Crowder Nicks
Before he was ever given a commission to work under Judge Parker, Crowder
Nicks made himself known, when he sign-handedly brought in the murderer of
Sam Sixkiller in 1887. The story of the capture of Sixkilller's assailant was
written about fully in Art Burton's books, "Black Red and Deadly. African and
Indian Gunfighters of Indian Territory. He received a commission shortly
after the incident working in and out of Parker's court in Ft. Smith. In
the 1890's he was occasionally mentioned in the local press regarding the
retrieval of stolen property. His tenure lasted primarily in the 1890's
and is believed to have ended shortly after Parker's death in 1896.
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