
November 6, 1887
pg. 1
FATAL
SHOOTING
Deputy U.S.
Marshal Carlton Killed While in the
Discharge of His Duty
About 4
o'clock Friday afternoon an attempt was
made in this city, by Deputy U.S.
Marshall Carlton, of Sebastian county,
Arkansas, to arrest Hogan the notorious
Negro whiskey peddler, which resulted in
the killing of the deputy marshal and
the escape of the criminal. The
facts relative to the killing are as
follows:
Deputy U.S.
Marshal Carlton of Hackett City,
Arkansas, and posse consisting of
deputies George Holmes of Salem,
Arkansas, and O. Goben of Lehigh, I.T.,
arrived in the city Friday with nine
prisoners and several horses captured in
the Territory, and having a warrant for
the arrest of Hogan, the Negro whiskey
peddler, the charge against him being
that of introducing and selling whiskey
in the Indian Territory. (Hogan
will be remembered as the Negro who made
himself so conspicuous with a Winchester
at the "Kennedy" foot racein this city
some time since, and who had to skip th
town to get awayfrom the officers at
that time.) The officers thought
they had Hogan run to earth in the
Parnell saloon and Holmes and Goben were
placed to watch the doors of the saloon
with orders to arrest him if he came
out, while Carlton, learning that he had
been stopping at the house of Aunt R-ney
Carter, corner of Walker street and Rusk
avenue, started up there with Mr. H.F.
Lawrence to locate him. Carlton
approached the house and motioning
Lawrence to the front door, which was
closed, walked around to the side
entrance and commenced talking about
washing to one of the colored women,
keeping his eyes open for a sight of his
man. At length he caught sight of
him through an inner door which was
partially open, and drawing his pistol
he sprang into the outer room calling to
the Negro to surrender. In reply
the door was closed and the next moment
a pistol shot came through the door
followed by another which entered the
body of the Marshal on the right side an
inch below the nipple, and passing
entirely through the body emerged under
the left shoulder blade. The
Marshal fell, but supporting himself
upon one arm fired four shots through
the door, none of which seem to have
taken effect. After firing the
fatal shot Hogan fired three more, all
of which were aimed too high to be
effective.
Regarding
the conduct of Hogan after the shooting
reports are contradictory. Mr.
Lawrence states that the Negro remained
in the house and thinking the Marshal
killed, and not wishing to share his
fate, he (Lawrence) came off up town as
fast as he could to call assistance.
A man who lives nearby and who
states he saw it all, says that
immediately the last shot was fired
Hogan came out of the house and seeing
Lawrence in full flight up the street he
pursued him about fifty yards, firing
three shots at him, after which he
turned around and with a laugh and
started off on a run in the opposite
direction, two revolvers hanging in his
belt and one shining in each hand.
The Marhsal's posse were notified
of the manner in which the attempted
arrest had terminated and a party
repaired to the house to bring the
unfortunate officer up town. He
was found alive and conscious and to
Mayor Hanna he stated the nature of the
mission that had caused the bloody
affray, said he was from Hackett City,
Arkansas, and asked him to tell his wife
that he died happy. He was
conveyed on a stretcher to the residence
of Mr. A.B. Bales on Burnett avenue,
where Drs. Wilkins and White were soon
in attendance, but without avail.
The shot had too effectually done
its work and he died at 6:30 p.m.
without having murmured a complaint.
Immediately
upon the news of the shooting reaching
the city a posse of fifteen people under
Deputy U.S. Marshal Hackney started in
pursuit of the Negro, led on the trail
by City Marshal Cutler's two blood
hounds. The hounds did not take
the scent very well and after scouring
the woods between here and the river til
dark, without seeing anything of their
prey, the most of the party returned
home leaving Marshal Hackney and a few
others still in the woods on foot.
It is not likely that the
desperado will be captured just now.
He got a full hour the start of
the officers and as he runs like a race
horse he was probably at the river
before they started, and is probably now
hiding in the Territory. A man who
arrived in the city about 5:30 p.m.,
with a load of cotton, stated that he
saw a yellow Negro bareheaded and
carrying a pistol in each hand, running
up the branch beyond the Catholic
cemetery, and undoubtedly this man was
Hogan.
The report
of the attempted arrest and shooting, as
given above, is the story as related by
Holmes and Goben, Carlton's deputies.
It is stated by a member of the
city police force that Carlton was fully
aware that Hogan was at the Carter house
when he went there, and that he was
warned by Marshal Cutler not to attempt
to make the arrest light handed as this
man was a tough one and would be sure to
escape. To this he is said to have
replied that he had a warrante for his
arrest dead or alive and that if he
couldn't take him alive, he could dead.
