Lost Valley Fight Heroics by Texas Rangers Recall
Ex-Ranger Jim McIntyre recounts a Lost Valley ambush near Fort Griffin. Rangers under Captain Hamilton chase 35 Indians, join 200 warriors, endure heavy losses, and witness brutal slaying of Dave Bailey before retreating toward Fort Jackson for reinforcements.
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Jim McIntyre
Texas
Lost Valley
Fort Jackson
Fort Griffin
Loving
Texas Rangers
Hamilton
Wichita
Cox Mountains
Adj
Jones
Tom Wilson
Palo Pinto County
Big Tree
Satanta
Wreck Toll Put At 248 On Costa Rican Train Disaster
A Costa Rican Railroad derailment near Varilla River leaves 248 dead and 93 injured as a train carrying about a thousand passengers crashes. Three cars are destroyed, a coach plunges into the river, and several cars derail while a bridge section gives way.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Varilla
Belton man held for murder of wife after fatal shotgun incident
Ethel Holmes a 36 year old Bell County farmer is jailed on a murder complaint in the death of his wife 88 at their Belton home on Oct 9 1925. Authorities say a dog jump caused the shotgun discharge. Holmes who was wounded in the throat and jailed since March 2 faces questions over a $3000 life and accident policy. He has reportedly gone on hunger strike and no bond is set.
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Satanta
Big Tree
Billy Glass
John Cone
Tom Wilson
Cone
Sheriff Wilson
Dave Bailey
Knox Glass
Baley
Bailey
Glass
Dave
Ile
Baily
Tenderfoot
Adjt
Jane
Belton
Tex
Ethel Holmes
Bell County
Thlmes
Holmes
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K. Hunnam
Comfort
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H. H. Heyland
Fredericksburg Welding and Iron Works
Erwin Birkelbach
McCalls
Peter
White House
Juenke & Schoenewolf
General Merchants
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Dodge Brothers
Merdsummer Business Im Winrter Stormer
Joseph Bros. Garage
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