Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

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A Abernathy, John R. (“Jack”), 225 Abilene, Tex., 19, 302 Adamson, George, 65 Adjutant General of Texas, 58, 69, 165, 220, 225, 283; and Broocks-Walls feud, 194; and Brownsville raid aftermath, 216–17, 254–55, 265; as commander of Texas Rangers, 7–10, 85, 156, 187; and Conditt murder case, 233, 237; and criticism of Texas Rangers, 72, 75–77; and Humphries lynching case, 178, 180; McDonald report to, 50, 68, 195; and McDonald-Matthews shootout, 92, 97–98; and operations of Texas Rangers, 63, 79, 85, 108, 197, 211, 273, 322 n71, 218; and personnel issues, 74, 144, 200; and Reese-Townsend feud, 152, 157, 159–61, 165–66; and reorganization of Texas Rangers, 204–6, 209–10, 214; and Rio Grande City violence, 277, 281; and San Saba Mob case, 135, 137, 140, 145–46; and stopping of Fitzsimmons-Maher prize- fight in El Paso, 101, 107, 109, 113–15, 118 African Americans, racial hostility toward, 32–33, 273; role of in Conditt murder case, 231–40; { 4 1 5 } as soldiers involved in Brownsville raid, 246–48, 252, 255, 262 Ahumada, Miguel, 110–11 Alabama, 230–31 Alamo, 30, 214, 314 n34 Albers, A. K., 112 Aley, Tex., 176; and Humphries lynchings , 179–81 Alice, Tex., 228; Frontier Battalion, Company E headquartered at, 57, 66, 70, 84; Ranger Force, Company A headquartered at, 210; Ranger Force, Company B headquartered at, 226, 230, 250, 277; Ranger Force, Company D headquartered at, 217; view of McDonald in area of, 271 Allee, James M., 44 Allison, Ernest, 259–60 Allison, W. M., 137–39, 141, 143, 145–46, 148, 149 Alpine, Tex., 57 Amarillo, Tex., 61–62, 69, 213; background of, 65; cattle brought to, 93; Company B stationed at, 65–66, 70–72, 77, 81, 84, 86, 188, 195, 210, 214, 218; U.S. Marshal deputy in, 302 Amarillo County (Tex.), 50 American Railway Union, 81 Anderson, Arch, 129 Index  Anderson County (Tex.), 180 Angle, Albert (“Ab”), 221 Arizona Rangers, 6 Arizona Territory, 5, 106 Arkansas, 31, 73, 103, 221; Bill Cook gang taken to, 83–84 Armstrong, J. T., 165, 194, 211 Armstrong County (Tex.), 61 Askew, C. W., 259–60, 268 Atascosa County (Tex.), 272 Aten, Edwin D., 114, 117 Aten, Ira, 58, 62–63, 354 n5 Athens, Tex., 172; Humphries lynching investigation and trials in, 161, 176–82, 188; Texas Rangers curb violence in, 201 Atkinson, W. L., 239 Austin, Stephen F., 7, 31, 152 Austin, Tex., 72, 90, 149, 160, 190, 202–3, 232, 247, 255–56, 266, 269, 272, 284, 305; county assessors meet in, 286–87; Ranger Force Company B in, 77, 213; San Saba Mob murder trials in, 140–41; Texas Rangers headquarters at, 56–60, 72–74, 80, 96, 135, 187, 257, 277; Theodore Roosevelt visit to, 224 Avis, J. D., 122 B B. F. Read & Company, 37 Bailey, A. K., 145 Bailey, Joseph W., 134 Baker, Anderson Yancey, 214, 216, 250 Baker, B. M., 75–76 Baker, Charles, 233 Baker, Sam, 82 Baldwin, Thurman (“Skeeter”), 83 Barker, Dudley S., 146, 192, 341 n17; and Reese-Townsend feud, 162; role of in investigation of San Saba Mob, 138–39, 141, 148–49 Barker, W. N., 47 “Barnard’s Criminal Cipher Code,” 331 n105 Barnum and Bailey circus, 289, 294 Bartlett, John, 254, 258 Barwise family, 119 Baskin-McGregor liquor law, 285, 288–89, 293 Bass, Sam, 5, 120 Bastrop, Tex., 164, 349 n60; and Reese-Townsend feud, 164–66 Bates, W. B., 165, 194, 206 Baylor County (Tex.), 99 Bean, Roy, 115, 363 n37 Beaumont, Tex., 134, 198, 200–1, 211, 213 Beckham, Joseph P., 89-92, 94, 97, 99–100 Bell, Eugene, 141, 183, 188, 198–99, 202 Bell, Tom, 177 Bellevue, Tex., 83–84 Bertillon, Alphonse, 16 Bexar County (Tex.), 232 “Bible Number Two.” See List of Fugitives from Justice Bill Doolin gang, 331 n105 Blanton, John, 183, 192, 206, 211–12 Blind Tom (opera), 38–39 Blocksom, Augustus P., 243–44, 258, 260, 263, 265 Board of Pardon Advisors, 185 Borden County (Tex.), 149, 156, 194 Boren, Jones, 148–49 Bowie, Tex., Battalion Company B, 122 Bracken, John, 65 Brady, John W., 290 Bravo River, 191 Brawner, Darby W. O., 260 Brice, William F., 195–96 Bridge, W. E., 167 Britton, James M. “Grude,” as member of Frontier Battalion Company B, 17, 50, 57, 63–64, 68, 70, 75–76, 192; on McDonald-Matthews shootout, 94, 97–98; pursuit of George Knighten by, 68–69; pursuit of...