Deputy U.S.
Marshal Hackney and Officer Sims, who
were left in the woods by the balance of
the posse sent out to capture the
desperado Hogan, returned to the city
about 8:30 o'clock Friday evening,
having failed to get a sight of the
fugitive. The tracks of the Negro
were found in several places and the
hounds caught on several times and
followed the trail pretty well, but they
were spasmodic and uncertain, and
progress was slow. Hogan is
undoubtedly in the Territory by this
time and will probably have more blood
on his hands before he is captured.
The remains
of the unfortunate officer, Carlton,
were shipped to-day (Saturday) to
Hackett City, Ark., Mr. O. Goben of
Lehigh, I.T., accompanying them.
Mr. Carlton was about 40 years of
age, tall, dark complected, with dark
hair and dark chin whiskers.
During the war he was a member of
the First Texas infantry and was
attached to Hood's Brigade in the Army
of Virginia. He was for a number
of years connected with the Civil
Service and was present at the killing
of Sam Bass, the notorious Texas train
robber, at Round Rock. By the
election of Deputy U.S. Marshal S.F.
Lawrence to the office of Sheriff of
Sebastian county, Ark. about a year ago,
a vacancy was made which was filled by
the appointment of Mr. Carlton to the
office which he held at the time of his
death. He was a man generous to
his friends, just to his enemies and
fearless to the point of foolhardiness.
By his death a wife and two sons
lose an affectionate husband and father
and the state a valuable and efficient
officer.
Fort
Worth Daily Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Tuesday,
November 8, 1887
pg. 8
A MULATTO
MURDERER
The
Slayer of United States Marshal
Carlton Arrested
Yesterday
morning Special Officers John Fulford
and Jeff Riggies made an important
capture in the person of
John
Hogan, the colored desperado, who shot
and killed Deputy United States
Marshal Jack Carlton at Denison on the
3rd of this month. Carlton, with
another officer, was in the act of
arresting Hogan in a negro hut in the
outskirts of town, when Hogan opened
up fire on them, one shot entering the
deputy's right side with fatal effect,
the officer surviving but a few hours.
Hogan fled, and it was believed that
he had made for the Indian Territory.
Authorities all over the state were
notified, and Sunday night a message
was received at the Union depot to
look out for Hogan, that he was on a
south bound freight train going toward
Fort Worth. When the train got in
yesterday morning Fulford and Riggies
proceeded to search it, and in a
little while discovered their man in a
coal car. Throwing down their pistols
upon him, they demanded him to
surrender with which request he at
once complied. He admitted that his
name was Hogan and that he killed
Marshal Carlton. Two pistols were
taken from the villain and he was put
in the county jail.
The
Austin Weekly Statesman
Austin,
Texas
Thursday,
November 10, 1887
pg. 4
ATTEMPTED
LYNCHING
A Negro
Murderer Brought to Bay at Denison
Special
Telegram to the Statesman
Denison,
November 8 - Officers brought in John
Hogan, the negro who murdered Deputy
United States Marshal John Carlton, of
Sacket, Ark., in this city on last
Friday afternoon. They captured him in
Fort Worth and brought him to this
city. At Whitesboro the United States
Marshal tried to hurt Hogan, but was
prevented by the officers having him
in charge. He was taken to the
Colonnade Hotel, where a large crowd
surrounded him, and the excitement ran
high, and railroad man by the name of
J. K. Murphy, tried to pull him out of
the buggy, and it looked for awhile as
though the mob would lynch him, but so
many special police guarded him. The
effort failed, and Hogan was taken to
the Sherman jail. All the time Hogan
was laughing and speaking with those
he knew, and was not frightened in the
least. He remarked, "If they would
give me a chance I would kill several
more."
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Thursday,
November 10, 1887
pg. 2
The negro
Hogan was interviewed at Jones street
jail this afternoon by a News
reporter, and says he was shot at
twice by Officer Carlton before he
fired the fatal shot.
