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71, Typical fPesl ng times With i Early Days Rereotn abounding hoapiMjity. a notohl* am characteristic of Dr. Windham, orpjn Southern aristocrat, seasoned go* (and spiked by outturn of the (Pd early cowmen In this countiyindtheHe became widely known und respected for h« opcn-hanA-d generosity und hospitality.The officers arrived on a Friday and the doctor held them until the following Monday.when he freed tain and gave th- [them bock then guru. Theyind'were surprised. if not astonish-ml Jed to find such a princely gvn-«a- lleman, when they thought ion they were seeking a desperado, of,Tliey assured the doctor thatder»ri-RV-vll-nelofthey would never disturb him againLater on. after he hud moved to Tecumseh Park, in Callahan County, a raptam at the Ranger* waa ordered o arrest Dr. Windham and. taking a few frier! men on a secret miMion. approached the Windham Ranch. Whan near the Windham home, Capt McMurray disclosed to hia aids that they were to arrest Dr. Windham They boldly refused and told him that in the event of Tti« utteniot lo arreat him that they would ,n‘ jprotect him Some of the forrr “mihud previously boon employed ,n*ion tl»e Windham Hunch and “[■ Iworo hia unfailing friends After this Dr. Windham was not again [*“• I harassed. but wo» allowed to the|||vft H |M. deaired, a qutrt roun-ieo try gentleman.Hr owned a mad* atone, and people came to him from far and near for snake biles, spider uc- and »kunk bites. as well us for t.ft.ihe hydrophobia dagblte John led;Babb, bitten by a skunk on the j Young Ranch on the Pecos, is I said to have ridden three hoMn ~I|diiwn getting to the mad . istone I am indebled to our ,ry fellow townsman. Sam H G.lli-land, for much of the foregoing story, and for U»e succeeding feature 1 am wholly indebted to him. tie tells me that Dr Windham told him that he treated John Wihccs Booth for hia wounds Booth being a relative of hia, had come to him for treatment after the tion of President Lincoln.41liesmdirweirun-3Uthisnalb-*t-ionl7*I saw tlua colorful chararter but once. I rodo up from Burkett one after noon, the distance between us being greater than Infjl had expected I was late in ar xl- riving, but was received und cored for In typical West Texas style. The old doctor was very feeble and when I approached him on a business matter he told me that he did nut uttempt to handle business, but hud turned such matters over to hia Min-ln-low, John Jones, then sheriff of Callahan County.Shortly after this he passed away and was buried In a neur-he by cemetery. Hit wife, Aunt I ng (Funny, lived only a few year»i in-j after hia death, and I note that un i-he who was his faithful ond, is devoted companion through a long and eventful life, deeps} beside him. Peace b«* unto them!he
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Coleman Democrat Voice
Coleman, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 15, 1943
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