Please try your request again later. The Brashears couple sold the tract to the three Bakers for $7,000 in February 1986. Baker declined to discuss the case, referring all questions to the empty court file. Harper says he doesn't remember the details of the case. , ISBN-13 I wouldn't even venture to guess.". "Ralph's dad was kind of like my dad," he said. "No one investigating this wants it solved more than me," he said. they don't exist". Based on the 2010 census, the population was 15,717. Dealings at the courthouse have always provided plentiful fuel for Madison County's rumor mill, which went into overdrive when Diana Criss quit her 12-year job as an Arkansas Revenue Department cashier Aug. 26, 1996. ", Another secret is avoiding long-term debt, he said. Someone recommended this book to my husband and he couldn't wait to start reading it. Sheriff Ralph Baker, the man who befriended David Mac, and taught him what it means to be an outlaw. Location: Arkansas, United States. . I've never been satisfied doing that, and I'm reasonably sure Ralph hasn't either. They would miss a black case partially hidden beneath Phillips' antique dresser. 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" Wheeler also said she didn't recall filing the lawsuit. But crank is his intoxicant of choice. Absent proof of the drug allegations, he said, there were insufficient grounds to bring criminal charges. It is specifically about the part of Arkansas right here where we live. "I don't know where that boy is," he said. , ISBN-10 JEFF PORTER Your sacrifice is not forgotten. Of Harp's insistence that he admonished her to keep silent, he said: "That's bull****.". James Cornett died last spring. I knew he bought land. Until now. Six of every 10 of its adults have graduated high school. to number about 2000 gathering to honor Sheriff Baker. Both say he is above reproach. Honolulu, HI 96850-0109. Ralph Gardner Jr. /. In Huntsville's drug community, sex is just another form of currency. Fogley, the state police investigator and a close friend, blames the Fourth of July fire on misdirected Roman candles. I think we're all pretty sure. No one knows when Madison County got the dubious nickname Booger County. "I went to some people, and Ralph was one. With interest, it came to $125,829.76. Thank you for your service to the citizens of Madison County and your fellowman. Sheriff Ralph Baker, the man who befriended David Mac, and taught him what it means to be an outlaw. : Senior partner Robert G. Crawford said Noreta Baker wrote him a $200,000 check. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. "Up here right now don't put a price on anything unless you want to sell it," said Kenneth Baker. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. asked Fogley, not recognizing the name of a woman he knew better as Billie Jean McKnight. Madison County residents, as well as Ralph's family, may find some He even had his revolver, Baker and Sharp adamantly denied the beating, and Baker told jurors he was unaware that Bingham was retarded. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017. Rest in peace Sheriff, you are not forgotten. A letter of condolence from President Baker argued with a female employee on behalf of the unidentified woman, Johnson said. Cain's attorney, John Lisle, had pushed for a year for an FBI investigation of the county's drug traffic and its ties to the murder. He was attempting to cross a low water bridge which was covered with water. Revenue Commissioner Tim Leathers said Criss submitted a "routine resignation" while she was under investigation by Baker for issuing phony driver's licenses and license plate stickers. As the case developed, Minor's father, Illinois oil well driller F.M. Sheriff Ralph Baker, who's election slogan was "RALPH CARES". Of how this officer had died. One of those involved Craig Minor. Imagine piles of money that literally grew on trees. Probate records there show a $10 inheritance from the estate of Joseph Sphere Burrell in September 1963. and there is no need to say more than two words about his service to Madison Baker's receipts for the same period show $260 in payments. , Paperback 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. Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2017. Most of Baker's transactions have occurred since 1982, with bursts of activity in the late 1980s and 1992-94. Photo/Video will be published upon admin review and approval. 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. passed through Huntsville as hundreds of school children and friends stood Ralph A. Baker Birth 17 Aug 1908 Death 6 Jan 1978 (aged 69) Burial. With what's left, I'd cut off one little corner and save it and then do the rest of that.". The terrain is very hilly and rocky which doesn't seem like a good area for grow ops. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. "All I do all day is sit around this house and wait for them to come," he says. He started smoking marijuana at 10 and moved to harder drugs three years later. It is late morning, and he already has finished his seventh Budweiser while talking with reporters. Minor that the payment distribution was intended to divert attention from Craig's good fortune, according to Minor's tape recordings of their conversations. Deborah Roelandts (911 retired) Federal agents are now seeking to interview Cordes. But the Department's budget didn't buy Baker's biggest transaction occurred two years ago. Although he has been committed for drug and psychiatric treatment, he says there's no way out from the crank. Rusty could be a g******** suspect. No arrests were made. "He said, 'He'll get 20 years for it.'". Ten days after the court order, Mildred Gulledge bought Wheeler's land for $6,000. "Homebodies don't get in much trouble unless you're kicking down doors," the man said. Minor said Baker took the cash without question but that the two never discussed its purpose. I've never seen Ralph do anything that even started to be illegal," he said. 