Fort
Worth Daily Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Sunday,
November 13, 1887
pg. 2
SHERMAN
Hogan
Held to Await the Action of the Grand
Jury
Special
to the Gazette
Sherman,
Tex., Nov. 12 - John Hogan, the
mulatto who murdered Deputy United
States Marshal Carlton of Arkansas
while resisting arrest at Denison a
few days ago, had a preliminary
hearing before Justice Hinkle this
afternoon, and was remanded to jail
without bail to await the action of
the grand jury. Several witnesses were
examined, among them H. T. Lawrence,
who testified in substance that he
went with Marshal Carlton at his
request to show him the house where
Hogan was found; that on reaching the
house he stood at one door while the
Deputy Marshal went to the other and
entered. He heard him order Hogan to
surrender in the name of the United
States when he heard two pistol shots
and the Deputy Marshal cried out: "He
has got me," and then fell mortally
wounded when Hogan ran out and made
his escape.
Fort
Worth Daily Gazette
Fort
Worth, Texas
Tuesday,
December 20, 1887
pg. 5
SHERMAN
A Murder
Case Called
Special
to the Gazette
Sherman,
Tex., Dec. 19 - The case of the state
vs. John Hogan, the mulatto charged
with the murder of a deputy United
States marshal at Denison a few weeks
ago, was called in the District court
evening, and the prisoner was brought
out of jail under a strong guard. The
District courtroom was crowded with
visitors who were anxious to
get a
glimpse of the desperado, and when the
prisoner entered, followed by the
guards, he was manacled and shackled,
which compelled him to walk very
slowly. Colonel Stillwell Russell
appeared for the defense and asked the
court for a continuance on the ground
that Rachel McIntyre, an important
witness for the defense, was sick at
her home in Denison and could not
appear in court. Attorney Randall, for
the state, asked for a recess in which
to controvert the grounds for a
continuance, and the prisoner returned
to jail and court adjourned till
to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Sherman
Daily Register
Friday,
December 30, 1887
pg. 4
FROM A
BROTHER
Sheriff
May Receives Letters Asking About
Jack Carlton
Sheriff
May today received a letter from Dr.
M.C. Carlton, of Carlton, Texas,
asking about Jack Carlton who was
killed in Denison on November 4,
1887, by the Negro, Hogan, who is
now confined the the Jones street
jail. Dr. Carlton states that
he has reasons to believe that the
deceased was his brother, and that
he has written several letters of
inquiry to authorities in Denison,
but has never heard a word. He
was given a full description of
Carlton's appearance, his place of
residence, and the manner in which
he met his death.
The
Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
Thursday, April 19, 1888
pg. 1
SHERMAN
The
Case of Hogan Creating Much Comment
- Hackney Testifies
Sherman, Tex. April 18, - The motion
for a continuance in the Hogan case
being overruled, the state announced
ready for trial and the special
venire called. The work of
impaneling of a jury was not
completed until 3:30 this afternoon.
Policeman Hackney had been on the
stand ever since the state began to
introduce testimony. His evidence is
to the effect that Carlton, the man
killed, was with his posse in the
pursuit of Hogan, who was needed on
the charge of violating the
intercourse law. He was not with
Carlton at the time of the killing,
but arrived shortly afterward and
saw Carlton, who was not yet dead,
and says Carlton told him that the
first shot was fired by the negro
did the work. He also
testified that one of the shots from
the darkened room, in which Hogan is
supposed
to have
been, was fired through a crack in
the door. He denied that he ever
gave the negro Hogan a right to
carry
a
pistol, although he had gotten him
to try to capture another negro
wanted for an offense.
Carlton
was an officer from the Western
district of Arkansas, and upon this
fact the defense is now basing many
of their interrogations in the
cross-examinations. The case is
creating much comment.
St. Louis (MO) Dispatch
Sunday,
April 22, 1888
pg. 5
FOR LIFE
End of John
Hogan's Trial for Murder at Sherman -
His Sentence
By Telegraph to
the Post-Dispatch
Sherman, Texas,
April 21 - The end of the famous
Hogan-Carleton murder trial, which has
occupied the attention of the District
Court the entire week, was reached
this morning, when the jury brought in
a verdict finding Hogan guilty of
murder in the first degree and
assessing his punishment at
confinement in the State prison for
life.
John Hogan is the
Mullato desperado who had figured for
a long time as a whiskey peddler and
gambler in the Indian Territory,
dealing with and selling liquor to the
Indians contrary to the federal laws.
On the 4th day of last November,
Deputy United States Marshal Carleton
of Hackett City, Arkansas, was in this
county looking for Hogan, and, hearing
that he was concealed in a house in
Denison, went, accompanied by a posse,
to arrest him. When the Marshal
opened the door to enter the house,
Hogan fired at him from the inside,
inflicting wounds from which the
Deputy Marshall died on the same day.
The murderer made
his escape to Ft. Worth, where he was
captured by the officers and brought
back to this city and held in jail for
trial, with the above results.
