McCluskie immediately fled town to avoid arrest, but returned just a few days later, after he heard that the shooting would most likely be deemed self defense. Though Bailey never produced a weapon, McCluskie claimed he feared for his life, because of Bailey's reputation as a gunfighter. In no time, Bailey's Texas cowboy friends vowed to revenge his death which ultimately led to the famous Hyde Park Gunfight on August 19, 1871.

Andrew "Andy" W. Balfour (or Belfour) (18??-1891) - A Deputy Sheriff in Kiowa County, Kansas,

Balfour was tracking Zip Wyatt, who had shot up the town of Mulhall Oklahoma in June, 1891. Having wounded two citizens, and with a warrant out for his arrest, Wyatt fled to Kansas, where he stole some riding gear in Greensburg, in Kiowa County in July. Balfour tracked Wyatt to Pryor's Grove about ten miles north of Greensburg, where he attempted to arrest the fugitive, only to be shot in the abdomen, with the bullet striking the officer in the spine and killing him. However, the deputy rallied before he died, shooting Wyatt twice, but only wounding him slightly in the hand and on his left side.

Deputy Sheriff Balfour left a wife and six children. In the meantime, Wyatt escaped to return to Oklahoma, formed a gang, and terrorize the territory for the next several years. He was finally captured after a gunfight, in which he was wounded, and died in jail in Enid, Oklahoma.

Charles "Charlie" C. Bassett (1847-1896) - One of the many men who served the law in the wicked little town of Dodge City, Kansas, Bassett hailed from New Bedford, Massachusetts and fought with the Union Army during the Civil War. Mustered out at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Bassett stayed out west, settling in Dodge City. On June 5, 1873, he became the Ford County Sheriff. Working with Under-Sheriff, Bat Masterson, the pair pursued Sam Bass following his holdup of a Union Pacific train in Big Springs, Nebraska in 1877. Bassett served two consecutive terms as sheriff, but when a local ordinance prohibited him from running for a third term, Bat Masterson became the Sheriff, appointing Bassett as his under-sheriff. When Bat's brother Ed, who was serving as Dodge City Marshal, was killed in April, 1878, Bassett replaced him. During the time he worked as marshal, both Wyatt and James Earp worked as deputies for him. Bassett was on hand for the Loving-Richardson Shootout in the Long Branch Saloon on April 5, 1870. After resigning as Dodge City's marshal in November, 1879, he moved to New Mexico, where he worked as a guard for Adams Express Company. The next year he was mining for gold in Montana, before wandering about Colorado and Texas and making frequent trips back to Dodge City. Finally, he settled in Kansas City, were he worked in and owned a number of saloons. He returned to Dodge City in 1883 when Luke Short was in a dispute with city authorities and called in all his friends for support. Bassett died at Hot Springs, Kansas on January 5, 1896.

Addison M. Beck (18??-1883) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned out of Fort Smith, Arkansas court about 1875. In the summer of 1883, he promised his wife that he would resign his commission and take a safer job after one more trip to Indian Territory. He would never return. On September 27, 1883, he was riding with posseman, Lewis Merritt, looking for a Cherokee Indian named John Bart, who was wanted for whiskey violations. They came upon him east of Webbers Falls working in a cornfield with a man named Johnson Jacks. However, Bart had been warned and as the officers approached Bart and Jacks opened fire, killing Beck with a shot in the head. Lewis Merritt returned the fire, only to be hit in the chest. However, he managed to hit Johnson Jacks twice in the stomach, before receiving another shot in the head. While lying almost dead on the ground, Jacks then approached the prone man, shooting him several more times and beating his head in with a gun. Bart then helped the wounded Jacks to a nearby cabin before making his escape. The U.S. Deputy Marshals were then out in full force and later arrested Jacks, who confessed to killing both officers.

John Beckwith (1853-1879) - A native of New Mexico, John was born on January 14, 1853 and along with his older brother Robert, ran a cattle ranch on the east side of the Pecos River in Lincoln County. Both John and his brother were working as deputies under Sheriff William Brady, when a posse was sent out to attach rival faction leader, John Tunstall's cattle. When the posse met up with Tunstall, the rancher refused to give over his herd and was killed on February 18, 1878. This event set off the infamous Lincoln County War Billy the Kid and the rest of the McSween "Regulators," John's brother, Robert was killed during the climactic battle in Lincoln in 1878. John was shot to death the following year by John Jones.

