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FROM KANSAS TO TEXAS
About 1900
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... & set out a jug of whiskey. By the time it was empty they were all feeling happy & went to spending their dollars. And Monday morning come all those dollars were back in the Capt.’s cash drawer. Several old timers told me this same story & I am sure it is true. Some of those old cowboys I knew well. Sam Glen was one in Kerrville & Monroe Witt lived in Center Point. Mr. Witt was a Baptist preacher. One time he was over in Gillespie County & managed to get some old German woman’s milk calves in with his mavericks. He got caught & landed in ...
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... jail. Capt. Schreiner was credited with getting him out without being strung up.


































































































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