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William Matthew Tilghman Jr. (July 4, 1854 – November 1, 1924) was a career lawman, gunfighter, and politician in Kansas and Oklahoma during the late 19th century. Tilghman was a Dodge City city marshal in the early 1880s and played a role in the Kansas County Seat Wars.
Jun 17, 2014 · Famed Old West lawman Bill Tilghman learned that lesson firsthand, in an ugly, smelly, Oklahoma oil town in the mid-1920s. By the time he got to Cromwell, Tilghman was a living legend—a lawman in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s and 1880s, and one of the “Three Guardsmen” deputy U.S. marshals who helped clean up Indian Territory in the 1890s.
Apr 27, 2016 · In the film, Tilghman is shot and killed on November 21 st ,1924 by federal agent Wily Lynn. As is often done in Hollywood somebody has to be the bad guy and Lynn is the fall guy. Legend says Tilghman was shot by a drunken rookie probation officer because he refused to take a bribe.
Attracted to the Land Run of 1889, Tilghman located a claim near Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. After the Cherokee Outlet Opening in 1893, while he was working as a peace officer in the boomtown of Perry, he killed a troublemaker called Crescent Sam on September 17, 1893.
Bill Tilghman was one of the first white men to reach the southwest border of Kansas before the advent of railroads. Tilghman was a lawmen for over 30 years.
Bill Tilghman. William Matthew Tilghman Jr. was a career lawman, gunfighter, and politician in Kansas and Oklahoma. Bill was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa on July 4, 1854, to William and Amanda Shepherd Tilghman. He moved with his family later to a homestead in Atchison, Kansas.
Aug 1, 1999 · Bill Tilghman was an Indian fighter, buffalo hunter, lawman and moviemaker. He served as a deputy in Dodge City, Kan., with Bat Masterson, was chief of police in Oklahoma City, a Lincoln County sheriff and a U.S. marshal.
Sep 23, 2022 · The largest and most sensational criminal trial that involved both the Oklahoma and Indian Territories prior to statehood in 1907, was known as the “Seminole Burnings.” Bill Tilghman, one of the most famous lawmen of the era, played a major role in the investigation and prosecution of the crime.
Nov 16, 2009 · On November 1, 1924, William Tilghman is murdered by a corrupt Prohibition agent who resented Tilghman’s refusal to ignore local bootlegging operations. Tilghman, one of the famous marshals...
William Matthew Tilghman (1854 – 1924) was one of the great lawmen of the old West. His name may not trip off the tongue in the way that an Earp or a Hickok does, and he certainly has not enjoyed the levels of Hollywood exposure that those men did, but nevertheless, to students of the West he was an important figure. Silent-movie Bill.
