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Ask the Marshall

by | Oct 1, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did Sam Bass ever work as a deputy U.S. marshal before becoming an outlaw? Donald Lee Silver Spring, Maryland A number of legends have sprung up about Sam Bass. He went to Texas in around 1870 to become a cowboy. Despite some accounts referring to him as a sheriff’s deputy, the closest he came to being any kind of lawman was around 1870 when he took a job working as a farmhand for Denton County Sheriff, W.F. “Dad” Eagan. His duties included currying the horses, milking the cows, fixing


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