Robert "Bob" W. Beckwith (1850-1878) - The son of a rancher, Bob was born on October 16, 1850 and when he grew up he worked as a rancher with his younger brother John in Lincoln County, New Mexico. By 1876, the pair had established a ranch of their own. When the bitter rivalry that would spawn the Lincoln County War began, the two became involved in the Dolan- Murphy faction and were deputized. On February 18, 1878, the brothers were with a group of deputies who stopped rancher John Tunstall, killing him and setting off the infamous Lincoln County War. Bob was killed in the climactic battle in Lincoln on July 19, 1878.

John X. Beidler (1831-1890) - Born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, Beidler was raised at Chabersburg where he went to school for a brief time and worked as a shoemaker and a brickmaker. Later he made his way west, landing in Kansas where he worked a small farm. During his time in Kansas, he became friends with the abolitionist John Brown and joined with other "free-soilers" in making attacks on border ruffians during the Kansas-Missouri Border War. After Brown was executed after his raid on Harper's Ferry, Beidler moved to Texas and Colorado before finally landing in Montana. During these transient times, he worked in a number of positions including store clerk, prospector, pack train operator, and freighter. In Montana, he worked as a stagecoach shotgun guard a soon joined a local Vigilante Committee to help control the lawless territory. Enthusiastic in this role, he quickly became the group's chief hangman and participated in a number of executions, including that of Henry Plummer. As a "reward" for his work on the Vigilante Committee, he was given the jobs of Customs Collector and U.S. Deputy Marshal. He remained in Montana until he died on January 22, 1890 and is buried in Helena.

James W. Bell, aka: Lone Bell (18??–1881) - Bell served as a Texas Ranger in the mid 1870's in San Saba County, Texas. Some time later, he moved to New Mexico, where he worked as a deputy under Pat Garrett in Lincoln County during Lincoln County War. When Garrett apprehended Billy the Kid in December, 1880, the outlaw was convicted and sent to Lincoln County to await execution. The following year, when Billy was being held at the jail, Bell actually befriended the young outlaw and was extremely kind and considerate to him. But for Bell, his consideration wouldn't matter. In April, while Pat Garrett was out of town on business, Billy was left in the hands of Deputies Bell and Bob Ollinger. Somehow, Billy obtained a smuggled gun and on April 28, 1881, he killed both deputies and escaped.

John Bird (1795-1839) - Born in Tennessee in 1795, Bird served with the Jackson and Creek campaigns during the War of 1812. In 1829, he married and the couple had four children. He later moved his family to Texas where he received a land grant in Burleson County. In 1836, Bird fought the Mexicans during the Texas Revolution. Having already acquired a reputation as an Indian Fighter and soldier, he joined the Texas Rangers in 1839 and was immediately made a captain. After serving for only one month, Bird was commanding a company of about 35 Rangers on May 26, 1839, when they attempted to catch up with some Comanche braves who they believed had been raiding the area. Unable to catch the Indians, they retreated only to be ambushed by about 200 Comanche, Caddo and Kickapoo Indians at what would later become known as Bird's Creek. Fighting a fierce battle, the Rangers reported to have killed about 30-40 Indians and wounded about as many. However, five Texas Rangers also lost their lives including John Bird.

Leslie F. Blackburn - A U.S. Deputy Marshal in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881-82, Blackburn reportedly killed a "bad man" named Dunne in Virginia City, Nevada before coming to Tombstone in 1881. He was named a U.S. Deputy Marshal in March, 1881 and served along with Virgil Earp in that capacity. Blackburn’s primary duties were working as a Customs Collector for Judge Wells Spicer, the U.S. Court Commissioner for southeastern Arizona , but had other duties as well. In the summer of 1881, he formerly charged Doc Holliday with attempting to rob the U.S. Mail and though Holliday was briefly jailed, nothing came of it.

