Frontier Times Magazine
Vol
4 No. 3 - December 1926
Justice Adam; M. G. Anderson; H. L. Ansell; Ansell; Bill Author; Jim Author; Bass; ; J. A. Bennett; Lea Beaty Booton; John Bowles; Mrs John Brown; Caldwell; C. D. Carlisle; Bill Carmack; A. Casanovas; Constable ; Officer Chadwell; Bob Churchill; Belle Coates; Coburn; Chief Cochise; Fred Cocke; Mangus Colorado; Austin Concoran; Mrs Disa Cox; Andreas Coy; J. Coy; J. S. Coy; Jacob Coy; Jacob S. Coy; Gen Crook; Aron Cunningham; Billy Cunningham; Dave Cunningham; Claib (See Daveuport) Davenport; John Jr Davenport; Johnnie Davenport; Claib Daveuport; Mrs J. C. Davis; John Wesley DeVilbiss; Judge Devine; Thomas J. Judge Devine; Allen Dillard; Butcher Dillard; Dobie; Solomon Duetsch; Capt Edwards; J. M. Emerson; Madison Emery; John Ferris; J. K. Fisher; J. C. Foster; William Foster; E. J. Gaston; Gaston; Chief Geronimo; Emory Gibbons; Bob Gilbert; James Gilleland; John S. Gillett; Col Lewis Ginger; Marshal Gosling; Ada Gray; Jno A. Green Jr ; John A. Green; N. O. Green; Hardin; Jasper K. Harper; Mrs Oma Harper; Dudley Harrington; Ethel Harrington; Emily Harris; Jack Harris; ; Sim Hart; Hays; George Hilgers; Hilgers; Berl Homesly; Tom Homesly; Rev H. G. Horton; Detective Hughes; Dr Isbell; R. E. L. Jackson; John Killen; Tom Killheir; Allen Killough; Jane Killough; Dick Kiser; Oscar Krauskopf; J. T. Lambert; Joe Lowe; Joe "Rowdy Joe" Lowe; ; Kate Lowe; Kate "Rowdy Kate" Lowe; Judge Lynch; Bob Marshall; Jim Marshall; Capt Martin; J. M. Martin; Mazzanovich; Donald F. McCarthy; Gen Henry E. McCullough; Mrs S. E. McCullough; Milam; Monroe Miller; J. Esq Miner; Bob Neal; Mrs C. M. Neal; Joal Neighbors; Mrs Ed Newton; Ferd Niggli; Chief Peta Nocona; Judge Noonan; Col Tom Padgitt; ; Quanah Parker; Newman Patterson; Geo F. Pendexter; Senor Penelosa; J. C. Petmecky; Bishop Pierce; Angie Price; Alex T. Raymond; Marcus A. Maj Reno; Capt Roger; Capt John H. Rogers; Rose; Col Pete Ross; Russell; Jim Sanford; Capt Shardein; Marshal Shardein; Dr Sheeks; E. L. Shettles; Billy Sims; W. H. Sims; ; William Sims; Wm Sims; ; Bud Slover; John Slover; John Thomas Smith; Mrs John Thomas Smith; Kirby Gen Smith; Smithers; Rev R. K. Smoot; Ransy Sniffle; David Stinson; Capt Strong; John R. Sublett; Bud Sumpter; Capt M. D. Tacket; Taylor; T. T. Teel; T. T. Maj Teel; Gen Terry; A. W. Thompson; Bill Thompson; Billy Thompson; ; William Thompson; Bill Tonnor; Col Chas A. Varnum; ; R. W. Wallace; W. M. Walton; William Washington; Morve L. Weaver; Samuel M. Judge Wilson; George W. Wood; Dr Wooten; Dr Worthington; Tom Wright; Michael Young; William Youngblood;
Contents
of this volume:
Killing Of
John Bowles
In 1859
Rev. H. G. Horton, Bishop,
Texas
Account of a bloody Comanche raid
that occurred in 1859 on the
Frio
just above Dr. Isbell's in Uvalde
county.
