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1888- Oklahoma Territory- John Billee and Thomas
Willis robbed and murdered W.P. Williams and buried his body in a ravine in the Kiamichi Mountains on this date. John Billee and Thomas
Willis were later apprehended by three deputies, Will
Ayers, James
Wilkerson, and Perry
DuVall. While en route back to
Fort Smith for trial, the three lawmen and the two prisoners bedded down in a deserted cabin near Muskogee,
Oklahoma. During the night, Billee managed to free one hand from the handcuffs which bound him to one of the deputies and reached for the deputy's gun. He shot
Ayers,
DuVall, and
Wilkerson, wounding them, but
Wilkerson managed to wound the outlaw before Billee made good his escape. All three wounded deputies, embarrassed at being jumped, were publicly denounced when they delivered their prisoners to
Fort Smith. Billee and
Willis were convicted of murder and sentenced to death. After several legal delays, they were both hanged at
Fort Smith on Jan. 16, 1890.