David L. Bell Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. 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. 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. '", TWO LAWSUITS, HINTS OF THE HIGH LIFE AND THE SHERIFF. "You know you're talking to a dead man," he says. She said Baker and other police there to celebrate the marriage of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Lance King got so rowdy she was forced to close the club. Berea Cemetery. ", DRUG PROSECUTIONS, COURTHOUSE DOINGS AND THE MADISON COUNTY RUMOR MILL. It shows two methcathinone lab busts in Benton County. Striking the officer in the chest. He asked the guy for a driver's license, Baker owns at least 1,450 acres, according to tax records. Probate records there show a $10 inheritance from the estate of Joseph Sphere Burrell in September 1963. At the time, it didn't seem all that much of a case to me. He ended the June interview when the subject came up. Ralph Baker was laid to rest in the Brashears Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina Harper first told Minor that he would have to pay Baker and the DEA $15,000 to keep his son out of prison. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. 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. But it is also cooked around the knobby hills of Madison and Newton counties, say the people who sell it. Residents say it was a haven for bank robbers and other outlaws in the 1920s. Phyllis Loya He has won each contested race by a 2-1 margin or better. Now because of Sheriff Baker's untimely death, many residents The state last audited the drug fund in 1996. "Definitely foul play," Livermore called back to the dispatcher at 12:53 p.m. "Ralph's dad was a very well-thought-of man here. Baker said in the June interview that he had probably put the drugs into his truck to drive to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for testing. Throughout the afternoon, they would ignore what officers later insisted were bloodstains on Cain's tennis shoes. There, Davis said, one man arrived drunk, signed his ballot, and handed it to a Democratic judge to fill out. ", USERS AND THE LAW: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE DRUG TRADE. Bill Baker had traveled with the Weaver Brothers, making a national name for himself on the steel guitar. He started toward Springdale on Highway 68, taking Deputy Sheriff Phillip Morgan with him. 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. 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" Isaiah 40:31 Shares stone with Noreta He was born near St. Paul, AR the only son of three children born to. 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. I mean just smoking a couple of joints.". Craig and his wife could pay out the remaining $5,000 at $200 a month. I was actually born in Huntsville, Arkansas, the County Seat of Madison County. The one whos blood runs blue. And he gets so mad at the court system Not a well written book but then again this guy was a pot grower not an author per se. Madison county is named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States. Today on the 10th anniversary of your death, we pause and say a prayer for your family and loved ones that you left behind. In his own testimony, Baker acknowledged that his daughter had lied during her deposition when she denied ever smoking marijuana. Steven Dwan Treat (Appointed 12 Jan 1998) 1951/10/19. Both of them lost money in the banks when the banks folded in the '20s, '30s.". After that, the two generally kept their money in their pockets, he said. by. Photo/Video will be published upon admin review and approval. ", Said Brashears of Dr. Cornett: "He wanted the land back so bad that he would have paid any price for that. They haven't seen him since. "He said, 'F.M., he's in serious trouble, and they're going to try him as an habitual. JEFF PORTER A police officer he is known. that all of Madison County could be proud of. Enfield also rejected a five-page "friend of the court" brief filed by William Jefferson Clinton, a young University of Arkansas law professor. "He said, 'Well, I really like your attorney. Baker responded. For much of the 20th century, the hill folk operated a thriving moonshine trade. Jurors cleared Sharp but ordered Baker to pay Bingham $100,320. for Ralph"Don't waste your time looking for someone like Ralph, because Baker and his partners now own at least 1,450 acres, mostly in southern Madison County, valued at $227,865, according to tax records. Funeral services were held on Friday, Although the hills and hollows echoed with whispers after the sheriff's alleged suicide, no one dared to reveal the hidden truth behind his double life. The ensuing court fight reached the Arkansas Supreme Court twice before Republicans accepted the ruling of Circuit Judge W.H. Memorial service to be held Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 2 p.m. in the Club Room of the Westlake Park Condominium, 7425 Democracy Blvd., Bet It could also have something to do with land prices, which can vary widely. Minor, says he twice left envelopes with money on Baker's desk. 'Cause the crooks don't get any time. Neither she nor Brashears knew who wanted the land for the shop. In this world of drugs and crime. 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. She'll say, 'OK.' Enfield that there were not enough illegal votes to change the results. He said Baker hit him in the face, and that he was then pushed back inside the club, where Treat hit him in the face. Noreta Mae Burrell's family was from Benton County. 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 timber there was harvested 20 years ago. McGarrah Sr. said the Hams and Bakers are "good people to do business with." About 8 percent have graduated from college. They would miss a black case partially hidden beneath Phillips' antique dresser. October 19, 1997 at 8:55 p.m. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. January 9,1998, at the St. Paul High School Gymnasium with a crowd estimated "It don't happen here," he said. Phillips paid off the drug debts of her brother, Robert McKnight. 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. Sheriff Ralph Francis Baker Madison County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas End of Watch Monday, January 5, 1998 Leave a Reflection Reflections for Sheriff Ralph Francis Baker May your rest in perpetual PEACE. During interviews, Baker said he aggressively investigates allegations of drug dealing and denied that his county has a methamphetamine problem. Minor and Samuelson got probation on the marijuana charge, but were sentenced to five years in prison on a first-degree battery conviction. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. He's just another man. He was found still in his seatbelt. Regardless, the story he tells is compelling. 'Cause he works all year round. Minor hadn't yet hired an attorney, but he knew whom Baker meant. Copyright Phone: (808) 541-3000 Established on March 18, 1959 The question I had was what is Ralph going to do with it.". 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 said one envelope contained $200, the other $1,000. Fayetteville lawyer Terry Harper had handled some of his son's previous run-ins with the law. I've got a pistol back there, and -- if somebody comes for me -- I'm ready.". Although he has been committed for drug and psychiatric treatment, he says there's no way out from the crank. 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. A week later, Knox turned over his allegations and unabridged copies of his files to I.C. Read Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times Newspaper Archives, Dec 28, 1988, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from fayetteville, arkansas 1936-2003. What emerges is a tale of methamphetamine and murder in a place known to its residents as "Booger County.". They would fail to ask about the curiously unmade bed in the upstairs loft, or to note that someone had thrown the curtain up over the rod at the window, as if to make it a better lookout post. In March 1987, Louann Wheeler, an elderly widow, went to court to win clear title to about four acres of land in southern Madison County. Among the Northwest Arkansas law enforcement community, Baker has both detractors and defenders. Ralph Baker had served as Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, from 1973 until his tragic death on January 5, 1998. Baker, who earns $31,000 a year as Madison County's sheriff and tax collector, declines to talk about his land deals. But a friend and fellow law enforcement officer said Baker lost the case because of his choice of clothing. Madison County records show the money was paid to the county's Drug Eradication Fund, $7,500 credited to Craig, $2,500 to his wife. Residents mostly blame the label on their snobbish neighbors in Washington County to the west. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! "I think real estate's a good investment. Terry Jones, the prosecuting attorney for Madison and Washington counties, is among the latter. The evidence was discovered when deputies picked her up for the burglary. He approached Baker because he had heard the sheriff was in the market for property in the area. Baker, who earns $31,000 a year as Madison County's sheriff and tax collector, declines to talk about his land deals. "I don't know where that boy is," he said. In the last two years, those transactions have involved selling, rather than buying. | Along the way, the unlikely duo of lawman and outlaw discovered that greed ruins even the best-laid plans, and the Devil always gets His due. Vaudeville's death sent him back to Arkansas in 1930, but not away from his music. One of those involved Craig Minor. Most of that land is taxed on its value for agricultural use. Sergeant Many asked that they not be identified. There are no busts in Madison County. 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. Deborah Roelandts (911 retired) Ten days after the court order, Mildred Gulledge bought Wheeler's land for $6,000. HUNTSVILLE Ralph Baker has been buying land longer than he's been sheriff, at least since 1967. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Wheeler said she didn't remember Baker ever wanting to buy the land. The back of his head and his ribs were tender. He is in his mid-20s. But, in pretrial testimony, club owner Jeannie Ward cited three separate incidents involving Baker that night. 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. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. I hope you enjoy the book. "I'm not going to give you the time of day," Sharp said. It was a bed, Phillips' family said later, in which no one ever slept. : by In the past two. There he sold ice cream, ammunition and bait, and served up cheeseburgers and fries. ", 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. U.S. MICHAEL WHITELEY "I've never seen anything in writing. 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. Kenneth Baker said the lack of a formal record of Ralph Baker's inheritance is a reflection of Bill Baker's distrust of banks. Sheriff Ralph Baker, the man who befriended David Mac, and taught him what it means to be an outlaw. 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. "I realized that Joey Bingham had a speech problem at the time," Baker testified. "I sold to her. Most of the entire front page plus some of the other pages was dedicated to him and the accident.) 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. Craig and his wife were sentenced to four years unsupervised probation -- despite Craig's lengthy criminal record. Baker's second-biggest transaction involved a land-for-land trade with the federal government. | The marriage apparently didn't settle him down. Please try again. I purchased this book through my daughter's Amazon link. Please try again. Cain would spend $100,000 trying to clear himself. It shows seven labs busted in Washington County and one in Franklin, Crawford and Carroll Counties. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has interviewed Northwest Arkansas lawmen and government officials, prison inmates, former and current Madison County drug dealers, and the friends and family of Billie Phillips -- more than 130 people in all. 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. 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. He was attempting to cross a low water Another poll watcher, Derice Davis, signed an affidavit saying that Baker spent most of election day on the porch outside the Hilburn precinct. He was attempting to cross a low water bridge which was covered with water. 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. "The case will be solved when Ralph Baker wants it solved," Knox said when he resigned. Ralph was a great Sheriff and something even betterHe was a Harley rider. After the cruiser was washed into the creek it flipped over trapping him inside. If you go there, stay to established campgrounds and or use outdoor guide services, or be armed and watch your back. 