The jury withheld the penalty of
death on several points made slightly
in favor of the prisoner.
The Sunday
Gazetteer
Sunday, April 22,
1888
pg. 1
HOGAN SENTENCED
In the case of
Hogan, the Negro murderer of Deputy U.S.
Marshal Carlton of Arkansas, the jury
returned a verdict Saturday morning
assessing his punishment at imprisonment
for life.
The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday,
May 6, 1888
pg.1
The
Sherman Register and Herald
seem to be very much perturbed over an
advertisement of the Star Store, (this
city) contained in last week's issue of
the Gazetteer,
wherein the advertisers took the liberty
of recounting the supposed death of
Hogan the Negro murderer, in order to
lead up in an interesting manner to what
they wished to say concerning their
house. The Register lashes
itself into an indignant fury over the
damage done the spotless reputation of
the black desperado, while the Herald is
piously petulant at the want of veracity
displayed by the wicked Gazetteer.
So concerned are they about this
matter that it is evident they don't
know whether to believer the statements
contained in that advertisement or not,
and for fear that continued uncertainty
might prove fatal to the editorial (want
of) faculty we will admit that those
statements were untrue, and that Hogan
still lived.
The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday,
July 22, 1888
Pg. 1
Hogan,
the murderer of Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack
Carlton, in this city, was removed from
the Sherman jail to the Rusk
Penitentiary last Tuesday, to enter upon
his term of life imprisonment.
Convict Record, Texas State
Penitentiary
at
Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas
Registered No.
|
3357
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Name
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John Hogan
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Age
|
32
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Height
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5' 6"
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| Weight |
192
|
Complexion
|
Mulatto
|
Eyes
|
Mulatto |
Hair
|
Mulatto |
Marks on Person
|
Scar right eyebrow
Scar back right shoulder
Scar on forehead
Scar left side
Scar above right ___
Scar ass
Scar upper right hip
Stab scar front upper right thigh
|
Marital Relations
|
No
|
Use of Tobacco
|
Yes
|
Habits
|
Int
|
Education
|
None
|
Occupation
|
Lab
|
Nativity
|
Mo
|
Time of Conviction
|
June 23. 1888
|
Offense
|
Murder 1st Degree
|
Term of Imprisonment
|
Life
|
County
|
Grayson
|
Residence
|
Denison
|
Plea
|
not guilty
|
When Received
|
July 19, 1888
|
Expiration of Sentence
|
Death
|
Remarks
|
Pardoned Jan. 23, 1903
|
The 1900 Census shows him as a
44-year-old Rusk inmate with a birth
year of 1855. In January of 1903,
fourteen-and-a-half years after he
began serving his life sentence, he
was pardoned at age 46 or 47 by
Governor Joseph Draper Sayers.
Less than two years after he was
pardoned, the Muskogee
Daily Phoenix
reported in December 1904 that Hogan
had been arrested again for selling
liquor. He was fined $10 and
sentenced to two years in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta,
Georgia.
Muskogee (OK) Daily Phoenix
Thursday, December 1, 1904
pg. 5
THE IMPORTANT CAPTURE
Prisoner Recognized by Jailer Lubbes
After Seventeen Years
The capture of John Hogan Tuesday
night at Constable Kimsey, Deputy
Adams and Paul Smith, is considered
a very important one. The
officers spotted a trunk on the
train which looked somewhat
suspicious. Upon investigation
it was found that the trunk made
numerous trips over the road and the
owner of the trunk was pointed out
to the officers, whereupon they
arrested one John Hogan. Hogan
had a number of bottles of whiskey
in his pockets and the check which
corresponded with the one on the
trunk. The trunk contained 104
pint bottles of intoxicants.
When the prisoner was taken to
jail he was immediately recognized
by Jailer Gus Lubbes.
According to Mr. Lubbes, Hogan
was convicted of murder in Texas 17
years ago and served a 14 year
sentence in the Texas penitentiary.
Eight
years after that he was arrested
again for operating a moonshine
still several miles southwest of
Eufala with a man named Hugh Nall.
The following year, in October 1913,
he was arrested again near Eufala
and charged with selling liquor to a
minor.
The Muldrow (OK) Press
Friday,
December 20, 1912
pg. 5
FIND
"MOONSHINE" STILL
Checotah
- John Hogan and Hugh Nall were taken
to Muskogee to appear before the
federal court on the charge of
operating a "moonshine" still.
The sheriffs of Pittsburg and
McIntosh counties, working in concert,
located the plant on the banks of the
Canadian river southeast of Melette.
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