Editing Marlow, Oklahoma

{{About|the town in [[Oklahoma]], United States||Marlow (disambiguation){{!}}Marlow}}
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'''Marlow''' is a city in [[Stephens County, Oklahoma|Stephens County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 4,385 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marlow (city), Oklahoma |url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Marlow%20city,%20Oklahoma |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324183015/https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Marlow%20city,%20Oklahoma |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Marlow is located 10 miles north of [[Duncan, Oklahoma]], and 30 miles east of [[Lawton, Oklahoma]].

==History==
The site that would become Marlow was first settled by Dr. Williamson Marlow, the father of the five Marlow brothers, when he and his wife, Martha Jane, moved from Missouri to the [[Wildhorse Creek (Oklahoma)|Wildhorse Creek]] area in Oklahoma in 1880.<ref name=chickasaw>{{Cite web |title=Marlow, OK |url=https://www.chickasawcountry.com/cities/marlow-ok |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=ChickasawCountry.com |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405000330/https://www.chickasawcountry.com/cities/marlow-ok |url-status=live }}</ref> William Rathmell's 1892 book ''Life of the Marlows'' detailed the history of the brothers' escapades and set a narrative for the city's legacy.

===Marlow brothers===
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Born along the [[Chisholm Trail]] and on the banks of [[Wildhorse Creek (Oklahoma)|Wildhorse Creek]], the legend of the Marlow family and the five Marlow brothers has been proven to be more fact than fiction.

Dr. Williamson Marlow and his wife, Martha Jane, a relative of [[Daniel Boone]], first established a homestead in this area during the early 1880s. The site of the original Marlow family home is reported to have been located just north of Redbud Park.

Somewhat of a nomad by nature, Dr. Marlow provided medical treatment to the many settlers in this portion of Indian Territory and to many cowboys driving cattle up the Chisholm Trail. He also farmed while his sons reportedly herded horses, selling many of the animals to the U.S. Army located at neighboring [[Fort Sill]]. Dr. Marlow died in 1885.

In 1888 his five sons were accused of horse-stealing, a charge which was later proven to be unfounded. Four of the brothers (Charlie, Alfred, Boone and Lewellyn) were arrested and transported by a U.S. Deputy Marshall to the Federal Court in [[Graham, Texas]], for trial.

Hearing of this brother's arrest, George Marlow took the entire family to Graham to clear his brothers but soon found himself behind bars.

Boone Marlow ultimately escaped and returned to the Marlow area in Indian Territory, while his four brothers were scheduled to be transported to an ostensibly safer jail in [[Weatherford, Texas]].

Several attempts were made by Graham citizens and law enforcement officials to lynch the Marlows. On the night of January 19, 1889, the brothers were shackled in pairs—George to Lewellyn and Charlie to Alfred—for the trip to Weatherford.

When the group reached Dry Creek outside of Graham, a signal was given and a hidden mob opened fire on the seemingly defenseless Marlows.

The guards ran to join the mob while the brothers leaped from the wagon and armed themselves with guns taken from guards. In the vicious gunfight that followed, Lewellyn and Alfred were killed. Both George and Charlie were seriously wounded.

Retrieving a dead mob member's knife, George Marlow unjointed his dead brother's ankles. He and Charlie used a wagon to escape the ambush site.

Three members of the mob were also killed and a number of others wounded. Several members of the mob were later prosecuted and convicted for the assault upon the brothers.

Boone was later poisoned near Hell Creek, west of Marlow. His corpse was then shot in an attempt to obtain a $1,500 reward, but his killers, too, were brought to trial.

Alfred, Boone and Lewellyn are buried in a small cemetery at what was once Finis, Texas, outside of Graham.

George and Charlie Marlow survived the attack, eventually moving their families to [[Colorado]] where they became outstanding citizens, serving as law enforcement officers.

In 1891, after sentencing mob members for their part in the attack, Federal Judge A. P. McCormick was quoted as saying: "This is the first time in the annals of history where unarmed prisoners, shackled together, ever repelled a mob. Such cool courage that preferred to fight against such great odds and die, if at all, in glorious battle rather than die ignominiously by a frenzied mob, deserves to be commemorated in song and story."

