The life and death of Juan Coy : outlaw and lawman

The West was still wild in South Texas in the 1880s and 1890s for a rich Anglo landowner and a Mexican hired gun-outlaw-lawman. The authors explore a shoot-out that was more explosive than the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in a town that no longer exists. The Coy family was involved with the law, and especially Juan Coy, by his own accounts gunned down at least thirty-three opponents. Coy earned his hard reputation after the Civil War during the turbulent Reconstruction period. It followed him through brushes with the law and his lifelong friendship with the Butler family in Karnes County. Machine Generated Contents Note: Chapter One / Early Days In South Texas 1 -- Chapter Two / War Of The Rebellion And Reconstruction 6 -- Chapter Three / An Era Of Dangerous Lawmen 21 -- Chapter Four / Five Years Without A Gun 33 -- Chapter Five / The Butlers And The Death Of Helena 41 -- Chapter Six / A Little Less Work And A Lot More Trouble 58 -- Chapter Seven / Prejudice Amid Progress 68 -- Chapter Eight / Pursued By The Law 76 -- Chapter Nine / The Daileyville Riot 79 -- Chapter Ten / The Sensation Of The Day 92 -- Chapter Eleven / Family Life 103 -- Chapter Twelve / A Tamer West 113 -- Chapter Thirteen / Visiting San Antonio 120 -- Chapter Fourteen / Shoot Me If You Can 125 -- Chapter Fifteen / End Of A Violent Era 139. By Charles L. Olmsted And Edward Coy Ybarra. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 163-165) And Index. The West was still wild in South texas in the 1880s and 1890s for a rich Anglo landowner and a Mexican hired gun-outlaw-lawman. The authors explore a shoot-out that was more explosive than the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in a town that no longer exist. The Coy family was always involved with the law, and especially Juan Coy, who by his own accounts gunned down at least thirty-three opponents. He earned his hard reputation after the Civil War during the turbulent Reconstruction period. It followed him through brushes with the law and his lifelong friendship with the Butler family from Karnes coutny