Some good, early history
of the region around Leakey,
Sabinal
Canyon,
above Dillard's, and Newman Patterport's
settlement on Comanche Creek,
Further mentions:
Pierce * Westfall's ranch
* Uvalde Mission * Butcher Dillard
* Old Man Patterson * , the Browns
* Uncle Allen Dillard * Jasper K.
Harper * John Wesley DeVilbiss
* John S. Gillett * Claib Davenport,
Emory Gibbons, and John Davenport
* Johnny Bowles * Bigfoot, Castroville,
the DeVilbiss, Kerr and Oak Island
neighborhoods * General Henry T.
McCullough's Division *
Some Parker
County
Murders
Story details the murders of Youngblood,
Killen,
Washington
and Mrs. Brown, all in Parker county
in the early 1860.
Mentions: William Youngblood * David
Stinson, Bud Slover, John Slover,
Boyd, McMahon * Capt. M. D. Tacket's
rangers * a ravine, twelve miles
north of Jacksboro * James Gilleland,
Angie Price, Palmer * John Killen
and William Washington * Grindstone
creek * Mrs. John Brown * Grindstone
creek *
THE GUNMAKER OF
FREDERICKSBURG.
Account of Mr. Oscar Krauskopf of
Fredericksburg,
who was taught the gunmakers trade
by his father, who himself had learned
it in
Germany
before emigrating to
Texas
around 1845. The product of young
Oscar's own craftsmanship is of
the
Kentucky
rifle type, with long heavy barrel,
but carrying a larger ball than
its prototype. It was designed as
a buffalo gun, and its. type was
capable of the longest range and
greatest killing power known at
the time…
The Cienega Fight
Donald F. McCarthy
This story has to do with a standoff
and bloody fight that occurred between
Chiricahua Apaches, (considered
the most foul and ruthless of all
Indians) and Mr. Bob Gilbert who,
along with a man named Mathews withstood
the Apaches near a cienega in the
tragic days of the Southwest, when
the Apaches overran Southern,
Arizona,
Southwestern New Mexico.
Mentions:
Apache Chief, Cochise * Horsehead
Crossing, on the Rio Pecos * the
Gilbert party * the Quartermaster's
Department at
Camp
Bowie,
a military post at the western
entrance of
Apache
Pass
* General Crook * Apache chief,
Geronimo * the Penasco, a couple
of miles above where it enters the
Pecos
* Mr. J. Frank Dobie *
WHEN
ROGERS
COURTED DEATH.
Brief account of when Ranger captain
John H. Rogers was able to walk
into the muzzle of a double-barrel
shot-gun in the hands of a desparado
who had it leveled at him and cocked,
threatening to shoot if the ranger
captain took another step, and
why he was able to do it.
MADE TRIP TO
TEXAS
IN COVERED WAGON
Brief account of Mrs. S. E. McCullough,
who was 3 years old when her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Smith,
came overland from Shelbyville,
Ill. in a covered wagon and settled
near
Garland,
TX.
She married William F. McCullough,
also of a pioneer family, and the
Smiths and McCulloughs were active
in the early civic life of
Garland.
Her father was a pioneer of
Garland,
held the position of first postmaster
there.
Further mentions:
Mrs. Belle Coates, of
Oklahoma City
and who is Mrs. McCullough's younger
sister * Mrs McCullough's three
daughters, Mrs. Oma Harper of San
Antonio and Mrs. Ed Newton and Mrs.
J. C. Davis of
Dallas
* the Garland Christian Church *
“Rowdy Joe” Lowe, A Character
Col. Lewis Ginger.
Account of Joe Lowe, "Rowdy Joe",
of
Luling,
TX.
