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Sam Bass and His Gang in a Denton City Raid
The Denton raid by Sam Bass and seven riders unfolds as they dash into Denton, seize horses at Work’s stable, and escape danger with a volley of gunfire. Pursuit by Sheriff Egan’s posse, led by Withers and Stein, spans miles across prairie, woods, and swamps, with multiple skirmishes, ambushes, and recoveries of captured gear before Bass’s band disperses toward Clear Creek.
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Denton
Denton County
Stephens County
Bass
May
Stephen Christal
Henry Collins
Elizabethtown
Pp. C. Withers
Capt. Withers
A. E. Allen
Egan
Allen
Ciy
Haling
Work
Jackson
Chas. McDonald
McDonald
Underwood
Johnson
Collins
John Work
Little City
Young Egan
McGintie
Shelton
Clear Creek Bottom
Charlie Carter
Carter
Pilot Knob
T. M. Yates
C. Withers
Jack Yates
M. Murphy
Marshal Smith
Sheriff Egan
Martin
P. ¢. Withers
Jess Chinn
Gillis Hammett
Chinn
Hammett
Bullard’s Mill
Wetsel
Withers
Tom Gerren
W. R. Weisel
Bass & Co
Riley Weisel
Denton Creek
Davenport
Troope
Sam Bass
Stein
Medlin
Hickory Creek
Warner Jackson
Warner
Frank
Work Brothers
Alex Cockreil
Rueben Bandy’s
Battle Ground
John Hyatt
John
Hicks
Clear Creek
Hick
Capt
Grady
Ed Wilson
Fimbottom
Fishtrap Crossing
Juneles
Elm and
Pilot Point Road
Elm Crossing
Wilson
Bosse
McKinney Road
Bolivar
Egam
Overheart
Grayson County
Sherif
Cooke County
Walter Johnsong
Pond Creek
Cooke Counts
Everheart
Parish
Posse
John Carroll
Stoker
Tarrant County
W. P. Withers
Wise County
Capt. Peak
Stephens
Salt Creek
Cottondale
Arkansaw Johnson
Henry Underwood