He's paid by the citizens' taxes "He doesn't like that.". The same day, she and her husband sold it to the Bakers, again for $6,000. and there is no need to say more than two words about his service to Madison Covered with blood, Frank Eytchenson made his way to a local veterinarian's house and then to the hospital. We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. For years the vehicles of Imagine breaking the law without fear. Most of that land is taxed on its value for agricultural use. Kenneth Baker said he doesn't recall, either. Until now. He thought I did. "What we're probably going to end up doing is allotting about 10 of it over on Craig and five on her just to make it look like we're doing it for both of them instead of just trying to buy Craig out," Harper told Minor. In 1996, the Hams and Bakers sold 40 of the 120 acres to Phillip McGarrah Jr. and Phillip McGarrah Sr. A notice of escrow documenting the transaction does not indicate a price. From the first marijuana seed he planted, to the Devil's bargain Mac struck with Sheriff Baker, this book explores their harrowing journey on the twisted outlaw trail. Johnson said they beat him up after he intervened in a squabble between Baker and a female employee at Fayetteville's Bottoms Up Club on March 4, 1993. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Residents say it was a haven for bank robbers and other outlaws in the 1920s. site may be freely linked to but not copied in any fashion without written Both say he is above reproach. , ISBN-13 Masterson, meanwhile, escaped from jail and was later arrested in Oklahoma, according to Washington County officials. Ozark Folk Magic: Plants, Prayers & Healing. 20 years ago today, Madison County Sheriff Ralph Baker was killed when his car was swept by floodwaters as he attempted to cross a low-water bridge. But the farther I got into the book the more errors I found that were not caught in editing. to number about 2000 gathering to honor Sheriff Baker. He says he has personally investigated allegations involving Baker and the county's drug dealing and found no basis for them. For at least half his life, he was known to . But Leathers said Baker was in charge. "You know you're talking to a dead man," he says. But she'll have to give me half of it back.". Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Contrary to accepted practice among state and local police agencies, Baker maintains no inventory of drugs or other evidence seized by his office and keeps no log of the drugs he destroys. Fort Smith lawyer Matthew Horan once investigated the case in connection with a client he was defending. He started smoking marijuana at 10 and moved to harder drugs three years later. "Billie Phillips, g****** it!" He peeks out the window at each passing car. Sheriff Ralph Baker, who's election slogan was "RALPH CARES". Sergeant Between 1993 and August 1997, Baker and three of his deputies have withdrawn $24,950 from the Drug Eradication Fund for undocumented expenses. He ended the June interview when the subject came up. Baker said that he also conveyed the information to the State Police. There, Baker handcuffed Bingham to a prisoner's retaining ring in the lobby. So I can see the ones I love. 1973 - 1998. MADISON, RALPH L. On Friday, March 18, 2005, of Bethesda, MD. Sheriff Baker's death has touched Madison Learn more about the program. The R&N Baker Trust bought 744 acres in the St. Paul area from a general partnership, Crawford Brothers, in November 1995. Try again. The man "had a brother out of his mind or a total drunk all the time," Enfield said. ", And in the Sept. 4 edition of The Madison County Record, Baker posed with a gram-sized mound of sugar substitute and told the newspaper: "There is a certain circle of people using the drug. 'Cause the crooks don't get any time. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 14th anniversary of your death. And his badge is shining bright. "That goes for both of you. Clinton argued that Smith was within the law when he circulated absentee ballots around the nursing home and then mailed them back to the courthouse. With his badge pinned on his chest. Any deals that's made will have to be made through your attorney,'" Minor said. Publisher His hair is graying. that all of Madison County could be proud of. by One in every five Madison County residents lives below the poverty level. Harper told Minor that an important part of the deal was to ensure Craig did not have to report to a probation officer and undergo periodic drug testing. I think we're all pretty sure. I'm ready for them when they come, though. HUNTSVILLE Ralph Baker has been buying land longer than he's been sheriff, at least since 1967. Sheriff Baker lost his life in the flooded waters of White River near St. Paul in the early morning hours while investigating the theft of stolen property in the area. No criminal charges were filed, despite Baker's acknowledgment that his daughter had perjured herself giving pretrial testimony in a civil suit he later filed. "I sold to her. From the first marijuana seed he planted, to the Devil's bargain Mac struck with Sheriff Baker, this book explores their harrowing journey on the twisted outlaw trail. Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05. Minor hadn't yet hired an attorney, but he knew whom Baker meant. "He said, 'F.M., he's in serious trouble, and they're going to try him as an habitual. "He said, 'He'll get 20 years for it.'". Drug dealers who acknowledge being paid by either Baker's agency or the federal Drug Enforcement Administration for help with Madison County drug busts say they never received payments of more than $100, and then no more often than a few times a year. During a four-day legal fight over Knox's notes, the former FBI agent alleged that Jones had told him not to investigate allegations of corruption against a "local law enforcement official," and not to take his evidence to the FBI. Now because of Sheriff Baker's untimely death, many residents Read Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Newspaper Archives, Dec 28, 1988, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from fayetteville, arkansas 1936-2003. Law enforcement officers came from all over the state to pay their Both of them lost money in the banks when the banks folded in the '20s, '30s.". There was a problem loading your book clubs. The stakes had escalated by 1994, when Craig Minor and his wife, Dianne M. O'Delle, were arrested on charges of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia on their Madison County farm. I've never seen Ralph do anything that even started to be illegal," he said. Harper told F.M. But Enfield rejected claims by Republican attorney Erwin L. Davis that Baker and first-term Treasurer Bolinger had gotten votes from Oklahomans and the dead. I don't owe anything, and I haven't owed anything in years.". She had been strangled. A much smaller transaction gave Baker his living room back. Wheeler also said she didn't recall filing the lawsuit. The former Madison County oil man, F.M. However, revenue stamps on the sale of the remaining 80 acres to Dr. F. Allan Martin and Debbie Martin of Fayetteville indicate the Bakers and Hams got $39,000 -- a 628 percent increase in the per-acre price. Marshal: Vacant Courthouse: Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Federal Building and United States Courthouse Address: 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Room C-109 PO Box 50184. Ralph Francis Baker. A police officer he is known. The population of Madison County is 16,521 (2020 Census). She was already on probation for stolen-property and drug convictions in Benton County when she, former husband Roger Dale Harp and another couple broke into John Trudot's house Oct. 1, 1995. He moved to Florida shortly after, according to law enforcement officials. "The main worry about that is if they jerk him in there once a month, and he takes a hot piss test, and comes up they can revoke him and I don't want them to have to do that," Harper told Minor. "That's all I realized, and that he was a very small man.". And the Cooperative Extension Service reported early this year that county livestock producers had 66,000 head of cattle and 32,000 hogs and pigs. "We know the sheriff was doing an investigation," Leathers said. Baker and his partners now own at least 1,450 acres, mostly in southern Madison County, valued at $227,865, according to tax records. Vaudeville's death sent him back to Arkansas in 1930, but not away from his music. "I took all the serial numbers off 10 hundred-dollar bills," Minor said. Want even more control of your Reflection? I was actually born in Huntsville, Arkansas, the County Seat of Madison County. It's a story about drugs and arson, murder and suicide, friendship and betrayal. "I'd go in any front door in the country with Ralph Baker. "We didn't realize he [Brashears] sold it to the Baker boys, the three Bakers, and they were going to sell it to someone we understood was going to put a used-car junk pile on that land.". The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. The lumber and wood-products business is a major source of employment, according to census records. Discover more of the authors books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more. "Rusty Cain's been f****** her. Jurors cleared Sharp but ordered Baker to pay Bingham $100,320. He just moves on to the next woman willing to trade sex for drugs. Nevertheless, F.M. A jury rejected claims Patricia Baker and Nelson each made that the other had crossed the center line on Arkansas 23 a mile north of Huntsville near Withrow Springs State Park. Much of Baker's land -- and much of southern Madison County -- is heavily wooded. "A lot of people call it that, but I don't know the origin.". , Dimensions In that time, Baker has taken only one mortgage, for $8,000. A 1958 envelope that once held the details of two felonies still sits in the vault of the old courthouse in neighboring Washington County. Cornett said Baker is a distant cousin who leases land from the Cornett family. In the words of one person who viewed a videotape of the crime scene made at 4:30 that afternoon, the bed appeared to have been "wallered in." Harper first told Minor that he would have to pay Baker and the DEA $15,000 to keep his son out of prison. She didn't begrudge Baker and his cousins their profit. Ralph Baker had served as Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, from 1973 until his tragic death on January 5, 1998. Minor, said he later negotiated through a Fayetteville attorney to pay another $10,000 to the Madison County Drug Eradication Fund to ensure that his son, Marshall Craig Minor, would not be sent to jail as a habitual felon. But he said such deals weren't unusual among attorneys, police and prosecutors in Northwest Arkansas. Johnson alleged that Baker, the two officers and an unidentified woman in biker's leather entered the club with guns and a "party ball" -- a plastic sphere of beer in a box that serves as a portable keg. And it has spurred some of the county's most industrious methamphetamine dealers to claim openly that they can operate unchecked as long as they don't steal to support their habits. "Then Ralph will put his foot down.". Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Johnson went to the hospital. (This data I summarized from the front page of Madison County Record dated Jan 8, 1998. Kenneth Baker said the lack of a formal record of Ralph Baker's inheritance is a reflection of Bill Baker's distrust of banks. Baker owns at least 1,450 acres, according to tax records. He drives a marked patrol car. Madison County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas. Columbia, South Carolina The Madison Avenue storefront today. Ralph Baker would say little about his family or his early days in St. Paul, but friends say he grew up with two passions -- hunting and fighting. INSCRIPTION: (Shierff badge with Ralph Baker Shierff Madison County) married March 3, 1956 (on back) They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles. Ham said he asked the Bakers in because "I had just bought some other land and didn't have the money.". respects to Sheriff Baker, who was remembered as someone who never backed He listed his age as 18, hers as 16. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. October 19, 1997 at 8:52 p.m. But he expects to die by September. An analysis of the state's circuit court computer files shows 69 cases involving drug charges were filed in Madison County between 1993 and last May. In 1977, he killed himself with a shotgun at the family store, which burned down soon after his death. One of the transactions is the partnership with Ham and his wife, Margie. In fact, Baker was an outlaw before he was a sheriff. It shows two methcathinone lab busts in Benton County. Although he has been committed for drug and psychiatric treatment, he says there's no way out from the crank. Most importantly, this book reveals one of Arkansas' darkest secrets, and demystifies one of its greatest legends. The Brashears couple sold the tract to the three Bakers for $7,000 in February 1986. The Bakers, owners of adjoining land, were two of the defendants, although the case file contains no indication that they or anyone else contested Wheeler's claim. His friends are always other cops In the news they told the story It was a bed, Phillips' family said later, in which no one ever slept. "A lot of people live paycheck to paycheck and day to day. It is empty. But it's going to cost you.' He said one envelope contained $200, the other $1,000. Baker declined to say whether he and Noreta had family money to work with. "They were old-timers. , Item Weight The instant suspect was Howard "Rusty" Cain Jr., the county's lead prosecutor, who had a longtime, on-again, off-again affair with Phillips. Sheriff Ralph Baker drowned after his cruiser was washed into a flooded river while he was searching for a stolen vehicle. In his own testimony, Baker acknowledged that his daughter had lied during her deposition when she denied ever smoking marijuana. It's kind of scary. To respond to calls unknown. In the past two weeks, he has not returned the newspaper's telephone calls. It came as no surprise to local drug dealers or to the family of Billie Jean Phillips. At the time, it didn't seem all that much of a case to me. Ralph Baker in Florida. Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2010, It just amazes me how these weed growers, as first time authors, write so well. Date Posted: 1/24/2013 11:33:25 AM. ", BARE KNUCKLES, A DEFERRED SENTENCE AND QUESTIONS ABOUT AN ELECTION. Baker's penchant for bare knuckles on the back roads won him the title the "Bull of St. Baker pleaded no contest to burglary and grand larceny charges on April 2, 1958, and drew two years in the Arkansas Penitentiary. I wouldn't even venture to guess.". Rusty could be a g******** suspect. Indeed, Baker's internal records show that Baker and Chief Deputy Steve Treat paid a total of $835 to drug informants between 1993 and September 1997 in amounts ranging from $25 to $125. Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2020. He married Noreta Mae Burrell, a St. Paul girl, in March 1956. We've traded the money on the one hand for the next land on the other hand, and it's built up a little bit down through the years. All rights reserved. "My dad left me some money, and his left him some. Neither has Minor. When a shot rang through the night. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Smith, the special agent in charge of FBI operations in Arkansas. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Baker became sheriff Jan. 1, 1973. ", DRUG PROSECUTIONS, COURTHOUSE DOINGS AND THE MADISON COUNTY RUMOR MILL. He acknowledges that former Special Prosecutor John Everett and former investigator Jack Knox kept from him much of what they found during the 16 months they headed the investigation. Sheriff Baker had been employed with the Madison County Sheriff's Department for 27 years, 25 of which as the sheriff. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. By the late 1980s, they had turned toward the big money that methamphetamine could bring. Ride safe in heaven. Bingham's parents picked him up and drove him to the emergency room at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. MICHAEL WHITELEY No arrests were made. If you gather all this stuff up, probably if you figure it all out, I've probably made 50[,000] or 100,000 dollars off of land transactions over 30 years," he said. Ralph Baker had served as Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, from 1973 until his tragic death on January 5, 1998. Madison County Sheriff Ralph Baker drowned in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 1998, after his car was swept off a low-water bridge and into a rain-swollen White River near his home. My folks were too, and we know so many people," he said. They usually leave him when he uses their share of the crank. There are no busts in Madison County. "I've never seen anything in writing. Franklin Lakes NJ 07417. 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', "But when you start breaking down doors, then Ralph gets mad," the dealer adds. The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. He started doing that in 1967, Democrat-Gazette research shows, with the acquisition of 25 acres from Bobby and Mildred Gulledge, a couple he's continued to make deals with over the years. Most of Baker's transactions have occurred since 1982, with bursts of activity in the late 1980s and 1992-94. At the heart of the confrontation over drugs, investigators said, was Baker's reluctance to bring in a Madison County man for DNA testing, a man repeatedly identified as a methamphetamine dealer during Arkansas Democrat-Gazette interviews. N.Y.P.D. He was attempting to cross a low water Gary Wayne Johnson, a worker at a Wesley broom handle factory, sued Baker, Chief Deputy Steve Treat and former Deputy Steve Corkern, who is now Huntsville's police chief. In 1992, Baker and his cousins swapped 320 acres for 284 acres of U.S. Forest Service land. But crank is his intoxicant of choice. I was pleased to discover that the New York Times rightly devoted as much space to a recent obituary for my local baker . Madison County's law enforcement department had been developed into one Oconomowoc Wisconsin, Chief John Roelandts (retired) Town of Oconomowoc, YOU ARE REMEMBERED TODAY AND THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR LONG AND DEDICATED SERVICE, "The Badge" Ham said the property value increased because of an easement -- the right to cross other property to access the land -- acquired before it was sold to the Martins and McGarrahs. All I have is hearsay," said Joy Russell, the county's leading historian. If I got an ounce right now, I'd probably do half of it right away and put the rest up until this afternoon. For much of the 20th century, the hill folk operated a thriving moonshine trade. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. Baker would be shouldered out of the investigation, then have it handed back to him. They have paid out about $484,250, including one $200,000 purchase. He does it everyday. : I pray for solace for all those who love and miss A young Huntsville man whose criminal record includes multiple convictions for stealing shares Harp's perception of how things work. It's one of the last places where you can get a little privacy.". In the 12 elections since, he has been opposed only five times. Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt. RIP, sir. Madison County residents could be seen with bumper stickers which said 1955 - 1962. Land there is most commonly used for hunting, timber production or, after clearing, pasture. What's left is about $10 worth, and I'll give it to her. Along with his wife, Noreta, and Kenneth Baker, the sheriff signed a mortgage in 1980 for $8,000, secured by 68 acres of land the two cousins had just acquired for $17,000. It would bring far more than its tax value on the market. High on two joints of unusually potent marijuana, they had a wreck. Please try your request again later. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017. Green S.C. State Constables. I never bought from her," said one convicted drug dealer, adding that Criss provided a valuable service for the county's outlaws, who didn't have insurance. The one whos blood runs blue. At the time of his death, his tenure in office was tied with only one other sheriff in the state. He's told me, 'If you want to mess up your mind, that's your fault. Crawford said the tract contains some bottom land that had been farmed, but that it is mostly mountain, suitable only for hunting. After the cruiser was washed into the creek it flipped over trapping him inside. The newspaper reviewed dozens of court cases and other records, including documents detailing a past crime, a beating and more than 40 land transactions involving Baker. "We are more convinced than ever that we have a lawsuit against all three defendants. Paul.". It split from Washington County and became a separate entity in 1836, the year Arkansas attained statehood and Huntsville became the county seat. ", Said Brashears of Dr. Cornett: "He wanted the land back so bad that he would have paid any price for that. ", FROM MOONSHINE TO CRANK, THE UNDERSIDE OF MADISON COUNTY. He ended the June interview when the subject came up. It tracked the deaths of other Madison County people who died under mysterious circumstances. Those dreams became reality for David Mac after the young man from Michigan settled in Madison County, Arkansas. Wheeler said she didn't remember Baker ever wanting to buy the land. following a twenty-one gun salute fired by seven Madison County deputies. Berea . "I sold it to him without her knowledge," she said. Phillips had a strong dose of methamphetamine in her bloodstream. Allred, who replaced Cain as deputy prosecuting attorney, said he was unaware of drug allegations in the Criss case until after she resigned. Baker now declines to discuss the Bingham case. The Hams put their half of the land into a trust in 1988, and in 1993 the Bakers sold their half-interest to the Ham trust for $4,000. He knows he will sell enough this week to support his habit and pick up a little sex with a neighbor woman along the way. Charlie Baker did a 30-minute interview with The Associated Press just days before he officially began his new job as NCAA president. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. When I was little I remember the Cock Fights in our yard and the Moonshine in the Sheds. Enfield discarded 79 absentee votes that Democratic campaign worker and then-state Rep. Steve Smith had gathered from the residents of the Meadowview Nursing Home. Baker's second-biggest transaction involved a land-for-land trade with the federal government. Please bring me home after my shift He is in his mid-20s. I didn't pursue it.". County residents with a great sense of loss. Cain worked as both a private attorney and a public official in a fatal automobile accident involving Phillips, with whom he began a long-running affair in the early 1980s. (Note: Your comments may be used in an upcoming article about the 20-year anniversary.) That came soon after Minor and Samuelson had taken one of Baker's informants into the woods and pulled four of his teeth with pliers. On June 13, 1987, Baker and former Huntsville Police Chief Ed Sharp arrested a 19-year-old retarded Rogers man on allegations he had stolen two baseball cards during the annual "Hawgfest" on the town square. Again, he and relatives received land instead of money in some deals, and some acreages moved back and forth among family members. Roy Cain stated at Ralph's funeral when talking about a replacement Today on the 10th anniversary of your death, we pause and say a prayer for your family and loved ones that you left behind. Baker, who earns $31,000 a year as Madison County's sheriff and tax collector, declines to talk about his land deals. Ralph Kendrick Baker - beloved doctor, husband, father, and grandfather - died on Friday, January 29, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh, WI, after a short spell of pneumonia. "We're not talking about much money.". : A year later, with Crumbley retiring, Baker won office as part of a slate of political newcomers, defeating Republican Johnny Reed 2,844-2,681. One of those involved Craig Minor. "Some of the two- and three-way deals, you might make a couple of thousand dollars each off of it," he said. The marriage apparently didn't settle him down. Minor said he called Baker to negotiate and was told things had changed, because Craig was classified as a habitual felon under Arkansas law. "That's why Ralph really almost had to sell it to us, because he knows how much that land means to us, and all the family is buried up there in that Brashears Cemetery. Richland County Sheriff's Department In his book he talks about being involved in alleged marijuana-growing operations under Baker, and current Madison County Sheriff Philip Morgan said McElyea found himself in the county jail. There, Dr. Tanya Claytor noted that Bingham's left ear was swollen, bruised and scraped. More than three years after she was murdered, Billie Jean Phillips' death has done more than confound and divide law officers. asked Fogley, not recognizing the name of a woman he knew better as Billie Jean McKnight. Striking the officer in the chest. Otherwise, he has paid cash. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price. She'd trade those for drugs. "I wanted to give people who lived there the first chance," he said. Baker argued with a female employee on behalf of the unidentified woman, Johnson said. But Harp said she then ran afoul of the sheriff when she stole $80,000 from a home in the community of Hilltop. But live-in girlfriends aren't hard to find. And briefly he thought of his loved ones I really enjoyed the book because I know some of the people named in the book and I know the places that they're talking about. Meth and the hillbillies that cook it are alive and well in Booger county. Forest Service documents on the sale indicate the agency estimated the values of the swapped land to be equal. "It became a moot point when the employee resigned.". Baker, who earns $31,000 a year as Madison County's sheriff and tax collector, declines to talk about his land deals. I hope you enjoy the book. In January 1985, Dr. James Kelly Cornett of Little Rock, his sisters and their spouses gave about 10 1/2 acres in southern Madison County to their cousin, Brashears, and his wife, Reta. Then, in June, the Bakers sold the land back to the Cornetts -- for $15,000. David L. Bell Almost to a person, they expressed a puzzling fear of Ralph Baker. "I firmly believe that it was cut and dried, and they knew what was going to happen before it ever happened," he said. Her skull had been fractured with her son's T-ball bat, which lay by the bed, splintered. He was fascinated by this story of supposedly "easy" money and the effect it had on these people's lives. And when Thanksgiving and Christmas finally arrive Please try again. Well, he walks up to the driver's window, Rest in Peace, Sheriff Baker. "They had to make money off of it," he said. If they wanted to sell something, we managed to come up with the money for it.". Your memory will always be honored and revered. Honolulu, HI 96850-0109. 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