Though called “Rowdy” by
most, he was actually a quiet, very
peaceable individual, but one of
those who had the reputation of
being "quick" on the draw. And that
was a very useful accomplishment
in those days of long ago -
especially if you were in
Joe’s type of business.
Luling was one of the "bad"
towns. In a short time it became
built up with saloons, dance houses,
gambling halls, hotels and livery
stables. Joe’s was the first dance
house and saloon in town. It was
presided over by Joe and his wife,
Kate, known as "Rowdy Kate"
Further mentions:
Joe's large dance hall was
south of the railway, which ran
through the center of the town *
the Watrous Saloon * two Sisters
of Charity *
Early Settlers In
Cherokee
County
Account especially focuses on troubles
and deprivations endured by the
first settlers of Cherokee Co.
Comanches were unusually
aggressive in this area and settlers
were given strict warning not to
settle in the area.
The Killough family as well
as the Wood and Williams families
all endured gruesome hostilities.
Further mentions:
George W. Wood* Miss Jane
Killough * Allen Killough * Old
man Killough and his two sons *
Miss Williams * the house of Michael
Young * A Mr. Haynes *
An
Arizona
Girl Kills A Bad Indian
Donald F. McCarthy
Account of the bravery of Ethel
Harrington, 16 year-old remarkably
fearless girl and an expert rider,
who spent much of her time on the
range looking after her father's
cattle. She was of slight build,
a blond, fairly tall, and might
have weighed one hundred and twenty
pounds, and had won the admiration
of everyone who knew her for the
active interest she took in the
management of her father's business,
and was also a girl of rare attraction.
The story details her encounter
with an Indian desperado,
her cool and calculating
demeanor, her final quick resolve
to slay the brute.
The story reads like fiction,
but has the added value of truth.
The character of Eskimezene, the
Indian Chieftain, develops traits
that, even with the rising anger
at the killing of one of his braves,
shows his overwhelming admiration
of bravery, even in one he chose
to call his enemy.
This is an amazing story.
Further mentions:
the
San
Pedro
Valley
in
Arizona
*
Camp
Grant
* the
Santa Cruz
Valley
* Apache chief named Eskimezene
* the more distant tribes on the
San Carlos
River,
where nearly all the :apaches of
Arizona
were kept and cared for by the Government.
* the
Gila River
* Dudleyville * Dudley Harrington
* the Harrington Ranch
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT:
Frontier Times publishes below a
letter from Mr. E. A. Brininstool,
of Los Angeles,
California.
in answer to a very interesting
article "Could Custer Have Won?"
by Mr. Morve L. Weaver, of
Visalia,
California,
which appeared in the November issue
of this magazine. While we do not
encourage controversy, we wish to
keep the record straight, and take
pleasure in publishing Mr. Brininstool's
letter. Mr. Brininstool has written
several books dealing with the frontier,
and among the most interesting is
his "A Trooper With Custer." wherein
he gives full particulars of the
Custer Massacre and many hitherto
unpublished facts.
His letter follows:
Los Angeles,
Calif.,
Oct. 22, 1926.
Dear Mr. Hunter
I certainly
take exceptions to the statement
of Morv L. Weaver of Visalia, Cal.,
in regard to the alleged "cowardice"
of Major Marcus A. Reno in the battle
of the Little Big Horn-"disobedience
and cowardice on the part of Custer's
inferior officers," as Weaver puts
it. Plainly This Gentleman …
[Mr. Brininstool goes on to offer
much convincing evidence to support
his own understanding of the situation]
First Mob Violence In
Lamar
County
R. E. L. Jackson,
Paris,
Texas
In the early fifties there lived
a man and his good wife just seven
miles west of the city of
Paris
by the name of Emily Harris. Mr.
Harris had living with him an Indian,
a young man, called John, who in
every respect had won the confidence
of the Harris family, and also of
the, other people of the neighborhood
who knew him, as they thought. In
fact my father and mother thought
a great deal of the Indian.