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. Madison County residents could be seen with bumper stickers which said "It became a moot point when the employee resigned.". Then, in June, the Bakers sold the land back to the Cornetts -- for $15,000. "Somebody's going to come along and buy it. Nevertheless, F.M. Each officer a bullet-proof vest. But tonight he stops a speeding car, The newspaper examined more than 200 documents. Baker pleaded no contest to burglary and grand larceny charges on April 2, 1958, and drew two years in the Arkansas Penitentiary. "No one investigating this wants it solved more than me," he said. "I think for the NCAA,, until you actually had NIL, it would be hard to know what it was going to look like . His hair is graying. When Money Grew on Trees: The True Tale of a Marijuana Moonshiner and the Outlaw Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas. Learn more. But a check of probate records in Madison County shows no evidence of an inheritance by either. He knows there might not be a tomorrow Such swaps are not common, but they fit in with the Forest Service's policy of trading to acquire land that is already surrounded by or adjacent to the forest. I've never been satisfied doing that, and I'm reasonably sure Ralph hasn't either. Madison County Clerk Wes Fowler said as far as he knew such money went only for the payment of confidential informants. He starts his shift each day Ralph Baker Dead 1/8/98 1912/09 . He said he wants to clear some of his land and raise cattle on it. Your memory will always be honored and revered. "He said, 'He'll get 20 years for it.'". Any deals that's made will have to be made through your attorney,'" Minor said. and may not be duplicated without permission, Investigator David L Bell Richland County Sheriff's Dept., Columbia, SC, WE could use more sheriff's like him. 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. Baker and his partners now own at least 1,450 acres, mostly in southern Madison County, valued at $227,865, according to tax records. : Copyright 1999 - All Rights Reserved Rose, who represented Johnson, told the court he was "personally disappointed" with Johnson's decision. Referring to Baker, he said, "Send MC-1.". He ended the June interview when the subject came up. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Imagine breaking the law without fear. But live-in girlfriends aren't hard to find. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. 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. And Everett and Knox said problems with Baker reached the breaking point when they developed fresh leads involving drugs. 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. ", Another secret is avoiding long-term debt, he said. To see our price, add these items to your cart. She'd trade those for drugs. Covered with blood, Frank Eytchenson made his way to a local veterinarian's house and then to the hospital. "I went to some people, and Ralph was one. She said Wheeler hadn't wanted to sell to Baker. That's after the fact. We'd put them on our tags, and we'd just hope we wouldn't get stopped.". Baker removed the drugs from his truck after the accident. No arrests were made. "He doesn't like that.". Most talked only reluctantly. He even got up in the middle of the night to read it and finished it quickly. I think we're all pretty sure. He drives a marked patrol car. , Dimensions Chief John Roelandts (retired) Hog member : The convicted thief and drug dealer, now 34, said she refused when Baker asked her to set up his former son-in-law in a drug deal during a 1994 custody fight over Baker's granddaughter. Trudot was in the hospital at the time. And briefly he thought of his loved ones 1914/10/19. When a commodity is illegal it will be hugely profitable and no one should be surprised the cops will want in on that! He also owns a Chevrolet Corvette and a Honda Acura, two Harley Davidson motorcycles, five trucks and 19 cows. "Whether it's what you pick from your nose or what your grandmother told you came out of the woods," Baker said, "people don't seem to mind it.". High on two joints of unusually potent marijuana, they had a wreck. Then I'd go on and after supper I'd probably halve it again and do a quarter. Baker, 59, who shares Arkansas' longest tenure with Monroe County Sheriff Larry Morris, sometimes carries in his personal vehicle drugs seized as evidence. It's one of the last places where you can get a little privacy.". Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. to number about 2000 gathering to honor Sheriff Baker. 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. The former won't speak for attribution. At his home he cannot be found. "I hope he appreciates it and takes advantage of it.". Baker declined to discuss the case, referring all questions to the empty court file. 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. The R&N Baker Trust bought 744 acres in the St. Paul area from a general partnership, Crawford Brothers, in November 1995. , ISBN-10 Please try again. Ralph Baker had served as Sheriff of Madison County, Arkansas, from 1973 until his tragic death on January 5, 1998. Whenever I read this kind of sad story, I'm reminded of the late Ralph Baker, the controversial sheriff of Madison County for many years who was found dead inside his car in January of 1998 after it reportedly washed off a low-water bridge over the White River in rural Madison County. and there is no need to say more than two words about his service to Madison Very entertaining read, but don't know how much of it is true. Create a free ODMP account now for these benefits: Create an account for more options, or use this form to leave a Reflection now. Baker and his wife, sometimes in partnership with other family members, have bought or traded for at least 2,300 acres in Madison, Washington and Franklin counties. Now he doesn't know a holiday He prays to God above. Absent proof of the drug allegations, he said, there were insufficient grounds to bring criminal charges. 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. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. "RALPH CARES". A bachelor party for a federal drug agent led to another allegation of brutality. In the past two. In all, Enfield tossed out 150 votes, and Democrats admitted to 19 defective ballots. He said I'd be dead by September anyway.". But crank is his intoxicant of choice. He's paid by the citizens' taxes He just moves on to the next woman willing to trade sex for drugs. The family's well-established ties in the community help as well. 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