OKLAHOMA TERRITORY CHEROKEE STRIP LAND RUN POKER GAME ARREST 1893 For Sale

An Original 1893 Arrest Complaint issued against Barton Smith of \"P\" (Noble) County for unlawfully playing poker for money . P County was part of the Cherokee Strip until 1893. (Before statehood the Oklahoma Counties were initially given alphabetical titles). The County Seat, Historic Perry Oklahoma, was known as \'Hell\'s Half Acre\", and the site of countless gambling halls, Just 2 years earlier the notorious Doolin Dalton Gang committed one of the most famous train robberies in Western history there . This Complaint was issued just days before the \"Cherokee Strip\" Land Run took place and issued by Prosecuting Attorney SH Harris (one of the one who led the fight to admit Oklahoma as a state, )and signed on front and reverse by Harris The 1p 8 x 14\" ptd/ink document was printed at the Territorial Capitol, Guthrie, and is ink signed on reverse by Judge RJ Edwards, with a small pencil notation \"Pled guilty and paid $20.00 and costsAge stains, edge wear, Overall VG Condition. Comes w bio info.
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