Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas (1909) - William John L. Sullivan

Written by William John L. Sullivan
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W. John L. Sullivan served as a sergeant in Company B of the Texas Rangers.

Sullivan writes:
“In offering this book to the public, I have not undertaken to present a history of my life. I do not consider my life of enough importance to warrant making a book about it. What I have undertaken to do is to tell some of the exciting experiences that have fallen to the lot of that noble band, the Texas Ranger force, of which I had the honor to be a member for twelve years. I had the leading part, it is true, in the incidents related, but the reader will see that I was not the whole show—there were others. I have prefixed some brief notes concerning my ancestry, and some incidents of my youth, and have followed with true accounts, written in my own plain way, of the principal events of my career as a Sergeant of the Rangers.”

CONTENTS

• My Ancestry
• A Runaway
• Better Days
• An Indian Raid
• A Thief
• Ben Hughes
• A Buffalo Hunt A Stolen Herd
• Hanging of Bill Longley
• Capture of Henry Carothers
• An Exciting Fisticuff
• Waterspout at Quanah
• Five People Beg for Bread
• The Murder of Hartman
• Chase After Del Dean
• Capture of Morris, a Noted Murderer
• Arrest of Hollingsworth
• Capture of Mayes, Noted Horsethief
• Exciting Experiences
• Indians on the Warpath
• Opening of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Strip
• A Cup and Saucer Event
• A Prisoner Escapes
• Capture of Rip Pearce
• Practical Joker Gets Into Trouble
• Race Thomas
• A Sad Farewell
• Clever Thief is Caught
• The Gordon Train Robbery
• Surrender of Four Train Robbers
• Pursuit of Bill Cook and Jim Turner
• A Miserable Night
• Experiences with a Bear Skin Overcoat
• A Lively Chase
• Battle in the Dugout
• Exciting Experiences with Indians
• Arrest of Jerome Loftos
• Capture and Trial of Crump
• Capture of I hart and Sprey
• Preventing a Prize Fight
• A Bank Robbery
• Call to Hartley
• On the Trail of Train Robbers
• The San Saba Mob
• A Bad Dog
• A Good Time Lost
• Fording the River
• Assault with Intent to Kiss
• Capture of Wax Lee.
• The Cowboys Reunion
• Hidden Witnesses:
• Hanging of Morrison
• A Prayer
• I Shoot Myself
• Call for Protection
• Unknown Victim of a Gun Fight