Sam Bass and His Gang Continued
The account recounts Bass talking little to Ma Jones about informants and companions as he nears death after seven stage robberies in the Black Hills. His final words express a doomed view of hell and a life of crime, with little likelihood of vindication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Jack Davis
Nixon
Bass
Himsef
Ma. Jones
William Collins
Collins
Will Scott
Bob Murphy
Green Hills
Collins’ House
Sam Bass
Texs
Hell
Reflections on Sam Bass and His Gang’s Harsh Fate
The account traces Sam Bass from horse racing to robbery and murder, noting his rise and fall before age twenty seven. It lists allies and victims, chronicles killings and captures, and portrays the Denton area as sufferer of Banditry. The piece urges moral lessons and calls for public accountability. It ends with a subscription note for the STANDARD.
Pioneer Ranger Captain Schwethelm Dies Remembered for Nueces Battle
From Kerrville in the hill country comes news of Capt Henry Schwethelm death. He survived the Nueces River Massacre and later served in Ranger units under Capt H L Nelson and Capt John W Sansom. Born in Duesseldorf in 1840, his family settled near New Braunfels and Comfort Texas. His youth included schooling in English and German, early emigration, and a life as cowboy before joining Rangers at 17. The piece previews more on his Civil War era service and later life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
Henry Schwethelm
Schwethelm
Nueces River
Comfort
Capt
Albert Schuetze
Alex Brinkmann
Hill Country
Capt. Schwethelm
Mr. Schuetze
Heinrich Joseph Schwethelm
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Germany
America
New Orleans
Indianola
Texas
New Braunfels
Paul
Comal Town
Comal
Hiarms
Anna Jlarms
Martinez
San Antonio
Seguin Road
Sacramento
Cal
Martinez Creek
Comfort Texas
H. L. Nelson
Rangers
Schwetheim
Goliad
Helena
Ranger Com
John W. Samson
Curry’s Creek
Listerdale
Ingram
Johnson's Creek
William Tegener
Frity Tegener
Sansom
Cattleman Kiled as Gun Explodes
Fort Worth Texas dispatch reports Llewellyn M. Hadley a 63 year old cattle buyer killed at his ranch near Baird by an accidental discharge while feeding cattle. He paused to go under a fence when the gun went off. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Llewellyn M. Hadley
Baird
Hadley
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Mattie Mullins
Pound
Thedford
Fredericksburg
Beauty Shop
Louis Knopp
Oscar Stein
Henke Bros
Main St. Federicksburg, Texas
Eddy Kramer
Emil C. Feuge
Mason Road
Sam Bass and His
Frontier Times
Bandera
Sam
San Bass
Joel Collins
Heffrige
Berry
U. P
Arkansaw Johnson
Salt Creek
Sebe ‘Barnes
Round Rock
Henry Collins
Grayson County
Charley Carter
Austin
Pipes and
Herndon
Spotswood
Allen
MckKinney
Billy Collins
Henry Underwood
Frank Jackson
Denton
Denton County
Nueces Battle
Pany
Kileld
Stockholders Meeting
Gillespie County Fair Associaton
Gillespie County Fair Association
Eric F. Juenke
Norman J. Keller
Sec’y
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