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FRANK HAMER WROTE HISONE STAR HISTORY WITHABLE MARKSMANSHIP ANDPURSUIT OF OUTLAWS INOF GARRETT AND EARP/ink Hamer atage of 22ht after hetied the Texastigers in 1906.Big collection of guns was carried by Clyde Barrow, whotook photo of brother with firearms to display to friends.
By HAROLD PREECEXCEPT for a moment's timing ofE fate, he might have been rememberedas a more spectacular banditthan Clyde Barrow whom his wittrapped and his gun helped slay. Yetwhen he died a few months ago, FrankHamer ranked as the last of the greatWestern law enforcer breed immortalizedby such artists of the .45 as PatGarrett and Wyatt Earp. The mountainousex-cowhand was the last of thegreat Texas Rangers as that spunkylittle gamecock, Jack Hays, was thefirst.Hamer's career is by now a legendthe Lone Star State, though he diedonly recently. Yet there are so manyliving witnesses to his fabulous exploitswith Winchester and Colt thatthere is no doubt of the truth of thesetales. In this Hanier's story has somewhatstronger ground to rest on, thanthe legends of another famous Texan,Davy Crockett.Hamer's skill with firearms was recognizedby both sides of the law. Hisreputation for sure shooting was suchthat a notorious Texas outlaw, whenasked by a reporter to name the manhe feared most, replied: "Frank Hamer.I'd rather tangle with the whole Dallaspolice force than with that one damnRanger." There was more truth in thisthan exaggeration, for on many occasionsin his checkered life Hamer actuallysubstituted for entire police forces,and without any braggadocio cleanedup town after town literally singlehanded.Hamer was of that same mastermould of men which cast the "typicalRanger." Of Rangers generally, andnone more specifically than Hamer,there is told an old story down Texasway. They say a town was beinghoorawed by cowboys, and the mayorwired to the Rangers: "Send help. Riotin progress." By the next train camea banty youth with nary a whisker, whostepped down from the car, his saddleover his shoulder and a carbine in hishand. The mayor's men asked, "Whereare the Rangers?" His reply was,"Shucks, I'm him. Ain't but one riot,is they?''Proof of these town pacifications liespartly in the archives of the Hamerfamily, and in the hands of close per-sonal friends of Hamer's. Almostequaling the numbers of guns allegedlyonce owned by Jesse James are thelegitimate Single Action Colts presented-Lawman Hamer put finish todesperado career of Clyde Bar- ?%row and Bonnie Parker byblasting Ford getaway car withBAR automatic machine rifle."Gun moll" Bonnie Parker, whosmoked cigars, carried big Colt .45.
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