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Dr. J. D. Windham, Typical West Texan, Had Excting Times With Texas Rangers In Early Days HereTbc Windham* were fromMikfiutipi. Or. J, D. Wmdham having cum* lo Texas before the Civil War. fettling in Ange-Mabounding hospitality. a notable M characteristic at Dr. Windham. 'j*u Southern aristocrat. reasoned (ta and spiked by custom* at theHim County. where hi* engaged'early cowmen In thi* country !cr in (I.* pwtlfe of medicine und i He became widely known undth -erVed aa on enrolling officer respected for hi* open-handed j th■FIVKI »■ an himuiuiih ~for the Conf.iierat** Anny. Thti■ generosity and hospitality.I thankless position wa*the Th* nfflrer* arrived on a Frt-! 'k•surer of much trouble and an-(Wynne* to Dr Windham and ;ts .1 gesture to ward ending the old feud* nod hatred*, he gathered up his belonging* und cam* lo the Buyou. I think just after the war In the new lora-day and the doctor held themthe following Monday. When he freed theln and DM them bock their gun*. They were nirprireti if not astonished, to find such a princely gentleman, when they thoughttion hr practiced lui profession they were waking • desperado, and ranched. Hu* being one of,™** assured the doctor thatmlthey would never disturb him again.Liter on. arter h* hod moved to Trcumseh Park, in Callahan County, a captain of the Rangers ww ordered .o arrest Dr. Windhamthe best ranch section* in the Slat* He groggliwf and soon necamc a runchnun of sum*iproporth**j While the State was under carpet-bag’' rule, the author!-tin of Angelina County du-j Windham and. taking a few re-patched a squad of officer* tolled men on a secret mlajuon. iul the Wmdham Ranch, then in! approached the Wmdham h4f Brown .County. U uxmt thslBanch. When near the W.nd-i.,. doctor iirnl return him to Ange- ham home, Capt MrMurray dls-luin foi trial closed to hi* aid* ihnt they were„ to arreri Dr. Windham. TheyUpon their arrival at the vll-\MA[y re,used and tojd himlag* of Brown wood, they me that in the event of Tii* attemptDr. Clautcock and inquired of.!o „rnnit hlm thm lfwy him concerning Dr Windham. |prt,Us;, ,„llv Same of the force unking thr* way to th* Winrflnm previously been employed Hunch Dr Glasscock HMMtogLft ,j„. Windham Hunch andmtdollmir object In finding his lv*\ friend and w-physlciun. dlrrd-|*d them the long way around, m J while he hurried out by themp*t direct route and notified try a,.nUemun. ^ Dr. Windham of their approach. ywere his unfailing friends After thi* Dr. Windham was not again lu»rn«.ed. but was allowed to live *. he desired, a quiet roun-iml whereupon Dr Windham ported hb two sons-in-law, John 'Jones and W E- Gilliland, ati'-eHe owned a mad stone, and opie came to him from far and near for snake bites, spiderle, |strategic pointswithInstruc-' und skunk biles, lt;u well us fortytflons to clone in cm the officers! »h* hydrophobia dog-blte JohnifyeovitCDonmbeuInlothnt»ietocbofhiuotota.anB»Ikel!at the proper time .mil awaited their arrival.They soon rodb up and were invited lo dismount and comeLiltin As soon, however, as theypassed Ihrough the door. June* and Gilliland came in behind ** tliem nnd Dr. Wlmlhum threw J^jjhb gun on tliem. removed their guns und made them Ills prison«1He had their fioftes put up and fed and extended to hb visiting primmer* his usualugrwrmenU over mine und factory wages and Inflation problems. and differences over postyeuknBabb, bitten by a skunk on the.ti,, Young Ranrh on the Pecos. i»jU, said to have ridden three horre* ct down grttuig to the “mad istonp” I am indebted to our fellow townsman. Sam H Gilliland. for much of the foregoing story, and for tlie succeeding feature I am wholly indebted to him. He tells me that Dr Windham told him that he treated John Wilkes Booth ft* In* hb wound* Booth being a rels-1 np live of his. had come to him for ,tr treatment after the assassins-'wr tion of President Lincoln.Hi1 saw this colorful chararter but once. I rodo up from Burk-war planning and rt- opera tion jet t one afternoon, the distance nil these injure our unity, between us being greater than If. and keep us from producing)! hod expected I was lure in ar-Jt.and accomplishing the maxi- riving, but was received und h-limim.** | We need more plain common t* isense—and less ill-timed pro-motion of Utopian fancies—In the regulation of private business und livelihood, where such Is undertaken by the Government It is to be hoped that th* force-of public opinion will help bring more acceptable and more effective procedures into being. But in the meantime, nnd as the goes on. we must be willinglei« to compromise our personal in- after his death, nnd I note thatyir*Ih.cared 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 not uttcmpt to handle business, but hail turned such matter* over to his ron-In-law. John Jones, then sheriff of Callahan County Shortly after this he paused away and was buried in a nearby cemetery. Ill* wife, Aunt I s Funny, lived only a few yearsch.thiterests insofar as pooiible when our Nation'* existence itself is Imperiled.That's what wr’r* tolling the French to do.she who -wa* his faithful and devoted companion through a long and eventful life, sleeps beside him. Peace b* unto them I
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Coleman Democrat Voice
Coleman, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 15, 1943
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