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. How do you keep the deputy prosecutor out of the crime scene?". He died doing his best. Some of the county's income always has come from illegal substances. I was interested in this book, because my daughter in law had heard of it & wanted to read it. Almost to a person, they expressed a puzzling fear of Ralph Baker. The check was issued June 19, 1989, by a Michigan-based police insurance risk pool. I was actually born in Huntsville, Arkansas, the County Seat of Madison County. 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. Baker owns at least 1,450 acres, according to tax records. The county was formed on September 30, 1836. Kenneth Baker later sold his share to Ralph and Noreta for $10,000, and the Bakers sold the land to Casondra LeMay of Kansas City, Mo., for $20,000 in 1989. What emerges is a tale of methamphetamine and murder in a place known to its residents as "Booger County.". Lots of caves around those parts, with lots of toothless backwoods folks who take a keen interest in outsiders visiting the area. As prosecutors and investigators sorted through clues obscured by mistakes at the crime scene and the state forensics laboratory, a changing cast of law enforcement officials sardonically wondered who hadn't slept with Billie Phillips -- and who in this rural county lacked a motive to kill her. Her 7-year-old son discovered her body late on the morning of Sept. 3, 1994, a Saturday. Fred Raymond Crumley. It all boils down to the fact that they did not want any outsider owning land on that farm. He had been Madison County Shierff since about 1972 until his death. And he gets so mad at the court system Striking the officer in the chest. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. Now he doesn't know a holiday 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. The evidence was discovered when deputies picked her up for the burglary. Please try again. Franklin Lakes NJ 07417. Baker, who earns $31,000 a year as Madison County's sheriff and tax collector, declines to talk about his land deals. 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. But my lawyer told me I couldn't prove I'd given them to him.". A Harley enthusiast given to wearing biker gear, Baker wore tan pants, a black shirt and gold chains to the federal courthouse. "My dad left me some money, and his left him some. He does it everyday. : Regardless, the story he tells is compelling. There, Dr. Tanya Claytor noted that Bingham's left ear was swollen, bruised and scraped. 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. Land there is most commonly used for hunting, timber production or, after clearing, pasture. But the statistics may deceive. Kenneth Baker said he and his cousin were lucky enough and resourceful enough to come up with the cash they needed. In large part, he has been dealing with old friends, acquaintances and neighbors, buying and selling judiciously, usually at a profit. As a teen-ager, his daughter, Patricia Baker, and a friend, Sandra Harp, found some of them in the glove compartment of the sheriff's pickup on March 6, 1977. He also does not obtain court orders for the destruction of drugs, creating what other police officials say is the potential for theft. "I was police commissioner here for four years," he said last month in Olney, Ill. "I kind of found out how you do things.". In 1977, he killed himself with a shotgun at the family store, which burned down soon after his death. At the time, it didn't seem all that much of a case to me. 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. 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. Now, Baker and the state police are back in charge. He said the most memorable testimony came from a man who said that Bolinger, who still serves as county treasurer, personally delivered forms to voters allowing Bolinger to take their ballots back the courthouse. Not a well written book but then again this guy was a pot grower not an author per se. There was a problem loading your book clubs. It split from Washington County and became a separate entity in 1836, the year Arkansas attained statehood and Huntsville became the county seat. "One guy held a shotgun in my face for over an hour last week. Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2020. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. "The case will be solved when Ralph Baker wants it solved," Knox said when he resigned. He worked the regional circuit and opened a store and cafe amid the rolling hills along Arkansas 23. Bingham's parents picked him up and drove him to the emergency room at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. Biography ID: 38791252 . "RALPH CARES". The one whos blood runs blue. The funeral procession Yes, the bullet hit its mark, He ended the June interview when the subject came up. A week after the murder, Cain was fired for interfering in the investigation. 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. Forest Service documents on the sale indicate the agency estimated the values of the swapped land to be equal. Ralph Baker was laid to rest in the Brashears Cemetery, But live-in girlfriends aren't hard to find. Ralph Francis Baker. Law enforcement officers came from all over the state to pay their My Dad and Uncles used to tell us all kinds of stories about Ralph Baker. The same day, she and her husband sold it to the Bakers, again for $6,000. There were three Bakers, so they each wanted $5,000. | Having raised pot in Arkansas myself and then sent off to the pen for five years I can certainly relate and assure the audience the local cops are indeed in on it in this state. David L. Bell He talked about how he does it one day last summer. He drives a marked patrol car. Berea Cemetery. Ralph don't care if you use drugs. 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. HUNTSVILLE From the first radio call two minutes before noon, panic was a partner in the investigation of Billie Jean Phillips' murder. