Childress County

He took the new name with him to the panhandle, where in due time he got the drop on another man, somewhere up in the northern tier of the counties, with the same result.

This was a good while before he had come down to Childress County and got to be sheriff.

But there were those who had not forgotten, and among them was Captain Bill MacDonald.

Then, stopping at Wichita Falls, Matthews, or Pierce as he was called, frequently came down to the falls for a spree, and on one such visit made application to join a secret society.