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Content< ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 Murder An Inalienable State Right 7 CHAPTER 2 An “Untiring Enemy to All Evil-Doers” The Formation of the State Police 25 CHAPTER 3 “An Affair Only Equalled by the Exploits of the Comanches” The Hill County Imbroglio 51 CHAPTER 4 “The Dark Recesses of Their Hearts” The State Police and Martial Law in Walker County 74 CHAPTER 5 A Shamelessly Disloyal Community The State Police and Limestone/Freestone Counties 93 THE GOVERNOR’S HOUNDS VIII CHAPTER 6 The Job Is Relentless State Policemen in Action 117 CHAPTER 7 Lampasas The Death of the State Police 145 EPILOGUE 170 ABBREVIATIONS 181 NOTES 183 ESSAY ON SOURCES 249 APPENDIX Roster of the State Police 253 INDEX 299 ...