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Last of Cattle Wars Murder at Seminole
In Seminole Texas on April 2 1923 two gunmen killed two men at the Gaines Hotel and wounded others. Tom Ross and Milt Good led the assault and were later tried in Lubbock and Abilene for killings tied to cattle rustling and local feud dynamics.
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Seminole
Perlor
Gaines
Tex
Mast
Gaines County
Frank Britton
Lubbock
Distreet
Gordon B. McGuire
Dave Allison
Post City
J. L. Roberson
Midland
Texas Cattle Reisers Association
N. R. Morten
Alsen
Roberson
Morgan
Tom Ross
Ross
Milt Good
Good
T. N. Chambliss
Gaines Hotel
A. L. Duff
Duff
Texas-New Mexico
Cattle Association
Ross Ranch
Forrest Sherman
Sherman
Allison
Abilene
Rober
Pioneer Cattlemen
Edward Welsh