From Texas Rangers the likes of Silas Mercer Parker Jr., gunned down at Parker's Fort in 1836, to Denton County sheriff's deputy Floyd Coberly, murdered by an inmate in 1897 atter ten days on the job, his collection accounts for all those ...
A 04 - Cherry Wesley 34-W: 18 11, D. 19 - Christian, James Ineligible 22, D, 14 - Clark. Alvin A. On File 21, A, 13 - Clark. David Ineligible 26. A 12 - Clark. William A. 59–E: 25 19, D, 16 - Clendennen, Robert Ned 45–W: 24 09, D 09 ll.
From Patrolman "Newt" Stewart, killed by a group of servicemen in February 1900, to Whitesboro chief of police William Thomas "Will" Miller, run down by a vehicle in the line of duty in 1940, Ron DeLord and Cliff Caldwell present a ...
... _____, 366 Jefferson, James, 96 Jefferson, Robert, 547 Jekins, Granville, 413 Jenkins, Edward, 204 Jenkins, S. F., ... Charles (C.A.), 117 Jones, Charles, 549, 550 Jones, Clark (Clarke), 177, 178 Jones, Clark, 160 Jones, Commodore, ...
Keeping with sound penitentiary protocols, Mari Johnson's death was treated—as would any deceased Correctional Officer secured ... Company C, stationed at Abilene, company headquarters at Lubbock under the command of Major Todd Snyder, ...
The Texas Hill Country is rich with history.
The Morris County Sheriff, Joe Starrett, with but a couple of deputies on the payroll was understandably powerless to protect anyone's life and/or property. Especially if required to work around the clock and try to face down ...
Rather than trailing the fugitive alone he took with him a self-styled detective, J.W. Holt.7 Whether Hall or Holt worked up the case is unknown, but apparently they learned of Purnell's communication to Governor Davis written from Fort ...
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986. Burroughs, Jean M., ed. ... Denton,: The University of North Texas Press, 2009. Cabeza de Baca, Fabiola. We Fed Them Cactus. ... Texas Lawmen: More of the Good and the Bad, 1900-1940.
Indians may be hidden there, Sergeant W. C. Bradley ordered his men to charge the rocks. With pistol in hand, Bradley confronted the sole Indian, later identified as a Kiowa named Gun Boys, who was brandishing a carbine.