HELL ON THE BORDER; HE HANGED EIGHTY-EIGHT MEN: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT UNITED STATES CRIMINAL COURT AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, AND OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT THEREOF BEFORE HIS HONOR JUDGE ISAAC C. PARKER, "THE TERROR OF LAW-BREAKERS," AND BY THE COURTS OF SAID TERRITORY, EMBRACING THE LEADING SENTENCES AND CHARGES TO GRAND AND PETIT JURIES, DELIVERED BY THE WORLD FAMOUS JURIST, HIS ACKNOWLEDGED MASTERPIECES, BESIDES MUCH OTHER LEGAL LORE OF UNTOLD VALUE TO ATTORNEYS...; Compiled by C.P. Sterns.
Fort Smith, AR: Phoenix Pub. Co., (c1898). First edition, 1/1000 copies. 8vo. 720 pp. Illustrated, portrait frontispiece. Howes H-203 ("b"). Graff 1785: "An important source book." Adams Six-Guns 929: "The chief source of practically every book and feature on the old court and Oklahoma outlaws. The book contains much material on the Outlaws of the Indian Territory who were tried and condemned in Parker's court, but some of the material not dealing directly with the court is unreliable, especially that about Belle Starr. " Owner's name, but a good solid copy. Original black-stamped green cloth wrappers (some wear to edges and joints, tear in front wrapper). (8225). Item #37783
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