Joe and Mary had 8 children. Hardy Allen, the oldest, born 1890, was killed by ambush and shot by a gun. This event, among other disagreements lead to a dispute resulting in the death of Joseph in Ada, OK. For more info do a search for Ada Lynching or go here Ada Lynching.
Joe was good friends with Jesse West.
The Allen Family agrees with the West Family Version for the events leading up to and including the Ada lynching: "A cattle partnership in Ada, Oklahoma between three men, Jess, Joe and "Gus" Bobbitt turned into a feud that ignited disaster for all three. All three were prosperous & well respected ranchers in the community. All three had been Masons. Jesse & Joe were Woodmen of the World at the time of their deaths. All three had run the Corner Saloon selling liquor in Pottawatomie County across the Canadian River from Ada.
The quarrels with Bobbitt resulted in the exodus of both Jesse & his friend, Joe Allen, from the Seminole Nation in OK. They took up residence in Hemphill County, TX. (In Hemphill County, near Canadian, TX, Joe and Jesse bought many acres of the cheap panhandle land. Joe also purchased acreage near Ada, Oklahoma, and near Farmington, New Mexico. After their departure, Jim McCarty, who was also a jailer at the Ada jail when the men were abducted,acquired the Corner Saloon). The Saloon became a rendezvous of a notorious band of killers among whom were Hook Miller, who had lost one hand & most digits of the second but his remaining fingers were active with a gun.
During the several years after Jesse & Joe moved to TX, Bobbitt's gang had twice tried to kill them. Once in Hemphill County they sent two men to do the work but they were suspected & soon left the country again. In Ada shortly before statehood the gang caught Jesse & Joe Allen in town making a deed to some property. Guns were leveled upon them & they were saved only by the intervention of the impartial Federal officers.
Though Jesse lived in Texas, he & Joe Allen on occasions visited Oklahoma to conclude business transactions relating to their cattle operations & perhaps to visit relatives. It was on one such occasion that they were arrested in Oklahoma City & held for trial in Ada for the murder of Gus Bobbitt. Jim Miller, who was arrested with them & B B Burrell, had a dark past & had been indicted in connection with several murders, including that of Sheriff Pat Garrett, but never convicted. At approximately 2:00am on the morning of 4/19/1909, a mob of Ada citizens prepared for a lynching by cutting off the town's electric lights & telephones. The group then moved toward the jail & quickly overpowered those in charge. Jim Miller, B B Burrell, Jesse West & Joe Allen were taken from their cells to the Frisco livery stable nearby & lynched, their bodies hanging from the rafters. As Jesse and Joe had already moved their families to TX from OK, when they were lynched, both were brought back to Wheeler County, TX for burial at the old Mobeetie Cemetery, where a large gathering of people expressed their grief. They are buried side by side with Woodman of the World markers.
The story is told that Jesse West & Joe Allen hid a sack of money in a tree on their last trip to Oklahoma. They planned to use this money for business purposes but because of robbers & highwaymen, the money was hidden until they would need it & the location was known only to Jesse & Joe. After their arrest & before the lynching occurred, they apparently told their ranch hands the location of the money. These two ranch hands are believed to have recovered the sack of money & bought large ranches for themselves."
Joe was good friends with Jesse West.
The Allen Family agrees with the West Family Version for the events leading up to and including the Ada lynching: "A cattle partnership in Ada, Oklahoma between three men, Jess, Joe and "Gus" Bobbitt turned into a feud that ignited disaster for all three. All three were prosperous & well respected ranchers in the community. All three had been Masons. Jesse & Joe were Woodmen of the World at the time of their deaths. All three had run the Corner Saloon selling liquor in Pottawatomie County across the Canadian River from Ada.
The quarrels with Bobbitt resulted in the exodus of both Jesse & his friend, Joe Allen, from the Seminole Nation in OK. They took up residence in Hemphill County, TX. (In Hemphill County, near Canadian, TX, Joe and Jesse bought many acres of the cheap panhandle land. Joe also purchased acreage near Ada, Oklahoma, and near Farmington, New Mexico. After their departure, Jim McCarty, who was also a jailer at the Ada jail when the men were abducted,acquired the Corner Saloon). The Saloon became a rendezvous of a notorious band of killers among whom were Hook Miller, who had lost one hand & most digits of the second but his remaining fingers were active with a gun.
