posseman

One posseman, patrolman L.A. Ellis, tried to muster support for an expedition of pursuit, but got no takers.

At least one American was killed, posseman Joseph C. Akin of Colorado, and several others were wounded, though some accounts say two possemen died.

On March 1, 1898 Tracy and 3 accomplices engaged in a gunfight at Brown's Park Colorado in which posseman Valentine S. Hoy was killed.

The Tucson court issued arrest warrants for Wyatt Earp, Warren Earp, Doc Holliday, Jack Johnson (posseman), and Sherman McMaster.

It goes something like this: federal law dictated that deputy US marshals had to have at least one posseman with them whenever they went out in the field and "often, the men who assisted Reeves were native Americans."