''[[The Sons of Katie Elder]]'', an American western film, uses concepts from ''Life of the Marlows'', a book about the Marlow brothers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shirley |first=Glenn |title=The Fighting Marlows, Men Who Wouldn't Be Lynched |publisher=[[Texas Christian University Press]] |location=[[Fort Worth, Texas]] |year=1994 |isbn=978-0875654041}}</ref>

===Jim Crow era===
From the end of the [[Reconstruction era]] until the mid 20th century, municipalities in different parts of the country enacted [[Jim Crow laws]], which heavily restricted the rights of [[Black people]].  In Marlow, prominent signs were erected publicly that stated, "[[Negro]], [[sundown town|don't let the sun go down on you here]]."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlson |first=Peter |date=February 20, 2006 |title=When Signs Said 'Get Out' in 'Sundown Towns,' Racism in the Rearview Mirror |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/02/21/when-signs-said-get-out-span-classbankheadin-sundown-towns-racism-in-the-rearview-mirrorspan/0e80ab6c-51a7-4412-a320-168315ced22b/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050609/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/02/21/when-signs-said-get-out-span-classbankheadin-sundown-towns-racism-in-the-rearview-mirrorspan/0e80ab6c-51a7-4412-a320-168315ced22b/ |archive-date=2019-02-15 |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

====Murders of Berch and Johnigan====
On December 17, 1923, Albert W. Berch, a [[White people|white]] hotel owner, and his [[Black people|Black]] [[Porter (carrier)|porter]], Robert Johnigan, were confronted and later murdered by an [[mobbing|angry mob]] of Marlow residents at the Johnson Hotel.{{efn|Source(s) erroneously called the site of the shooting the Thompson Hotel.}}<ref name=ray>{{Cite news |last=Ray |first=Mike W. |date=June 17, 2019 |title=Reviewed: Racist Mob Murders 2 in Marlow |url=https://www.southwestledger.news/opinion/reviewed-racist-mob-murders-2-marlow |access-date=2024-04-03 |archive-date=August 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809043937/https://www.southwestledger.news/opinion/reviewed-racist-mob-murders-2-marlow |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=banner>{{Cite news |date=January 4, 1924 |title=Witness Says He Saw Kincannon Kill Two: Birch Killed As Went to Protect a Negro Porter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/606476594/ |work=[[The Duncan Banner]] |volume=32 |issue=24 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Berch had hired Johnigan as a porter 10 days before Johnigan decided to quit, citing racial tensions and a planned move to [[Duncan, Oklahoma|Duncan]], but upon the request of J. L. Campbell,<ref name=banner /> a guest from [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]], he decided to give one last shoe-shine.<ref name=ray /> A mob of at least 15 men approached the hotel after sundown, around 8:30 PM,<ref name=banner /> "who went to the hotel where the negro had been employed three days ago as a porter and shot down when Birch{{efn|name=Birch|text=Berch's last name was sometimes misspelled ''Birch''.}} attempted to persuade them to desist from their threat to [[lynching|lynch]] the negro."<ref name="casper" />

The mob entered the hotel via the lobby and continued into an adjoining room to find Johnigan shining Campbell's shoes, asking Johnigan to leave.<ref name=banner /> Campbell testified that one boy in the mob went into the room and grabbed Johnigan, but as Johnigan resisted, Campbell heard a gunshot, which prompted him to leave his chair just as Berch was falling.<ref name=banner /> Campbell testified that he was heading to the hotel's dining room and heard four shots in total but saw no weapon in Berch's hand or any person who fired a gun.<ref name="Slayer">{{Cite news |date=April 18, 1924 |title=State Will Ask Death Penalty for the Slayer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/606476826/ |newspaper=The Duncan Banner |volume=32 |issue=40 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Berch had overheard the conflict between Johnigan and the mob, and he ordered the crowd to leave the hotel, stepping between Johnigan and mob member Marvin Kincannon, a man in his 20s alleged by Mrs. Berch as the leader of the mob.<ref name=kcj>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1923 |title=Search Made for Youth Named in Negro Slaying |work=[[Kansas City Journal]] |location=Marlow, Oklahoma |page=6}}</ref><ref name=banner />

