November 2nd, 2007

I have spent so much time researching and writing about the four men that participated in the hunt for Dora Hand’s killer that it’s hard for me to decide who I like best. I’ve been focusing on Bat Masterson over the last few days and I like him as much as I do Bill Tilghman. It’s been interesting to learn what specific event made them become champions for right. Bat and his brother had done some work grading a section of land outside of Dodge and the man that hired them failed to pay them for the job. He skipped town. Bat couldn’t afford to hire an attorney to go after him so he bought himself a six shooter and waited for the man to one day return. When the thief eventually did return to Dodge City, Bat made sure he got the money he and his brother were owed. Bat waited out the bad guy. I wish I could subscribe to that. I got word yesterday from the prison officials at Beaumont Prison that if I ask anymore questions about my brother or his treatment they would turn me over to the FBI and tell the them that I was terrorizing them. Don’t know how Bat would have handled this. I don’t believe you can wait out the bad guy now of days. The bad guys have won and unfortunately work for the government. Where’s a good posse when you need one?