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held that the national government was


responsible for the action Of its troops.
Capt. Bill differed from this view. He
took the matter into his own hands
and went to Brownsville. lie said that
murder had been committed in Texas
and he was going to find out about It.
He found the town and the post in a
practical condition of blockade against
each other He was told he could not
enter the post without an order from
it's commanding officer. But he did not
even ask for permission. Ranger Nc
Cauley accompanied him, both armed
with automatic 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 position ready
to fire. The rangers continued to adj
vance with their automatic guns in
readiness. Then Captain Bill called
the troops murderers and ordered
them to put up their arms and take
them to their commander or he would
perforate them collectively and indi-
vidually. He walked into the very
muzzles of their rifles and took COM
mand by no other authority than that
which exists through a recognition of
courage and natural dominance. He
went into the post, gave the third de-
gree to the officers in charge, develop
ed evidence against dozen men and
had them locked up. He bullyragged
the officers and preferred charges
against them as accessories to the
crime 1t was a case in which two
Texas rangers OVERRIDE all the au-
thority of the army and it's red tape
and got results as usual.
Sergt. w. ]. L. Sullivan, who has
been shot to pieces so many times
that he is no longer able to chase out
laws, 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
man lie answers very apologetically
and shamefacedly:
"Only three"
Dock Mayes was one of the most
daring and energetic cattle thieves
that Texas ever knew. He was born
to the saddle, the rife and the six
shooter, and. the sheriffs of various
counties had long shown little DISPOSE
ton to interfere with him. Sergt. Sui
livan was sent to get Mayes.
There were vaIious great herds OF
cattle round about Quanah, in the
, panhandle. Sullivan went from one
, to another of these IN search of his
/ man. He finally got word that he was
; with a certain herd. A sympathizel
of the outlaw attempted to warn hin
of the approach of the ranger. Sulli
van discovered this and race for the
camp that harbored the outlaw was
begun. The sympathizer won the race
by margin of but few hundred
yards. When Sullivan first sighted hi
l man the outlaw was running from thu
chuck wagon to his saddle nearby foI
: his rife. This he secured and fortified
himself behind the wagon. Sullivan
1 still bore down at breakneck speed up
2 on the wagon. AS he neared it Maye
e put his gun around the corner of il
( and ordered the ranger to halt, ant
t that officer was fully aware of tn
r desperation of the cattle thief and 0
q his ability to shoot. But a range
n never stops as long as he is alive, s.
t Sullivan dashed up to the wagon
d Jumped his horse over the tongue O
d it and covered the outlaw with hi
n pistol. The latter surrendered.
r "Why the hell didn't you stop whe
e | told you to-" asked Mayes.
l. 81 jest had to arrest YOU" answere
ut Sullivan.
n well your life was saved becaus
e one of the boys had been shooting JAG
e rabbits with my rife and it was VI
loaded for the first time in ten years,
responded Mayes. ~r ','--.'
1t was in this same section tha
t. Sergt. Sullivan captured the notoriou
e. Bill Cook gang of train robbers. Thes
,e men had been holding up trains in tn
i. panhandle country, in Indian Territor
II and New Mexico for years. Sulliya
rs and his band of rangers trailed the'
Of for weeks. Finally they were locate
u in farmhouse. Sullivan stationed h
f. men in front of the house, which WI
IT, made of thin boards, and deliberate
Of walked up to the door, and was fl
C. turning the knob and going in singl
at handed after the robbers, four in nui