When he did, Nash rode horseback into the arms of the law as U. S. Marshal McDonald was waiting on the American side of the river. Nash, along with other members of the gang, was sent to Leavenworth. Nash later escaped prison. He was later captured by lawmen in Hot Springs, Arkansas and transported to Kansas City, Missouri where he was one of the victims of the Union Station Massacre. When I hold Alva McDonald's U. S. Marshal badge in my hand, I can close my eyes and almost imagine that I am waiting alongside that dark country road in Oklahoma or sitting quietly on my horse on the bank of the Rio Grande River.
History does come to life.