Heck Thomas was born in Georgia and served as a U. S. Marshall I the Oklahoma Territory and then as Police Chief in Lawton, OK. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 78 pages; The is a biography of a Georgia-born lawman, who served on the Atlanta police force when he was only 17. From 1886 to 1891, he was a US deputy marshal in Indian Territory, and from 1891 until 1901 he held the same position in Oklahoma Territory. He then served 8 years as the first chief of police of Lawton, OK. This record was compiled from materials kept by Thomas' wife, by Thomas' daughter, Beth Thomas Meeks.