Allen A. “Gus” Bobbitt (1862-1909) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in 1888, under Marshal John Hammer. Prior to pinning on the badge, Bobbit owned a saloon in Corner, Oklahoma , but when he became a deputy marshal, was living in Center in the Chickasaw Nation. During his career, Bobbitt brought in a number of criminals including Jim Harbolt, who was wanted for train robbery and killing a sheriff. Sometime after the turn of the century, Bobbitt retired as a deputy marshal, but was causing trouble for two men by the names of Jesse West and Joe Allen, who were conning area Indians by getting them drunk and buying their land the nearly nothing. When Bobbitt tried to get the their unethical practices stopped, West and Allen hired gunman “Deacon” Jim Miller to kill him. After Miller had been paid a fee of $1,700, he shot Bobbitt, when the ex lawman was riding home on February 27, 1909. Bobbitt survived long enough to make his way home and identified his killer to his wife. Miller was arrested in Texas by a Texas Ranger and extradited to Oklahoma to stand trial alongside Jesse West, Joe Allen and Berry Burrell, who had acted as a middleman in the killing. While the four men were awaiting trial in Ardmore, Oklahoma , the jail was stormed by a vigilante mob who removed the four men and hanged them.

Joe Bowers (18??-1898) - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas under Marshal Thomas Boles. In May, 1887, U.S. Deputy Marshal Dan Maples was killed and the murder blamed on Cherokee Indian, Ned Christie. For five years, Christie avoided capture, but on October 12, 1892, a posse of some 25 men stormed his cabin in the Going Snake District. In the melee, Joe Bowers was seriously injured in the leg, U.S. Deputy Marshal John Fields was killed, and the elusive outlaw was assassinated. Years later, it would be found that Christie had not killed Marshal Dan Maples in 1887. In December, 1898 when Bowers got into an argument with ex-U.S. Deputy Marshal, Joe Pentecost in the Ritterbausch Saloon at Guthrie, Oklahoma, Pentecost shot and killed him.

H. E. Bowling - U.S. Deputy Marshall commissioned in the Southern District of Indian Territory at Paris, Texas under Marshal Sheb Williams. Living just north of Allen, Oklahoma, Bowling came to Indian Territory in 1894, where he was headquartered at Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation and later moved to Center, also in the Chickasaw Nation. Bowling was working with Deputy Marshal Bill McCall in the mid 1890s when the pair came across a mean hombre by the name of Bruner. Of Native American and African-American descent, Bruner denied his black heritage and was one of the toughest and meanest men in the territory. When Marshal McCall gave chase to the man into the woods, Bruner shot him in the back. Though McCall initially appeared to be only slightly wounded, he ended up dying of the gunshot.  

Reuben Hornsby Boyce (1853-1927) - Lawman, Texas Ranger and miner, Boyce traveled the west before finally settling down in Texas . Boyce was born in Williamson County, Texas on January 8, 1853, the oldest of ten children. Growing up when Texas was still in its infancy, Boyce was a rugged individual who joined the Texas Rangers sometime before 1878. As a Ranger, Boyce quickly developed a reputation for always "getting his man"; and was an active Indian Fighter, participating in the Battle of Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River in 1878, in which the entire Indian band was annihilated. Boyce would later say that he had been a lawman in New Mexico, Arizona and at El Paso, Texas before he headed northwest about 1890. In 1898, he headed to Alaska during the Klondyke gold rush, where he tried to find his fortune for three years. Later, he was said to have lived in British Columbia for a time before finally returning to Texas . He died in Coahoma, Texas on May 23, 1927.  

Cyrus P. Bradley (1919-1865) - Sheriff and first Chief of Police in Chicago, Illinois, Bradley was born in Concord, new Hampshire. In 1837, he moved to Chicago. In 1849 he was appointed as a tax collector in South Chicago and worked with the local fire company. He then served to terms as the Cook County Sheriff before becoming Chicago's first police chief on May 26, 1855. Actively playing a role in capturing criminals, Bradley and the Chicago Police Department was credited with solving every crime reported during its first three months in operation. When a new major abolished the position of police chief, Bradley was let go and in 1860, began the first of two terms as the fire marshal. However, in 1861, the police chief position was restored and Bradley began to serve once again. He was also appointed as a provost marshal of the army following the outbreak of the Civil War. During his tenure, Bradley made a number of improvements to Chicago's police force, including increasing the size of force, dividing the city into distinct precincts, and creating the department’s first detective division. He died inChicago, Illinois on March 6, 1865.

