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Captain Bill McDonald Faces Texas Lynchings and Feud Patrols
Captain Bill McDonald of the Rangers travels from the Mexican capital to Texas where he halts a looming duel between Reece and Townsend factions at Columbus courthouse. He disarms the crowd, negotiates peace, then investigates the Trans Cedar bottoms lynching of the Humphreys with local officials, identifying multiple horse trails and suspect Joe Wilkerson amid a volatile period of crime and mob justice.
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Aptain Bill
Rangers
Miracuio
McDonald
Bill
Texas
Bill McDonald
Columbus
Deertta
Te Kennon
Onald
Columbia
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Townsend
Shere
Burford
J. C. Burford
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Kennan
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Captain Bill
Reece-Townsend
Morris
Athens
Henderson County
Humphrey
Trinity River
Cedar Creek
Transcedar Bottoms
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Henderson
Mineola
Athena
Aley
Guy Green
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Ned Morris
Jerry Cook
Joe Wilkerson
Wilkerson