Early in the call of 1860 or 1861
Mr. Harris had occasion to be away
from home a day or two and left
John and a negro boy by the name
of Jim at home with his wife. John
had always helped Mrs. Harris with
the morning chores, so nothing strange
was thought when John was left that
morning to help Mrs. Harris to
finish the morning work. The negro,
Jim was sent to the field to dig
some sweet potatoes. Mrs. Harris
told Jim that she and John would
bring his dinner to him, but
noon
came and Jim looked, but no dinner
came. Then
two o'clock
and still no dinner.
By this time Jim was getting very
hungry, so he proceeded to the Harris
home and on entering the kitchen
door he found the table just as
it had been left from the morning
meal. On entering the adjoining
room he found Mrs. Harris lying
on the floor in a pool of blood
with…
This event precipitated and ignited
the first mob violence committed
in
Lamar
County.
This is the story.
Life And Adventures Of Ben Thompson
W. H. Walton, of
Austin.
(Continued from last month.)
Notorious gunman, gambler, mercenary
to
Emperor Maximilian,
Marshal of Austin, and longtime
friend of Bat Masterson (whose life
he saved), this is the account of
Ben Thompson.
Blood flowed wherever Ben
Thompson was present – he just seemed
always to invite trouble.
This is an excellent multi-part
story of his life written with much
detail and historical accuracy.
This account describes Thompson’s
confrontation and gunfight with
Jack Harris at the infamous Vaudeville
Variety Theater,
his acquittal of the crime, return
to
Austin,
and the bloody shooting of
Ben Thompson and King Fisher in
the
Vaudeville Theater, authentic newspaper
accounts of the most notorious assassination
in
Texas
history, and eye-witness accounts
and sworn testimony of the shooting.
If
you need the other installments
of this great story, they are available
from us – just ask.
Further mentions:
Perhaps, in
Texas,
among all her bad men, there was
never one who congregated around
him so foul and damnable all element
as Jack Harris *
Alamo
City
* Joe Foster * Senor Penolosa,
a Deputy Sheriff * the Menger Hotel
* Captain Edwards, of
Austin,
to Captain Martin, of
Kyle,
Texas
* the Vaudeville Variety Theater,
a vile place fronting the main plaza
in the city of the heroic dead,
where lay the bones of Crockett,
Bowie, Milam, and a host of others
* W. H. Sims * Ransy Sniffle * There
were employed to prosecute him,
Judge Thomas J. Devine, Maj. T.
T. Teel, Messrs. Tarleton & Boone,
Meswt s. Anderson & Anderson, Mr.
Wallace, prosecuting attorney from
the adjoining district, all of whom;
actively and vigorously and ably
aided Mr. Fred Cocke, the State's
attorney. He was defended b'y Messrs.
Walton & Hill and Sheeks & Sneed,
Wooten & Pendexter of Austin, and
Messrs. John A. & N. O. Green, Jno.
A. Green Jr., and J. Miner, Esq.
; of
San Antonio
* Judge Lynch * W. Walton and Geo.
F. Pendexter * Judge Devine and
Mr. Tarleton * Judge Samuel M. Wilson
* Monroe Miller * Kmon's restaurant
* J. L. Fisher, in
Austin
* Turner Hall * J. C. Foster and
Jacob S. Coy * George Hilgers,
H. L. Ansell, J. A. Bennett, E.
J. Gaston, J. M. Martin, and R:
W. Wallace, who comprised the coroner's
jury.
*
Rev. R. K. Smoot, D. D * Mount Bonnel
Lodge of Knights of Pythias * A.
