Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B1205.0427]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "T. Z. Splawn, who served as Marshall County sheriff or as a policeman for 50 of his 86 years, says Oklahoma crime isn't anything "new" - early-day Sooner criminals were just as wild and reckless as their modern counterparts. He said in his first year as sheriff, in 1932, there were 13 murders in Marshall Co."
Date: July 11, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History