Texas has always had the reputation as a place where "The Real West" was happening. There are good reasons to support this concept. Most of the people who live here are respectable, law biding and hard working individuals. However, there has always been a small element of people who are live life on the edges of the laws and traditions that the state helped to develop. Vast numbers of western cultured movies were once the mainstay of America's movie industry. This story is about a situation that developed when a crooked individual took advantage of folks who were trying to live a respectable life. The outcome was not good. Reading this book will challenge your mind and make you wonder what some people are really thinking and why they are so hard to identify. Sorting the good from the bad has always been a challenge. This story is base on a time long ago but is typical of the same attitudes and activities that are president in today's culture. Times will change but the motives and plans to use someone else to your advantage seems to repeat itself from generation to generation. Crimes in the old west were just as vicious and cruel as they are today but the lack of a rapid and widespread news media they never drew as much attention to such events. As an author I have attempted to insert myself in the cultures that were commonplace as events happened. Having been to the places included in story gave me a personal relationship to what might have been happening and the attitudes of the involved people. Nobody can recreate the past completely but the research to learn what happened can identify what people were thinking and doing. I hope you enjoy this book. I also hope you see some of the common faults within people who are involved in criminal activities. Transfer these observations into today's world and this vision might help you to avoid becoming a victim. I also hope this book gives you some insight into the goodness of the majority of people who are proud to be called law officers and "Texans."