Conflict escalated when Elza "Roy" Gandy apprehended Johnigan and began beating him with a stick.<ref name=ray /> According to hotel patron and eyewitness Walter O'Quinn, Berch struck Gandy, who landed back against a table.<ref name=banner /> When Berch ran to Johnigan's defense, Kincannon fired a fatal bullet into the chest of Berch, who died within minutes, before twice shooting Johnigan, who died from his injuries at around 5:30 AM the following day.<ref name=ray /><ref name=news-star>{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1924 |title=Charges Kincannon Shot Hotel Porter |work=The News-Star |location=[[Duncan, Oklahoma]]}}</ref><ref name=banner /> Other witnesses testified that it was Johnigan who knocked Gandy across a table and that Kincannon fired when the two were separated.<ref name=news-star /> As Berch fell, Johnigan started toward the phone booth, but Kincannon shot him inside the phone booth.<ref name=banner /> Kincannon grabbed Johnigan out of the phone booth and shot him again in the chest.<ref name=banner /> Four shots in total were fired according to O'Quinn.<ref name=banner />

Dr. Richards, a witness to the scene, testified that he saw Berch on the lobby floor succumbing to his wounds: "Birch{{efn|name=Birch}} was dying, he only breathed a few more times after I got there and I saw I ocould do nothing for him and tried to do something for the nigger."<ref name="Slayer" /> Richards claimed Johnigan lie wounded in front of the shine stand about 10 feet from Berch.<ref name=banner /> He claimed that "one of the bullets struck the negro just above the right breast nipple and lodged in the intestines, probably striking a rib and being deflected downward into the stomach.... The second bullet struck in the left groin and came out near the lower part of the hip, apparently being nothing more than a severe flesh wound."<ref name=banner /> According to a contemporary report by ''[[The Duncan Banner]]'', "there had been trouble previous to the killing and that the negro had been warned by the defendants to leave the city."<ref name=banner />

Kincannon, allegedly the only member of the mob to brandish firearms, left the scene in an automobile with his companions after the shooting and could not be located by police.<ref name=kcj /><ref name=banner /> After multiple related arrests, Kincannon surrendered himself to authorities in Duncan around 3:00 AM on December 22, 1923; he and the other suspects were arraigned that afternoon.<ref name=banner /><ref name=preliminary>{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1923 |title=Kincannon's Preliminary Trial Is Set for Jan. 2nd |newspaper=The Marlow Review |volume=30 |issue=13}}</ref> A preliminary hearing on January 2, 1924, before County Judge Eugene Rice included Marvin Kincannon, Elza Gandy, Bryon Wright, Fred Stotts, Ollie Lloyd, Homer Thompson, Ellis Spence, and Frank Cain as defendants.<ref name=banner /><ref name=preliminary /> Kincannon was the only individual formally charged with Albert Berch's killing.<ref name=banner /> On April 18, 1924, Kincannon appeared at district court for the murder charge of Berch, for which the state initially sought the [[death penalty]] according to County Attorney Paul Sullivan.<ref name="Slayer" /> ''The Duncan Banner'' observed that the defendant decided not to refute that the shooter was Kincannon but instead plea self-defense.<ref name="Slayer" /> Kincannon was convicted of first-degree [[Manslaughter (United States law)|manslaughter]] for Berch's death and sentenced to 25 years in state prison, of which he served 11.<ref name=ray />