William J. Brady (1825-1878) - Born in Corvan, Ireland in 1825, Brady emigrated to the United States and fought in the Civil War with the 2nd New Mexico Volunteers. When the war was over he became close friends with two other Irish immigrants by the names of James Dolan and Lawrence Lawrence Murphy, the owners of the Murphy & Dolan Mercantile and Banking operation in Lincoln County, New Mexico. With their support, he was elected as the Lincoln County Sheriff in 1975. In 1876, Alexander McSween and John Tunstall, fed up with Murphy and Dolan's virtual control of the county's economy, set up a rival business. This, of course, upset Dolan and Murphy, who had become accustomed to their nice profits. Dolan attempted to goad Tunstall into a gunfight, but Tunstall refused. However, he soon hired Billy the Kid and other gunfighters to protect his interests. In February, 1878, Dolan and Murphy obtained a court order to seize some of Tunstall's horses as payment for an outstanding debt. Sheriff Brady and a posse soon went out to take the horses and in the confrontation on February 18, 1878, Tunstall was killed, an event that erupted into the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid and the other men fighting for the McSween faction, called the Regulators, soon set about taking revenge.

On April 1, 1878, Billy, along with several other Regulators, which included Frank MacNab, Jim French, Fred Waite, Henry Brown, and John Middleton were involved in a shootout with law enforcement in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse. When the dust cleared, William Brady and his deputy, George Hindman lay dead.

Dow Braziel (18??-1919) - Braziel served as a U.S. Deputy Marshal and an IRS Officer before he was killed in Ardmore, Oklahoma by Deputy Sheriff Bud Ballew. Apparently, the pair had a long-standing feud, that culminated in Ballew's killing of Braziel on January 31, 1919. Though arrested, it was found that Braziel had shot first and Ballew was released only to be killed three years later by the Wichita Falls, Texas Police Chief.

Richard M. Brewer (1850-1878) - Born on February 19, 1850 in Franklin County, Vermont, his family moved to Wisconsin in 1860 and when the lad turned 18, he made his way west. Settling down in Lincoln County, New Mexico, he became a rancher and horse breeder. He soon befriended his neighbor John Tunstall who was in a feud with the Murphy/ Dolan faction, known as the Lincoln County War. By March 1, 1878, when the rivalry had grown to gunplay, Brewer was appointed constable by the Magistrate. His group known as “The Regulators” included Billy the Kid and other deputies. Their purpose was to serve arrest warrants to members of the Dolan Gang for the ambush and murder of John Tunstall. On April 4, 1878, Brewer led the Regulators to Blazer's Mill where they were confronted by one of the men they held a warrant for - Buckshot Roberts. Soon, the guns blazed and two Regulators were wounded and one killed - namely Constable Brewer. Buckshot Roberts was also killed and the two were buried side by side.

Elijah "Lige" S. Briant (1861-1933) - Born in raised in Simpson County, Kentucky, Briant headed to Texas in the early 1880s. Described as a very quiet and dignified person, he first worked as a school teacher in Coleman, but later joined up with U.S. surveyors plotting the boundaries of Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona. When that job was complete, he returned to Sonora, Texas, where he served as postmaster from 1893 to 1807 and worked owned sheep. In 1898, he was elected as the Sutton County Sheriff, at a time when the area was over-ridden with lawless elements. But, Briant seemed to fear very little and soon began to clean up the area. In 1900 he was wounded by a robbery suspect but continued on. The following year, on April 2, 1901, he and his deputies, along with former sheriff, Henry Sharp and Constable W.D. Thomason went after Wild Bunch members, Will Carver and Ben Kilpatrick who were known to be hiding in the Ogden Building at Sonora, Texas . Like many of the outlaw captures of the Old West, the two outlaws refused to give up and instead, opened fire on the lawmen. When the smoke cleared, Will Carver was dead and Kilpatrick wounded. Briant received a $1,000 reward for killing Carver, but would later say that he regretted the shooting. Later, he became a county judge before moving to San Antonio, Texas in 1918, and to San Angelo in 1920. There he worked in the land and stock commission business. He died in San Angelo on December 22, 1933 and was buried at the Fairmont Cemetery.

