Armchair historians in Garland County often look to the Garland County Historical Society s annual journal, The Record, to find articles on subjects they find interesting.
The story goes that Oscar Chitwood was lynched by a mob of armed, masked men in the early hours of Dec. 26, 1910, at the Garland County Courthouse for his role in mortally wounding Garland County Sheriff Jake Houpt during an Aug. 17 shootout.