Casanovas * Marshal Shardein * Officer
Chadwell * Solomon Duetsch * John
Ferris and Andreas Coy * Bob Churchill
* Sim Hart * J M. Umerson * L. Anseli
* George Hlgers * , J. A. Bennett,
E. J. Gaston, J. M. Martin and R.
W. Wallace, who comprised the coroner's
jury * Ferd Niggli * officers Karbers
and Hughes * the White Elephant
* J. C. Petmeeky * Alex T. Raymond-
and John R. Sublett * Ada Gray *
Letter Tells Of Indian Fight
A letter more than 65 years old
which presents a matter of-fact
picture of a fight between 19 Indians
and 17 white men near Comanche on
April 17, 1861,
is in the possession of J. T. Lambert
of
Lueders,
Texas.
The letter, faded with age, was
written from Comanche county on
April 19, 1861,
by Mrs. C. M. Neal, wife of Bob
Neal, to her sister, Mrs. Disa Cox.
The letter was addressed to Mrs.
Cox at Hope, Lavaca county, but
was sent by way of Belton. The
postmark reading "Belton,
Texas,.
May 26," is well preserved on the
face of the envelope. The envelope
was formed by folding the letter
itself. The postmark shows it required
more than a month for the letter
to travel from Comanche county
to Melton, whence it was forwarded
to Hope.
Mrs. Cox was the mother of J.
T. Lambert., He discovered the
letter in a small desk belonging
to his mother long after her demise.
That portion of the letter which
includes the story of the Indian
fight reads as follows …
Further mentions:
Mrs. Welch * Malaki's wife
* Tom Wright * Bob (Neal, her husband)
and Tom Wright were in the fight
* a raid in the town of
Comanche
* Dick Kiser * Teverly's buggy horses
* 4 Cunninghams, the old man, Aron,
Dave and Billy; Bill Tonnor, Bill
Carmack; Dick Kiser; Bill and Jim
Author; Bob Marshall and Jim Marshall
; Joal Neighbors; Jim Sanford; Toni
and Berl (?) Homesly; Tom Wright
and Bob (Neal). The Indians killed
one of Dick Kiser's dogs. *
The Killing Of Chief Peta Nocona
Much has been said and written about
the killing of Chief Nocona, the
father of Quanah Parker, in the
battle on
Pease
River.
Quanah Parker always contended
that his father was not killed at
the time when the fight between
Sul Ross and his rangers and the
Indians took place on Pease river,
but that he ended his life in peace
very soon after his wife, Cynthia
Ann Parker, was captured. In 1904
Col. Tom Padgitt, of
Waco,
wrote the following article.
Further mentions:
the old friendly Indian Placadore
* Tom Killheir * Parker Fort massacre
in
Limestone
County,
in 1836 * Col. Pete Ross *
Capture Of Coe Of “Robber’s
Roost”
A. W. Thompson
In the years following the Civil
War, a Mr. Coe had become the leader
of a notorious gang of desperate
men who infested the country between
Ft. Lyon,
Colo.,
and
Ft. Union,
New Mexico.
Coe, was a tall, well-built, 35
years old well-dressed man who was
always properly armed. His associates
numbered some 40 men, as uncontrolled
except by their leader as he himself,
and their rendezvous was some four
miles from the junction of the
North Carrizo
and
Cimarron
streams in
Oklahoma
of today, a stone house on an elevation
which commanded a wide view in all
directions, known as "Robber's Roost."
The misdeeds of this gang consisted
in stealing government property,
mules and stock from Forts Lyon
and
Union.
This is the true story of
the demise of Coe and his gang.
Further mentions:
the
North Carrizo
from Kenton * the Bud Sumpter ranch
on the
Cimarron
* Madison Emery, who trekked across
the plains in the sixties and lost
most of his oxen on the Smoky Hill
trail * Emery Gap *
Toll
Gate
Canyon,
just below the present Folsom *
the John ranch * the town of
Las Animas
of today * the Carrizo * Mrs. Emery
*
Pueblo,
Colorado *
Doughy’s Café On The Range
Poetic
Memorial to trail driver’s cook
on the range, Austin Concoran,
Grand
Junction,
Colorado
.
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