Reuben “Rube” H. Brown (1851-1875) - The son of Palestine T. and Miriam Brown, Rube was born in Texas on November 28, 1851. Well educated, he grew up working on his father’s farm and was working as a farm hand in his late teens. However, by the early 1870’s, he had been made the City Marshal of Cuero, Texas, at a time that the Sutton-Taylor Feud was heating up in the area and Brown sided with the Sutton Faction. In January, 1874, he shot and  killed a man named James Gladney McVea in McGanan's Bar in Cuero. After William Sutton was killed in March, 1874, Brown became the leader of the Sutton Faction and the lawman soon arrested Billy Taylor for the killing of William Sutton and received, not only a $500 reward, but also wide recognition. However, before long, Brown resigned his office in June, 1874 for unspecified reasons, perhaps, out of fear of Taylor retribution. In the end, it wouldn’t matter. He was shot down in a Cuero, Texas saloon on November 17, 1875. Though no one was arrested for the murder, he was though to have been killed by members of the Taylor faction.  

Eli Hickman “Heck” Bruner (1859-1898) - Born on February 13, 1859 at Siloam Springs, Arkansas to Eli W. and Mary E. Collins Bruner, Bruner grew up to be a U.S. Deputy Marshal. He was commissioned in 1880 in the Western District of Arkansas, assigned to the Cherokee Nation serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes. The following year, he married Sara A. Laura Bradley on June 23, 1881 and the couple would eventually have three children. His career as a federal lawman brought him into contact with numerous criminals over the years. In March, 1892, he brought in James Craig, a member of the Wahco Hampton Gang, who had killed Deputy Marshals Thomas Whitehead and Josiah Poorboy. On November 2, 1892 Heck was one of the sixteen deputy marshals who stormed Ned Christie’s cabin in the Cherokee Nation, leaving the alleged outlaw dead. Later, the lawmen rode with a posse to arrest two members of the Rogers Brothers Gang – Sam Rogers and Ralph Hedrick, who had been charged with robbing a bank in Mound City, Kansas. When they came upon the pair of outlaws, gunfire erupted and Hedrick was killed and Rogers wounded.  In January, 1894, Heck led the posse that captured a murderer called Dynamite Jack and the following year was at the Fort Smith, Arkansas jail when Cherokee Bill tried to escape and killed Deputy Marshal Larry Keating on July 26, 1895. On one occasion the federal officer was forced to shoot his cousin when the man resisted arrested for train robbery. On June 22, 1899, while Bruner was trying to cross the Grand River near Vinita, Oklahoma to serve several warrants for the Muskogee Federal Court, he found the ferry boat unattended on the far side.  Heck made the unfortunate decision to swim across the rain-swollen river and drowned.  His body was found the following day.

John Millard Burton - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in the Southern Indian Territory Court at Ardmore, Oklahoma. Assigned to Mill Creek, a hell-raising cattle town in the Chickasaw Nation, he replaced U.S. Deputy Marshal John Poe, who was killed by whiskey dealers. Another deputy marshal had also been wounded by men running illegal alcohol in Mill Creek, who had declared war on the marshal’s force because they were not allowed to operate freely. When Marshal Benjamin H. Colbert of the Southern District wanted to stop the flow of liquor, he enlisted Deputy Marshal Burton who was successful in stopping illegal liquor operations.

W. Hesson "Hess" Bussey - U.S. Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory. While riding with fellow U.S. Deputy Marshal George Lawson of the Eufaula District on December 4, 1896, the two planned to arrest Dan "Dynamite Dick" Clifton, the last of the Doolin Gang, who they knew to be hiding out on Sid Williams’ farm about sixteen miles from Newkirk, Oklahoma .  However, when they found the outlaw, Clifton fired on them with his rifle and Lawson returned the fire hitting Clifton in the arm and knocking him from his saddle. “Dynamite Dick” then fled through the woods taking refuge in a small cabin. In pursuit, the lawmen trailed him to the cabin and when the injured Clifton tried to escape again, he was gunned down by the two officers and died just moments later. Two years later, in February, 1898, when  Bussey and U.S. Deputy Marshal Gabe Beck were attempting to arrest members of the Miller Gang at Inola, Oklahoma, both lawmen were shot and the the Cherokee Advocate in Claremore, Oklahoma reported they had both probably been killed (see article.) However, that was not the case, as both officers survived. Just two months later, on March 17, 1898, Hess was riding with fellow U.S. Deputy Marshal William Arnold at Claremore when the two tried to arrest a man named Bill Johnson who resisted arrest. When Johnson shot and killed Deputy Arnold, Hess Bussey returned the fire and killed Johnson.