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assassin and intimidator as detective. The unsolved shooting dead of a law abiding homesteader who had said Canton threatened his life because he had evidence against Canton's friends as culprits in an earlier murder made him distrusted by the homesteading faction. With a mob forming, Canton was arrested, but several big ranchers stood surety for him and his lawyer got him released, whereupon he left the state. By the time further evidence against him was found he was in
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adult daughter, Ruby, helped support Canton and his wife, Annie, moved into Ruby's home. On
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By 1925, age had visibly overtaken Canton. He had grown bald, his vision was impaired and light-sensitive and he had almost completely lost his hearing. Unable to perform as a cattleman or a lawman, he was then unemployed. The Texas
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to Canton confirms that he took a very hard line against rustling suspects. He served for four years, but resigned after the foreman of the one of the big ranches suspiciously escaped his custody. Although still working part-time as a U.S. Deputy
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fugitive who had a career as a deputy U.S. marshal under an assumed name. Although an ex-sheriff stock detective in
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inflamed public opinion against the long-established big ranchers Canton worked for, and to re-establish control over grazing they funded an all-out assault on those small operators considered to be rustlers. Canton directed
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wounded in the leg and one negro in the abdomen. One negro was killed by a shot in the forehead...". For in depth research of this shooting affair see "Alias Frank Canton", pp. 30–31, by Robert K. DeArment, 1996
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