Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform

The massacre of Fort Parker; Cynthia Ann Parker's capture. Rangers and what they are for. Their characteristics and their requirements 126

XVII.--Captain of Company B, Ranger Force

Capture of Dan and Bob Campbell. Recommendations for a Ranger Captain. Governor "Jim" Hogg appoints his old friend on the strength of them 136

XVIII.--An Exciting Indian Campaign

First service as Ranger Captain. Biggest Indian scare on record 145

XIX.--A Bit of Farming and Politics

Captain Bill and his goats. The "car-shed" convention 149

XX.--Taming the Pan-handle

The difference between cowboys and "bad men." How Captain Bill made cow-stealing unpopular 154

XXI.--The Battle with Matthews

What happened to a man who had decided to kill Bill McDonald 165

XXII.--What Happened to Beckham

An outlaw raid and a Ranger battle. Joe Beckham ends his career 176

XXIII.--A Medal for Speed

Captain Bill outruns a criminal and wins a gold medal 179

XXIV.--Captain Bill in Mexico

Mexican thieves try to hold up Captain Bill and get a surprise. Mexican police make the same attempt with the same result. President Diaz tries to enlist him 182

XXV.--A New Style in the Pan-handle

Charles A. Culberson pays a tribute to Ranger marksmanship. Captain Bill in a "plug" hat 189

XXVI.--Preventing a Prize-Fight

The Fitzsimmons-Maher fight that didn't come off at El Paso, and why. Captain Bill "takes up" for a Chinaman 194

XXVII.--The Wichita Falls Bank Robbery and Murder

Kid Lewis and his gang take advantage of the absence of the Rangers. They make a bad calculation and come to grief. Good examples of Bill McDonald's single-handed work, and nerve 199

XXVIII.--Captain Bill as a Peace-maker

He attends certain strikes and riots alone with satisfactory results. Goes to Thurber and disperses a mob 214

XXIX.--The Buzzard's Water-Hole Gang

The Murder Society of San Saba and what happened to it after the Rangers arrived 221

XXX.--Quieting a Texas Feud

The Reece-Townsend trouble, and how the factions were once dismissed by Captain Bill McDonald 243

XXXI.--The Trans-Cedar Mystery

The lynching of the Humphreys and what happened to the lynchers 250

XXXII.--Other Mobs and Riots

Rangers at Orange and at Port Arthur. Five against four hundred 260

XXXIII.--Other Work in East Texas

Districts which even a Ranger finds hopeless. The Touchstone murder. The confession of Ab Angle 265

XXXIV.--A Wolf-Hunt with the President

Captain Bill sees the President through Texas and accompanies him on the "best time of his life." Quanah Parker tells stories to the hunters 273

XXXV.--The Conditt Murder Mystery

A terrible crime at Edna, Texas. Monk Gibson's arrest and escape. The greatest man-hunt in history. 290

XXXVI.--The Death of Rhoda McDonald

The end of a noble woman's life. Her letter of good-by 304

XXXVII.--The Conditt Mystery Solved

Captain Bill as a "sleuth." The tell-tale handprint. A Ranger captain's theories established 308

XXXVIII.--The Brownsville Episode: An Event of National Importance

The Twenty-fifth Infantry's midnight raid 315

XXXIX.--Captain Bill on the Scene

The situation at Brownsville. Rangers McDonald and McCauley defy the U.S. army. Captain Bill holds a court of inquiry 323

XL.--What Finally Happened at Brownsville

How State officials failed to support the men who quieted disorder and located crime 341

XLI.--The Battle on the Rio Grande