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Wiley Ulysses Lynn (May 28, 1888 – July 17, 1932) was a corrupt American prohibition agent during the early 20th century, best known for having murdered legendary lawman Bill Tilghman, on November 1, 1924, in Cromwell, Oklahoma. ==Early life== Wiley Lynn was born in Madill, Oklahoma, the son of a farmer; the family were part Choctaw and were enrolled members of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma.〔Ancestry.com. U.S., Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1186, 93 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.〕 On August 14, 1905, he married Allie M. Banks of Ardmore, Oklahoma, they would have two sons.〔"Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXLR-NKP : accessed 22 September 2015), Wiley U Lynn and Ollie M Ban *, 1905.〕 Lynn worked in the Oklahoma oilfields as a laborer and as a mechanic; in 1918, when he registered for the draft, it noted that he was an oilfield mechanic for the Rosana Petroleum Company out of Wirt, Oklahoma, and that on one of his hands "the forefinger was off and the thumb and middle finger stiff." 〔Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.〕 Lynn accepted an appointment as a prohibition agent assigned to the town of Cromwell, Oklahoma. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wiley Lynn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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