His mother then took his remains back to the Fort Gibson area where he is buried at the Cherokee National Cemetery. His lawyer again filed several appeals but the verdict was upheld and Cherokee Bill would hang, and indeed he was.Īt the young age of 20, Crawford “Cherokee Bill” Goldsby died at the end of a rope. Once again he was found guilty and sentenced to hang. Bill then was tried for the murder of Keating. A stand off ensued and Bill was talked out of the cell by Henry Starr, another prisoner. It is said that Bill shot and killed a guard Lawrence Keating once in the stomach, and then again in his back. After filing appeals he was granted a stay of execution and during this time with the help of a trusty Cherokee Bill attempted a jail break. He was found guilty of shooting Melton and sentenced to hang on June 25, 1895. He tried Unsuccessfully to break out of jail while being held over for trial. This still would not be the end of Cherokee Bill's misdeeds. While sending Maggie on an errand to a neighbors home on the morning of his capture, Rogers hit Bill over the head and with the help of a neighbor Clifton Scales, he succeeded into getting him tied up. Ike being enticed with money and a job position was more than will to try and capture Cherokee Bill.
She invited Bill to go on a visit with her to her cousin's house, Ike Rogers. The downfall of Cherokee Bill was to be a woman, named Maggie Glass. Judge Isaac Parker, placed a 1,300 dollar reward on Cherokee Bill for the murder of Ernest Melton.
Cherokee Bill aimed his rifle and fired one shot hitting Melton in the neck, killing him instantly. During the course of the robbery it is said Bill noticed a painter, Ernest Melton looking in to see what was occuring in the store. In the latter part of 1894, Cherokee Bill and the Cook Brothers robbed the Shufeldt & Son store in Lenapal, Indian Territory. After her statement, Crawford Goldsby got the nickname "Cherokee Bill" and became known as one of the most dangerous men of the Indian Territory. She stated that it was not Crawford Goldsby, but it was Cherokee Bill. The authorities fled, but later on, when Effie Crittenden was questioned, she was asked if Crawford Bill had been involved. One of Gourd’s men, Sequoyah Houston was killed, and Jim Cook was injured. On July 18, 1894, Sheriff Rattling Gourd and his posse got into a gunfight with Crawford and the Cook brothers. On her way back, she was followed by Sheriff Ellis Rattling Gourd who hoped to capture Goldsby and the Cooks. The men did not want to be seen by the authorities so they stopped at a hotel and restaurant that was run by Effie Crittenden, and they made her go to Tahlequah to get their money.
Since Goldsby and the Cook brothers were part Cherokee, they headed out to Tahlequah, Oklahoma to get their money.Īt this time, Crawford was wanted for shooting Jake Lewis, and Jim Cook was wanted on larceny charges. Thus the forming of the notorious Cook Gang.ĭuring the summer of 1894, the United States government purchased rights to a strip of Cherokee land and agreed to pay out $265.70 to each person who had a legal claim. Thinking Lewis was dead, Crawford went on the run, leaving Fort Gibson and heading for the Creek and Seminole Nations where he met up with outlaws Jim and Bill Cook, who were mixed blood Cherokees. A couple days later, Crawford took a six-shooter and shot Lewis. At a dance in Fort Gibson, he and Jake Lewis had a fight over Lewis beating up one of his brothers. Crawford had one sister, Georgia, and two brothers, Luther and Clarence.Ĭrawford’s life as an outlaw began when he was eighteen. His mother was a Cherokee Freedman, mixed with African, Indian and white ancestry. Bill’s father, George Goldsby, was a mulatto from Perry County, Alabama, a sergeant of the Tenth United States Cavalry, and a Buffalo Soldier. He was born to George and Ellen (Beck) Goldsby on Februat Fort Concho in San Angelo, Texas. Responsible for the murders of seven men, including his brother-in-law. Crawford Goldsby was a 19th century American outlaw, known by the alias Cherokee Bill.
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