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Patroling the Panhandle Captain Bill McDonald and the Wichita Bank Robbery
A Fort Worth trained ranger, Capt Bill McDonald, chases two gunmen from a Wichita Falls bank robbery through the Panhandle. The pursuit ends with the capture in a moonlit creek bed after a dramatic river crossing and a wounding retreat. Reward money is split among Rangers and local posse.
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McDonald
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Fort ‘Worth
Panhandle
Charles A. Culberson
Dave Culberson
Bill Jess McDonald
United States
Texas
Greer County
Oklahoma
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Vernon
Willbarger County
Dean
Red River
Prairies
Culberson
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North Fork
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Fatalh
Old
New Mexico
el Paso
Cleveland
Chihuahua
Capt. McDonald
Dan Stuart
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Maher
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Southern Pacific Railway
Rio Grande
Kid Lewis
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Frank Dorsey
Demnand
H. H. Langford
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Lewis and
Wichita River
Bellevue
Falls
Glydesdale
Sullivan
Matthews
Queen
Harwell
McClure
Bill McDonald
Wheatfield
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