Tom Oxford

Tom Oxford was one of three men held at the stockade at Palarin, about twenty miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas. The Enterprise reported that the three tried to escape on Saturday, April 19, 1890, and that Oxford was shot and killed during the attempt.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Tom Oxford was shot and killed while trying to escape from a stockade at Palarin, according to the prior extraction; the shooter is not named in the source text.

Source

• The Enterprise, April 23, 1890, page 7 The Enterprise, April 23, 1890