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. He said that he once asked Baker to sell him drugs from the evidence closet. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. County RALPH CARED'. Rose, who represented Johnson, told the court he was "personally disappointed" with Johnson's decision. by. No Import Fees Deposit & $15.24 Shipping to Sweden. , Item Weight October 19, 1997 at 8:52 p.m. There, Davis said, one man arrived drunk, signed his ballot, and handed it to a Democratic judge to fill out. That's after the fact. In his own testimony, Baker acknowledged that his daughter had lied during her deposition when she denied ever smoking marijuana. The records paint a picture of an astute businessman who aggressively bought low and sold high. More than three years after she was murdered, Billie Jean Phillips' death has done more than confound and divide law officers. He was found still in his seatbelt. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. Baker became sheriff Jan. 1, 1973. Nevertheless, F.M. "This girl down the street here. But the farther I got into the book the more errors I found that were not caught in editing. Washington County Sheriff Kenneth McKee, who once was the area's only state trooper, said Madison County was a moonshine capital, distributing its top-quality white lightning through the Ozarks and into Oklahoma. Phillips paid off the drug debts of her brother, Robert McKnight. 'Cause he works all year round. It tracked the deaths of other Madison County people who died under mysterious circumstances. 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. He usually makes the money back on drug sales, he said, and worries more about being killed by a supplier than about getting arrested by the sheriff. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer. The previous elected sheriff was Ralph Baker, who was in office for 25 years before drowning while trying to drive across a low-water bridge over the White River near St. Paul. The population of Madison County is 16,521 (2020 Census). 1998/01/05. Ralph Francis Baker was born Sept. 1, 1938, near the town of St. Paul, once a bustling banking, railroad and timber center in southern Madison County. Marshals Service in Fayetteville, also declined to talk about the case. 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. Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt. 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. 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. We live in the Arkansas Ozarks and this took place in a neighboring county and also partly in the county we now live in. With his badge pinned on his chest. Washington State Department of Corrections, WA. Baker testified that he earned a little less than $20,000 as sheriff, and that he owned 648 acres of forest and farm land in Madison and Franklin counties and a share of a lake lot in Missouri. Baker's penchant for bare knuckles on the back roads won him the title the "Bull of St. Your heroism and service is honored today, the 14th anniversary of your death. 1914/10/19. He smiles at a 1996 FBI map of drug labs seized in Arkansas. 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. Contact. "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.". October 19, 1997 at 8:55 p.m. He says he has personally investigated allegations involving Baker and the county's drug dealing and found no basis for them. 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. Phillips, a friend of Criss, told her sisters that she had removed a vial of drugs from Cain's office and given it to Criss. Another poll watcher, Derice Davis, signed an affidavit saying that Baker spent most of election day on the porch outside the Hilburn precinct. You didn't want to be on his bad side !!!! Minor, who said he is speaking now because Craig, 44, is dying of cancer and living away from Madison County, said he asked Baker to make a deal. The tops of both his feet had red semicircular marks, which Claytor attributed to boot heels. The report of an "unattended death" went out from the Madison County sheriff's office dispatcher at 11:58 a.m. Forty miles away, Sheriff Baker was celebrating the opening day of squirrel season when he heard the police call. ", USERS AND THE LAW: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE DRUG TRADE. 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. That's no way for a sheriff to be acting," Johnson said he told Baker. The timber there was harvested 20 years ago. Minor said, the case felt like a setup. An auto body shop figured in the quick profit that Baker and his cousins turned on the land they bought from Berrian Brashears. The state last audited the drug fund in 1996. He said one envelope contained $200, the other $1,000. It would bring far more than its tax value on the market. Deputy Mike Jeffers Franklin County Sheriff's dept. Covered with blood, Frank Eytchenson made his way to a local veterinarian's house and then to the hospital. Neither has Minor. Interviews with investigators indicate the conversation went something like this: "Billie Phillips is dead," Baker told Fogley. This Ralph E Baker Ralph Baker (1917 - 2007) Jump to: Biography Memories . 1938/09/01. Over the years, confusion had arisen over the property line. "I was dealing drugs over there for years and years and years and was never busted for drugs in Madison County," Harp said during a July interview at the Arkansas Department of Correction Tucker Unit, about a month before she was released on parole. One man from whom McKnight bought, Steve Hathorn, beat him over a debt from drugs and building materials a year after Phillips died. by Create a free ODMP account now for these benefits: Create an account for more options, or use this form to leave a Reflection now. Unable to add item to List. For much of the 20th century, the hill folk operated a thriving moonshine trade. 