Fred Evans, Posseman/Constable

City of Mannford

Evans, 40, was a member of a posse made up of local men looking for two men who robbed two other men the morning of Friday, December 1, 1911. About 8 P.M. that night the suspects, Bud and Bob Walker, were located in a house in Mannford. When the posse called for the men to surrender the posse was met with gunfire. Evans was hit and killed with the first volley. During the melee, the suspects escaped. Bud Walker was located just before midnight and was wounded by a shotgun blast. Deputy Constable D. H. Poulter then took him to the Mannford jail. A few hours later a group of 25 men broke into the jail, subdued the Deputy and dragged Bud Walker out in to the street. Walker was forced to run for his life while the mob opened fire on him, shooting him down in the street. Wounded at least a half a dozen times but still alive, Walker was hanged from a nearby telephone and shot several more times. The Sheriff cut the body down that afternoon. Bob Walker was arrested about 4 A.M. that morning in Claremore.