Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Murder: an inalienable state right
  • An "untiring enemy to all evil-doers": the formation of the state police
  • "An affair only equalled by the exploits of the comanches": the Hill County imbroglio
  • "The dark recesses of their hearts": the state police and martial law in Walker County
  • A shamelessly disloyal community: the state police and Limestone/Freestone Counties
  • The job is relentless: state policemen in action
  • Lampasas: the death of the state police.