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. State Constable J.L. He isn't married. He said he didn't know how the Bakers got the money: "I kind of had a feeling it was from her family. Jones returned control of the investigation to Baker and Fogley. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. 'Cause people just don't understand She says the paraphernalia charge was incidental. What do you remember about Sheriff Baker? Steven Dwan Treat (Appointed 12 Jan 1998) 1951/10/19. Allred, who replaced Cain as deputy prosecuting attorney, said he was unaware of drug allegations in the Criss case until after she resigned. He's cursed and assaulted often, After the cruiser was washed into the creek it flipped over trapping him inside. Paul.". Sheriff Ralph Baker drowned after his cruiser was washed into a flooded river while he was searching for a stolen vehicle. In August, during a conversation on the courthouse steps that included Madison County Treasurer Jerry Bolinger, Baker offered a reporter and an editor money in exchange for information on Madison County methamphetamine labs. An itemization in the auditor's working papers shows $4,511.93 was paid to confidential informants between July 14, 1995, and Oct. 23, 1996. 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. The lumber and wood-products business is a major source of employment, according to census records. In 1992, Baker and his cousins swapped 320 acres for 284 acres of U.S. Forest Service land. He said I f****** owed him money, and I didn't. But Harp said she then ran afoul of the sheriff when she stole $80,000 from a home in the community of Hilltop. Sheriff Baker had been employed with the Madison County Sheriff's Department for 27 years, 25 of which as the sheriff. A 1958 envelope that once held the details of two felonies still sits in the vault of the old courthouse in neighboring Washington County. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. "Since I've been sheriff, we hadn't hardly got any meth at all," he said in June. The remaining corner of the day's score buys sex -- with a little return on the investment -- about 9 p.m. "I'd go down and say, 'Hey, look at what I've got. He started toward Springdale on Highway 68, taking Deputy Sheriff Phillip Morgan with him. In an interview this summer, she said Baker asked her not to talk about the drugs she and Patricia used from his truck before their 1977 accident. In the last two years, those transactions have involved selling, rather than buying. The question I had was what is Ralph going to do with it.". He tracked it back to a break-in at a south Fayetteville auto shop. But it's going to cost you.' They would fail to note that a vacuum cleaner normally kept behind the bedroom door was in the middle of the room and would overlook the fact that its bag was missing. He just moves on to the next woman willing to trade sex for drugs. 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. "But he ain't eating corn on the cob.". Over the years, often in partnership with relatives, he has bought about 2,400 acres, for which he paid about $484,250, nearly all cash, or traded other land. Among the Northwest Arkansas law enforcement community, Baker has both detractors and defenders. Discover more of the authors books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more. Ralph Baker had served as Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, from 1973 until his tragic death on January 5, 1998. that all of Madison County could be proud of. Read Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Newspaper Archives, Dec 28, 1988, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from fayetteville, arkansas 1936-2003. Copyright He was found still in his seatbelt. '", TWO LAWSUITS, HINTS OF THE HIGH LIFE AND THE SHERIFF. He approached Baker because he had heard the sheriff was in the market for property in the area. 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. He's told me, 'If you want to mess up your mind, that's your fault. away from trouble. Well, he walks up to the driver's window, "We know the sheriff was doing an investigation," Leathers said. He was one of three children of William McKinley Baker, a former vaudeville musician, and Evangeline Verruchi, the 1927 queen of the Tontitown Grape Festival. After that, the two generally kept their money in their pockets, he said. Her skull had been fractured with her son's T-ball bat, which lay by the bed, splintered. It was a curious election, with allegations of widespread voter fraud. He said that Baker had not contacted him until F.M. Residents say it was a haven for bank robbers and other outlaws in the 1920s. comfort in those memories and in knowing that Ralph will forever remain The Madison Avenue storefront today. "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. This is Mac's story of damnation and redemption. For years the vehicles of He isn't afraid of being arrested by the sheriff. Cordes and a private investigator who helped him escape from the Washington County jail were later convicted of building the biggest methcathinone lab in U.S. history. Baker won't talk about his land. I mean just smoking a couple of joints.". There, Baker handcuffed Bingham to a prisoner's retaining ring in the lobby. "I'd go in any front door in the country with Ralph Baker. It's one of the last places where you can get a little privacy.". I'm ready for them when they come, though. It shows seven labs busted in Washington County and one in Franklin, Crawford and Carroll Counties. Fayetteville lawyer Terry Harper had handled some of his son's previous run-ins with the law. She didn't begrudge Baker and his cousins their profit. Roy Cain stated at Ralph's funeral when talking about a replacement He said he wasn't aware of any reason for the price to increase so much. Wheeler said she didn't remember Baker ever wanting to buy the land. His blood wasn't blue - His blood was red. Cain would spend $100,000 trying to clear himself. 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