Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
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man went down. tarnes and Lawrence
were killed and Craighead and West were
wounded. Pablo Trevino was So indIs-
Greet as TO peep for moment from the
thicket and hanger Carnes, whose right
arm was broken and who was near death.
shifted his six-shooter to his left hand
and got his man. then died.
This. the most recent of tile ranger
fights. is one of the greatest tragedies IN
It's history. With every man dead or dis
abed, the Mexicans were able to make
their escape in the brush, and so recent
is the battle that the force has not yet
succeeded in taking vengeance
But the rangers rarely meet even these
Temporal " defeats. AT the same time this
fighting was going on in the southwest
five rangers were at work on dlnerent
sort Of ease in east Texas. Near Pales-
tine a race war had broken out, the
farmers seeming a real or fanced plot
OF an uprising OH the part OF the negroes
As result of the war a score of negroes
had been killed. y company of militia
lad been hurried to the. scene to main
tain law and order. A renewal of the
war was momentarily expected. The five
rangers We're substituted for the militia
company. They brought order out of
chaos, arrested fifteen white men sus-
pected of having taken part in the killing
of the negroes, and all these are now
awaiting trial.
BY going back little further better
example of the unquestioned daredevil
spirit of the ranger is to be found. The
episode of the colored soldiers shooting
up Brownsville is we'll known. After that
incident all was chaos for weeks. and
the red tape of confusion of national
and local authority prevented anything
fair Capt Bill Mcdonald was COM
mander of the little ranger company for
this section of the state, but was in
Dallas at the time He expected orders
from the adjutant general, who was his
superior officer. to go to Brownsville and
held that the national government was
responsible for the action of it's troops
Capt Bill differed from this view. He
took the matter into his own hands and
went to Brownsville. He said that muir
der had been committed in Texas and ne
was going to find out about it.
He found the town and the post in
practical condition of blockade against
each other He was told he could not
enter the post without an order from its
commanding officer. But he did not even
ask for permission. Ranger McCauley &C
companied him, both armed with auto
matte shotguns ready for use. At the
gate of the post he found a file of twenty
negro soldiers. the very men who were
under suspicion. These men ordered him
to halt and brought their guns into posi-
ton ready to fire. The rangers continued
to advance with their automatic guns in
readiness Then Capt. Bill called the
troops murdererS and ordered them
to put up their arms and take him
to their commander or he would perforate
them collectively and individually. He
walked into the very muZzles of their
rifles and took command by no other
authority than that which exists through
recognition of courage and natural
dominance. He went into the post, gave
the third degree to the officers in charge.
developed evidence against a dozen men
and had them locked up. He bullyragged
the officers and preferred charges against
them as accessories to the crime. 1t was
case in which two Texas rangers over
rode all the authority of the army and its
red tape and got results usual.
Sergt. w J. l.. Sullivan, who has been
shot to pieces so many times that he is
no longer able to chase outlaws. is door
keeper for the house side of the Texas
legislature. He has the reputation of
having been the best ranger sergeant that
the force ever knew. When asked if he
ever killed a man he answers very apollo
getically and shamefacedly
only three
Dock Mayes was one of the most dar-
ing and energetic cattle thieves that
Texas ever knew. He was born to the