Andrew "Heck" Thomas was a lawman on the American frontier, most notably in Indian Territory.
15 Facts About Heck Thomas
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Heck Thomas was known for helping bring law and order to the region.
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At the beginning of the American Civil War, Heck Thomas was twelve when he accompanied his father and his uncle, Edward Lloyd Heck Thomas, to war as a courier.
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Young "Heck" Thomas was entrusted with the general's horse and equipment; Confederate General Robert E Lee ordered him to take them through the lines to General Kearny's widow.
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Heck Thomas recounted this in a letter to his brother Lovick Pierce Heck Thomas, II:.
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In 1863, Heck Thomas contracted typhoid fever and returned to his family in Athens, Georgia.
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Heck Thomas was promoted to railroad detective and later went to work for the Fort Worth Detective Association.
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Heck Thomas was appointed a US Deputy Marshal based in Fort Smith, Arkansas, working under US District Judge Isaac C Parker.
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Heck Thomas had been captured, convicted and imprisoned but had escaped on July 5,1896.
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Heck Thomas served for seven years until his health began to fail.
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Heck Thomas assembled a posse, and chased and captured bank robbers in the 1908 silent film The Bank Robbery.
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Heck Thomas died aged 62 in Lawton, Oklahoma on August 14,1912 of Bright's disease.
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Heck Thomas was featured as a character in two episodes of the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Ronald Reagan.
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Heck Thomas serves as a deputy US Marshal along with Frank Dalton, who questions a suspect in a missing persons case.
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Heck Thomas was featured in the original series Wild West Chronicles on INSP and Peacock TV played by David Heck Thomas Newman.