Tom Smith
Tom Smith, born in Texas, became a lawman in Texas and Oklahoma. He was also a U.S. deputy marshal in the 1870s. More than ten years later, Smith would work with Frank Canton, Joe Elliott and Fred Coates at Powder River to rid the area of Nate Champion. Champion was cut down by Smith himself.
In spring 1892 Smith was sent to Texas to recruit men for the Johnson County War. He found twenty-six men who were willing to work for $5 a day and an additional $50 for every homesteader they shot down. These men, called “Regulators,” were given a list of seventy men to target. However, before their plan could be carried out, the men were driven out of town. Smith was held until summer of 1893 then returned to Gainesville, Texas. he was killed by a man with whom he had a quarrel with on a train.