During the several years after Jesse & Joe moved to TX, Bobbitt's gang had twice tried to kill them. Once in Hemphill County they sent two men to do the work but they were suspected & soon left the country again. In Ada shortly before statehood the gang caught Jesse & Joe Allen in town making a deed to some property. Guns were leveled upon them & they were saved only by the intervention of the impartial Federal officers.
Though Jesse lived in Texas, he & Joe Allen on occasions visited Oklahoma to conclude business transactions relating to their cattle operations & perhaps to visit relatives. It was on one such occasion that they were arrested in Oklahoma City & held for trial in Ada for the murder of Gus Bobbitt. Jim Miller, who was arrested with them & B B Burrell, had a dark past & had been indicted in connection with several murders, including that of Sheriff Pat Garrett, but never convicted. At approximately 2:00am on the morning of 4/19/1909, a mob of Ada citizens prepared for a lynching by cutting off the town's electric lights & telephones. The group then moved toward the jail & quickly overpowered those in charge. Jim Miller, B B Burrell, Jesse West & Joe Allen were taken from their cells to the Frisco livery stable nearby & lynched, their bodies hanging from the rafters. As Jesse and Joe had already moved their families to TX from OK, when they were lynched, both were brought back to Wheeler County, TX for burial at the old Mobeetie Cemetery, where a large gathering of people expressed their grief. They are buried side by side with Woodman of the World markers.
The story is told that Jesse West & Joe Allen hid a sack of money in a tree on their last trip to Oklahoma. They planned to use this money for business purposes but because of robbers & highwaymen, the money was hidden until they would need it & the location was known only to Jesse & Joe. After their arrest & before the lynching occurred, they apparently told their ranch hands the location of the money. These two ranch hands are believed to have recovered the sack of money & bought large ranches for themselves."
Joe and Mary had 8 children. Hardy Allen, the oldest, born 1890, was killed by ambush and shot by a gun. This event, among other disagreements lead to a dispute resulting in the death of Joseph in Ada, OK. For more info do a search for Ada Lynching or go here Ada Lynching.
Joe was good friends with Jesse West.
The Allen Family agrees with the West Family Version for the events leading up to and including the Ada lynching: "A cattle partnership in Ada, Oklahoma between three men, Jess, Joe and "Gus" Bobbitt turned into a feud that ignited disaster for all three. All three were prosperous & well respected ranchers in the community. All three had been Masons. Jesse & Joe were Woodmen of the World at the time of their deaths. All three had run the Corner Saloon selling liquor in Pottawatomie County across the Canadian River from Ada.
The quarrels with Bobbitt resulted in the exodus of both Jesse & his friend, Joe Allen, from the Seminole Nation in OK. They took up residence in Hemphill County, TX. (In Hemphill County, near Canadian, TX, Joe and Jesse bought many acres of the cheap panhandle land. Joe also purchased acreage near Ada, Oklahoma, and near Farmington, New Mexico. After their departure, Jim McCarty, who was also a jailer at the Ada jail when the men were abducted,acquired the Corner Saloon). The Saloon became a rendezvous of a notorious band of killers among whom were Hook Miller, who had lost one hand & most digits of the second but his remaining fingers were active with a gun.
During the several years after Jesse & Joe moved to TX, Bobbitt's gang had twice tried to kill them. Once in Hemphill County they sent two men to do the work but they were suspected & soon left the country again. In Ada shortly before statehood the gang caught Jesse & Joe Allen in town making a deed to some property. Guns were leveled upon them & they were saved only by the intervention of the impartial Federal officers.