Gandy, whose father was a Marlow police officer, was also convicted of manslaughter for his role in inciting the mob, attacking Johnigan, and furnishing the firearm that was used in the killings. Gandy's sentence was declared as life imprisonment on May 15, 1926, but he received a 7-year sentence.<ref name=ray /><ref name=miami>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 1926 |title=Mob Leader Must Serve Prison Term for Marlow Killing |location=[[Oklahoma City]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=9 |newspaper=[[Miami News-Record]]}}</ref> An appellate court stated that "Gandy was one of the chief instigators of the mob which was formed to run the negro out of town."<ref name=miami /> Gandy denied that he instigated the mob or furnished Kincannon the gun.<ref name=miami /> Gandy received parole at least twice; once for seven days for his grandmother's death, reported on January 26, 1928,<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 1928 |title=More Convicts Granted Leave |newspaper=Nowata Daily Star |page=1}}</ref> and again for five days to visit his sick sister in [[Hobart, Oklahoma]], on August 13, 1929.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 13, 1929 |title=Gandy Gets Parole |newspaper=The Hobart Democrat-Chief |page=1}}</ref>

The story was featured in ''[[The Casper Daily Tribune]]'',<!-- The exact same story is reported in different papers, so subsequent citations on the topic should point to this cite to avoid ref clutter. --><ref name="casper">{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1923 |title=Hotel Proprietor and Negro Shot by Mob in Upholding Tradition |work=[[The Casper Daily Tribune]] |location=[[Casper, Wyoming]] |page=1 |volume=8 |issue=47}}</ref> ''[[The Albany-Decatur Daily]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1923 |title=Anti-Negro Creed Costs Man's Life |work=[[The Albany-Decatur Daily]] |location=[[Albany, Alabama]] |page=1 |volume=11 |issue=252}}</ref> the ''[[Shreveport Journal]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1923 |title=Hotel Man Slain and Negro Porter Wounded by Mob |work=[[Shreveport Journal]] |location=[[Shreveport, Louisiana]] |page=1 |volume=27 |issue=196}}</ref> ''[[The Vancouver Daily Province]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1923 |title=Shields Negro; Is Shot Dead |work=[[The Vancouver Daily Province]] |location=[[Vancouver, British Columbia]] |page=20 |volume=30 |issue=226}}</ref> and the ''[[Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 18, 1923 |title=Unwritten Law Against Negroes Causes Shooting |work=[[Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch]] |location=[[Norfolk, Virginia]] |page=1 |volume=45 |issue=116}}</ref> among others. Elza Gandy died on December 9, 1949, in [[Caldwell, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1949 |title=Brother Dies |newspaper=The Fairfax Chief |page=1}}</ref> Marvin Kincannon died at age 71 in July 1972.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 24, 1972 |title=Marlow |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]] |page=44}}</ref> In 2019, Berch's maternal grandson, Albert Berch Hollingsworth, published a non-fiction book about the incident titled ''Killing Albert Berch'', which he spent five years researching.<ref name=ray /><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Docor to Share True Crime Story |location=[[Edmond, Oklahoma]] |newspaper=[[The Daily Oklahoman]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
Marlow is located in northern [[Stephens County, Oklahoma|Stephens County]] about 29 miles east of [[Lawton, Oklahoma|Lawton]] at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 81]] and [[Oklahoma State Highway 29]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lawton, Oklahoma to Marlow, Oklahoma |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lawton,+OK/Marlow,+OK+73055/@34.6212218,-98.3424765,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ad1ee259210d45:0x612cfac6f2724e52!2m2!1d-98.3959291!2d34.6035669!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ad67e0ed59628d:0x70b74916b2998ef0!2m2!1d-97.9580933!2d34.6481318!3e0?entry=ttu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324182654/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lawton,+OK/Marlow,+OK+73055/@34.6212218,-98.3424765,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ad1ee259210d45:0x612cfac6f2724e52!2m2!1d-98.3959291!2d34.6035669!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ad67e0ed59628d:0x70b74916b2998ef0!2m2!1d-97.9580933!2d34.6481318!3e0?entry=ttu |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=Google Maps}}</ref> [[Duncan, Oklahoma]], the [[county seat]] of Stephens County, is ten miles south of Marlow.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|7.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and 0.14% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 1016
|1910= 1965
|1920= 2276
|1930= 3084
|1940= 2899
|1950= 3399
|1960= 4027
|1970= 3995
|1980= 5017
|1990= 4416
|2000= 4592
|2010= 4662
|2020= 4385
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |access-date=June 4, 2015 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
}}

As of the 2010 [[census]], there were 4,662 people, 1,862 households, and 1,257 families residing in the city.<ref name="pop-marlow">2010 Demographic Profile for Marlow, [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996 }}  (accessed November 6, 2013)</ref>  The population density was {{convert|657|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,119 housing units at an average density of {{convert|298.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 5.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.6% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.6% from two or more races.<ref name="pop-marlow" /> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]]s or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]s were 4.4% of the population, having doubled since 2000.

