The Steer Branded Murder - The True And Authentic Account Of A Frntier Tragedy. Documented By Eye Witnesses, It Presents The Story Of Cattlemen, Cowboys, And The Cattle-Country Of Far West Texas

BARRY (ED BARTHOLOMEW) SCOBEE

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Publication: The Frontier Press of Texas, 1952, Houston

Limited edition. One of 50 copies bound in cloth and signed by editor/printer Ed Bartholomew as well as inscribed by the author. 7" x 5" in green cloth without dust jacket, as issued. 56 [2] pp. Illustrated with photographs. An account of the murder of Henry Harrison Powe and the steer over which the shooting came about as well as the manhunt by the Texas Rangers for the killer. According to Today in Texas History, “On this day in 1891, Fine Gilliland shot and killed Fort Davis cattleman Henry Harrison Powe during a roundup near Leoncita Springs in Brewster County. Gilliland had been sent by the firm of Dubois and Wentworth to make sure none of the local ranchers appropriated any of the company's cattle; he became embroiled in a dispute with Powe over an unbranded brindle yearling steer found without its mother. Powe believed that the steer belonged to a cow with his HHP brand, but Gilliland disagreed and a gunfight ensued. Gilliland killed Powe and fled on horseback, but was himself killed a few days later in a shootout with two Texas Rangers. Meanwhile, the cowboys branded "MURDER" on one side of the yearling and "JAN 28 91" on the other." Adams cites only the wrappers binding and no mention of this limited edition. "[I]ts author seems o have made an honest effort to dig up the facts concerning this well-known Texas incident. There is some information about such Texas gun men as Jim Miller, Mannen Clements, John Wesley Hardin, and John Selman." - Adams. Bookplate of Honorable Dorsey B. Hardeman, American Democratic politician, attorney, businessman, farmer, and rancher from San Angelo, Texas. Very scarce. Very good plus.

Inventory Number: 53633