Oklahoma Lawmen & Outlaws Newspaper Clipping Ed Robertson Submitted by: Bob Chada okusgwarchives@cox.net ================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. =================================================================== Early-Day Sheriff, Ed Robertson, Dies Ed Robertson, 78-year-old pioneer city resident and veteran peace officer, died at the Swansberger nursing home here Tuesday following a heart attack. Funeral arrangements were pending with the Davis Funeral Home in charge. A resident here since 1889, Robertson's long tenure as a peace officer including serving two terms as county sheriff, and 10 years as a deputy U. S. Marshal. While serving with the U. S. Marshal's office, Robertson was involved in a gun fight in which Al Spencer, notorious Oklahoma bank robber and outlaw, was slain. Robertson also served as a detective with the police department here in the late 1920's, and as county jailer when Glen Farquharson was sheriff in 1939-40. He then was appointed district court bailiff here, and served up until a short time before his death. He made his home at 1009 E. Harrison, and had made gardening a hobby for the last several years. Survivors include his wife of the home address, two sons, Wallace Robertson of Oklahoma City, and Maj. Ben Robertson of Zenia, Ohio, a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Jamison of West Cliff On the Sea, England, and two brothers, Dr. Ralph Robertson of Hutchinson, Kan., and Roscoe Robertson of Little Rock, Ark. The family requested that friends desiring to send flowers make a donation to the heart fund for medical research instead. Guthrie Daily Leader Sept. 30, 1952 Page 1