There were 1,862 households, out of which half (50.1%) were [[Marriage|married couples]], a third (34.3%) included children under the age of 18, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families.<ref name="pop-marlow" /> of households were made up of individuals; 14.5% of households had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="pop-marlow" />  The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.<ref name="pop-marlow" />

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.<ref name="pop-marlow" />  The median age was 38.8 years.<ref name="pop-marlow" />  For every 100 females, there were 88 males.<ref name="pop-marlow" />  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82 males.<ref name="pop-marlow" />

The median income for a household in the city was $43,221, and the median income for a family was $57,713.<ref name="income-marlow">2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996 }}  (accessed November 6, 2013)</ref>  Males had a median income of $34,325 versus $29,21 for females.<ref name="income-marlow" />  The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,299.<ref name="income-marlow" />  An estimated 10.7% of families and 15.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 12.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="income-marlow" />

==Entertainment==
Entertainment in Marlow includes:
* Redbud Park located in the eastern part of the town that includes; the Hideout (a large playground), a trail through the park, a stage for concerts, and the Outlaw cave (the cave where the Marlows often hid out)
* The Life Center, a church funded recreational center that includes a basketball court, a walking track, and several rooms that can be rented
* Miller Park in the western part of the town that includes the public pool, Miller Pond, and the Mile trail
* Main Street shops & Restaurants

==Education==
Marlow is serviced by the Marlow Public School District. Marlow High School is located near the center of town, and  Marlow Elementary School and Marlow Middle school are also located in town.

==Notable people==
* [[Terry Brown (American football)|Terry Brown]], former NFL defensive back for [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* [[Ross Coyle]], gridiron football player
* [[Joe Dial]], former world record-holder in pole vault, 2011 inductee into Pole Vault Hall of Fame
* [[Cady Groves]] (1989–2020), singer-songwriter
* [[Sam Hinkie]], general manager of NBA's [[Philadelphia 76ers]]
* [[Barry Hinson]], basketball head coach, [[Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball|Southern Illinois University]]
* [[Sonny Liles]], football player
* [[James C. Nance]], Oklahoma community newspaper chain publisher and former [[Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives]]
* [[Keith Patterson]], head football coach at NCAA Division I program, Abilene Christian University
* [[Eula Pearl Carter Scott]] (1915–2005), became youngest female aviator in Oklahoma in 1929.
* [[Cecil Smith (writer)|Cecil Smith]] (1917–2009), longtime critic and columnist for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
* [[Paul Sparks]], actor<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayer |first=Melissa |date=September 27, 2013 |title=From Marlow to New York City, Paul Sparks Has Followed Path to Acting Success |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/television/2013/09/27/from-marlow-to-new-york-city-paul-sparks-has-followed-path-to-acting-success/60879534007/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408034501/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/television/2013/09/27/from-marlow-to-new-york-city-paul-sparks-has-followed-path-to-acting-success/60879534007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |last=Rathmell |first=William |editor-last=DeArment |editor-first=Robert K. |orig-year=1st pub. 1892 |date=June 30, 2008 |title=Life of the Marlows: A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days |publisher=[[University of North Texas Press]] |edition=illustrated |isbn=978-157441-179-9}}
* {{Cite book |last=Shirley |first=Glenn |date=October 1, 1994 |title=The Fighting Marlows: Men Who Wouldn't Be Lynched |publisher=[[Texas Christian University Press]] |isbn=978-087565-130-9}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hollingsworth |first=Alan |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Killing Albert Berch |publisher=[[Pelican Publishing]] |isbn=978-145562-355-6}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.cityofmarlow.com/}}

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