Though Jesse lived in Texas, he & Joe Allen on occasions visited Oklahoma to conclude business transactions relating to their cattle operations & perhaps to visit relatives. It was on one such occasion that they were arrested in Oklahoma City & held for trial in Ada for the murder of Gus Bobbitt. Jim Miller, who was arrested with them & B B Burrell, had a dark past & had been indicted in connection with several murders, including that of Sheriff Pat Garrett, but never convicted. At approximately 2:00am on the morning of 4/19/1909, a mob of Ada citizens prepared for a lynching by cutting off the town's electric lights & telephones. The group then moved toward the jail & quickly overpowered those in charge. Jim Miller, B B Burrell, Jesse West & Joe Allen were taken from their cells to the Frisco livery stable nearby & lynched, their bodies hanging from the rafters. As Jesse and Joe had already moved their families to TX from OK, when they were lynched, both were brought back to Wheeler County, TX for burial at the old Mobeetie Cemetery, where a large gathering of people expressed their grief. They are buried side by side with Woodman of the World markers.
The story is told that Jesse West & Joe Allen hid a sack of money in a tree on their last trip to Oklahoma. They planned to use this money for business purposes but because of robbers & highwaymen, the money was hidden until they would need it & the location was known only to Jesse & Joe. After their arrest & before the lynching occurred, they apparently told their ranch hands the location of the money. These two ranch hands are believed to have recovered the sack of money & bought large ranches for themselves."
Joe was good friends with Jesse West.
The Allen Family agrees with the West Family Version for the events leading up to and including the Ada lynching: "A cattle partnership in Ada, Oklahoma between three men, Jess, Joe and "Gus" Bobbitt turned into a feud that ignited disaster for all three. All three were prosperous & well respected ranchers in the community. All three had been Masons. Jesse & Joe were Woodmen of the World at the time of their deaths. All three had run the Corner Saloon selling liquor in Pottawatomie County across the Canadian River from Ada.
The quarrels with Bobbitt resulted in the exodus of both Jesse & his friend, Joe Allen, from the Seminole Nation in OK. They took up residence in Hemphill County, TX. (In Hemphill County, near Canadian, TX, Joe and Jesse bought many acres of the cheap panhandle land. Joe also purchased acreage near Ada, Oklahoma, and near Farmington, New Mexico. After their departure, Jim McCarty, who was also a jailer at the Ada jail when the men were abducted,acquired the Corner Saloon). The Saloon became a rendezvous of a notorious band of killers among whom were Hook Miller, who had lost one hand & most digits of the second but his remaining fingers were active with a gun.
During the several years after Jesse & Joe moved to TX, Bobbitt's gang had twice tried to kill them. Once in Hemphill County they sent two men to do the work but they were suspected & soon left the country again. In Ada shortly before statehood the gang caught Jesse & Joe Allen in town making a deed to some property. Guns were leveled upon them & they were saved only by the intervention of the impartial Federal officers.
Though Jesse lived in Texas, he & Joe Allen on occasions visited Oklahoma to conclude business transactions relating to their cattle operations & perhaps to visit relatives. It was on one such occasion that they were arrested in Oklahoma City & held for trial in Ada for the murder of Gus Bobbitt. Jim Miller, who was arrested with them & B B Burrell, had a dark past & had been indicted in connection with several murders, including that of Sheriff Pat Garrett, but never convicted. At approximately 2:00am on the morning of 4/19/1909, a mob of Ada citizens prepared for a lynching by cutting off the town's electric lights & telephones. The group then moved toward the jail & quickly overpowered those in charge. Jim Miller, B B Burrell, Jesse West & Joe Allen were taken from their cells to the Frisco livery stable nearby & lynched, their bodies hanging from the rafters. As Jesse and Joe had already moved their families to TX from OK, when they were lynched, both were brought back to Wheeler County, TX for burial at the old Mobeetie Cemetery, where a large gathering of people expressed their grief. They are buried side by side with Woodman of the World markers.
The story is told that Jesse West & Joe Allen hid a sack of money in a tree on their last trip to Oklahoma. They planned to use this money for business purposes but because of robbers & highwaymen, the money was hidden until they would need it & the location was known only to Jesse & Joe. After their arrest & before the lynching occurred, they apparently told their ranch hands the location of the money. These two ranch hands are believed to have recovered the sack of money & bought large ranches for themselves."
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