Captain J. A. Brooks, Texas Ranger

Index

255 A Ackerman, John, Texas legislator, 126 Adam, Kentucky slave, 16 Adams, A. J., Texas Ranger, 30 Adams, W. N., Brown County sheriff, 43 Alamosa, Colorado, 28 Albers, Doc, El Paso mayor, 90 Alex, Oklahoma, 38, 218n29 Alexander, Perry, and St. John shoot-out, 38, 40; and murder trial, 53 Alexander, W. V. “Uncle Red,” and St. John shoot-out, 38; and murder trial, 54 Alford, Redden “Red,” and Conner Fight, 46–47 Alice, Texas, 8, 123, 140, 164–65, 192 Allee, Alfred, and Cotulla shootout with Bowens, 102–4 Anadarko Indian Reservation, 36 Annie, Kentucky slave, 11 Anthony, Milton, and Conner Fight, 46 Armstrong, Major John, Texas Ranger, 133, 143 Armstrong Ranch (La Salle County), 97 Armstrong, Tom, rancher, 103 Astor Hotel, El Paso, 92 Atascosa, Texas, 98 Aten, Ira, Texas Ranger, 43–44 Atkins, J. D. C., Indian Affairs agent, 61 Atkins, W. H., trail driver, 204 Aurauria, Colorado, 28 Avant, Matthew, Atascosa County sheriff, 151 B Bad Charley, Kentucky slave, 13 Baggs, James, Bourbon County family, 11 Bailey, R. T., fugitive, 64 Baker, Alfred R., Texas Ranger, 174 Baker, Sgt. A. Y. “Ancey,” Texas Ranger, 100, 107–8, 115, 128, 132, 135, 192, 235n35; de la Cerda incident, 141–50, 233n13 Ballinger, Texas, 63–65 Bandera County, Texas, 36 Barber, John, outlaw, 52 Barefoot, Frank S., Texas Ranger, 87 Barnes, Thomas, Ft. Smith attorney , 53, 55 Barrett, Charles F., oil man, 165 Bartlett, William, cattleman, 22, 25–26 Bass, Sam, outlaw, 20, 97 Bastrop County, Texas, 60, 112 Bates, Billy, Texas Ranger, 87 Index Index 256 Bates, S. B., Texas Ranger, 153 Bates, Sgt. Winfred, Texas Ranger, 100, 113, 115, 123, 128, 132, 147, 154, 157–162, 166 Batson Prairie, Texas, oil boom, 151, 156–166 Baugh, L. P. “Lev,” Brown County rancher, 43–44 Bean, Judge Roy, 82, 92 Beaty, John T., Texas legislator, 130 Beaumont, Texas, 156, 159 Bell, Sebastian, notorious outlaw, 26–27 Bell, O. L., Texas Ranger, 115 Benavides, Gribeno, outlaw, 80 Bennett, Dr. Henry M., Falfurrias candidate for judge, 193, 242n3 Bennett, Roy, Falfurrias candidate for judge, 193 Berbier, Herculano, de la Cerda witness, 145; killed, 147 Bernau, Herman, boxing referee, 128 Bexar County, Texas, 98 Big Ben, Kentucky slave, 13 Bigford, George, Texas Ranger, 81–87 Big Spring, Texas, 169–170 Billings, Sara, befriends Brooks in Kansas, 24 Blackburn, J. C. S., U. S. senator, 58 Blackmon, W. D., Texas Ranger, 153 Blaine, James G., U. S. secretary of state, 70 Blair, Dave, Ft. Smith juror, 56 Blunt, Dr. Walter F., Texas state health officer, 138 Bobbitt, Robert Lee, friend of the captain, 206–7 Boehme, Charles, Columbus farmer, killed in feud, 111 Border, Curg, Nacogdoches County sheriff, killed in Wall feud, 122 Boston & Billings Ranch (Kansas), 23 Botello, Gabriel, newspaper editor, 72 Boudinot, Elias Cornelius, Indian Territory attorney, 52–53, 56 Bourbon County, Kentucky, 11, 13, 153; map, 12 Bowen, Walter C., Cotulla newspaper editor, killed, 102–4 Bowen, William J., Cotulla attorney , 102–5 Brace, Bill, outlaw, 32 Bragg, Gen. Braxton, Civil War officer, 14 Breckinridge, Col. W. C. P., Kentucky congressman, 58–59 Brewton, Beverly, Brooks’s granddaughter , 197, 203, 209 Brooks Throckmorton, Addie, James’s sister, 11, 13 Brooks Kerr, Annie, James’s sister, 11, 13, 153 Brooks, Corrinne Kenny, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Brooks, 8, 105, 197, 201 Brooks County, Texas, 4, 9, 187–99, 204 Brooks Morgan, Fannie, James’s sister, 11, 18, 96, 105 Index 257 Brooks, Gladys Spark, wife of John Morgan Brooks, 197 Brooks Kenney, Jennie, James’s sister , 11, 18 Brooks, James Abijah, 2–5, 7–10, 115–124, 126–129; Brooks County judge, 187–206; captain of Company A, 131–74; captain of Company F, 66–71, 81–83, 87–88; Conner Fight, 45–50; death of, 207–8; early Texas years, 18–30; El Paso prizefight, 88–95, 97–99; family of, 8, 11–13, 18–19, 67, 87, 105, 155, 196–98; Garza Wars, 71–75; Kentucky childhood, 13–18; presidential pardon, 58–60; Ranger sergeant, 33–37, 63–65; Ranger private, 27–32; St. John shoot-out and murder trial, 38–42, 52–57; resigns from Ranger service, 175–77; state legislator, 182–88 Brooks, John Clarence, James’s brother, 13, 15, 196 Brooks, John Morgan, son of Brooks, 8, 105, 171, 196–97, 205–7 Brooks, Dr. John Strode, James’s father, 11–13, death of, 14 Brooks Hudson, Lillie...