Submitted by Sandra Stephens<
The following information was found in THE INDIAN PIONEER HISTORY COLLECTION, a collection of questionnaires sent out during 1937 as a WPA project.
"The Henry Masoner gang, which operated around Allen and Holdenville, stopped at a ranch near Ada and asked for something to eat. While the woman was getting something for their meal, they plundered the ranch. Before they left she recognized her husband's spurs on one of the men. Her husband when he learned of it got together a group of ranchers and came after the gang. They stopped at our ranch and wanted a guide to a ranch northeast of what is now Allen. Eli Pickens, whom I stayed with, said that an Indian named Sid Nelson could go with them. I begged to go instead. This was allowed on condition that I return when I got in sight of the ranch.
The Marshall and a posse had just passed on when we saw someone passing our ranch. I rode out to meet them. It was part of the gang the Marshall was after. One of them had a toe shot off, but when I questioned them they said he had just hurt it on a rock or something. They asked if I had seen the Marshall and I said no."
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