1878-18 This episode offes a biographical account of David Rasure, a figure whose life was marked by both civic responsibility and personal turmoil. Beginning with his experiences as a Confederate prisoner of war and subsequent service in the Union Army, his career progressed from railroad night watchman to City Marshal and then to U.S. Deputy Marshal in Newton, Kansas.
His life in Newton took a dramatic turn with a chase and shooting incident in St. Joseph, Missouri, where Rasure shot another man, B.C. Arnold, because of an affair with Rasure’s wife. The newspapers then recount Rasure’s later life, including a divorce and remarriage, a stabbing incident, and a near-fatal encounter with a policeman in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
These real newspaper accounts collectively paint a picture of a complex individual navigating a challenging existence in the American West for a man with a self-directed moral compass.
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