June, 1904.—Private Delling and myself scouted in Kittrell's "Cut-off," Houston and Trinity Counties. I went to Comstock; made a scout on Devil's River, to El Paso and to Fort Hancock. Sergeant McCauley arrested a man for embezzlement and started to jail with him at El Paso, but he escaped by jumping out of a window while the train was in motion. Sergeant McCauley and Private Ryan arrested two Mexicans for theft of horses and saddles, recovered the property and returned the same to its owners. Private Ryan attempted to arrest a man for theft of cattle, and had a running fight with and wounded him. He escaped across the river. Private Dunaway arrested a man and put him in jail for carrying a pistol. Privates Delling and Smith went to Centerville to court to prevent trouble between citizens there, when a malicious prosecution was filed against him. Private Delling arrested a man for carrying a pistol in the "Cut-off."
July, 1904.—Accompanied by Privates Delling and Wilcox, I went to Oakwood to investigate train robbing of the I. & G.N. We captured two of the men without a doubt. They were put in jail at Palestine and identified by the conductor as the two men that came into the sleeper, and the only two tracks that led up to where the express packages were torn open fitted theirs. They afterwards admitted them to be their tracks. While we made a strong case against them, the influence of the officers and others was too strong to find any bills. I would like to have space to add in this report the testimony taken at the examining trial.
August, 1904.—I went to Groveton to attend court, and carried Ab Angle before the grand jury, but he failed to testify, as he had been persuaded not to do so. I arrested a man for being implicated in train robbery, but he proved an alibi and was released. Private Delling went to Centerville to district court. Sergeant McCauley recovered six stolen horses and turned them over to the owners. He arrested four Mexicans for theft of cattle.
Very respectfully,
W.J. McDonald,
Commanding Company B, Ranger Force.
Table Showing Result of Operations of the Ranger Force from September 1, 1902, to August 31, 1904.
| COMMANDERS OF COMPANIES. | Captain J. A. Brooks | Captain W. J. McDonald | Captain J. H. Rogers | Captain Jno. R. Hughes | Totals |
| Letter of company. | A | B | C | D | |
| Arrests Made. | |||||
| Murder. | 26 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 70 |
| Assault to murder. | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 56 |
| Aggravated assault. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Horse, cattle and other theft. | 43 | 37 | 39 | 119 | |
| Swindling, embezzlement and forgery. | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 23 |
| Robbery and burglary. | 12 | 17 | 1 | 30 | |
| Mail and train robbery. | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Perjury. | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rape and adultery. | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| Smuggling. | 27 | 27 | |||
| Carrying concealed weapons. | 17 | 23 | 10 | 50 | |
| Seduction. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Escaped convicts (captured). | 2 | 2 | |||
| Rioting. | |||||
| Minor offenses. | 206 | 35 | 36 | 75 | 352 |
| Total arrests. | 344 | 172 | 86 | 166 | 768 |
| Scouts. | 140 | 205 | 81 | 204 | 630 |
| Attempts at arrest. | |||||
| District courts assisted. | 19 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 76 |
| Number days quarantine guard. | 224 | 224 | |||
| Jail guards. | 15 | 13 | 28 | ||
| Other assistance to to civil authority. | 30 | 12 | 20 | 62 | |
| Engagements with criminals. | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Persons killed in resisting arrest. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Wounded in resisting arrest. | |||||
| Escorts. | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Rangers killed in line of duty. | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rangers wounded in line of duty. | 1 | 1 | |||
| Horses and cattle recovered and returned to owners. | 362 | 28 | 21 | 168 | 579 |
| Miles traveled in discharge of duty. | 47834 | 74,537 | 57,347 | 45,839 | 225,557 |
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