Robert austin crowder

This ability must be proven before a man becomes a Ranger. In every situation he had a reputation of being a scrupulously neutral lawman. Perhaps the most famous incident occurring at the Rusk State Hospital in April Bob Crowder was dispatched to the scene. After assessing the situation, Crowder agreed to talk to the inmates. He warned them that he was coming in armed since he was unwilling to become their next hostage.

During the next twenty minutes Capt. Crowder reasoned with the inmates and assured them that their grievances would get a fair hearing. He then ordered them to release their hostages and surrender their weapons. Rusk County is a county located in the U. As of the census, its population was 53, Its county seat is Henderson. Crowder served in the Marine Corps from to After leaving the Marines he joined the Dallas Police Department as a motorcycle officer in In he transferred to the Texas Highway Department and in [ citation needed ] received his Ranger commission and served in Company B.

In , he was made Acting Chief of the Texas Rangers. In he took a cut in pay to return to his favorite post as Captain of Company B from which he retired in Marines , is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations with the United States Navy as well as the Army and Air Force. The U. Marine Corps is one of the four armed service branches in the U.

Lubbock is the 11th most-populous city in the U. With a population of , in , the city is also the 83rd most-populous in the United States. The city is located in northwestern part of the state, a region known historically and geographically as the Llano Estacado and ecologically is part of the southern end of the High Plains, lying at the economic center of the Lubbock metropolitan area, which has a projected population of , In , when the inmates at the Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane rioted and took a staff member hostage , Captain Crowder entered the hospital remaining armed and secured the hostage's release, ending the riot.

Crowder died of a heart attack on November 26, A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people. Riots typically involve theft, vandalism, and destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved. Targets can include shops, cars, restaurants, state-owned institutions, and religious buildings. A hostage is a person who is held by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against war.

Rigler, the author describes Bob as looking like a Ranger:. It was designed and built for the Texas Centennial Exposition. He was born near Rusk, Texas. Hogg was a follower of the conservative New South Creed which became popular following the U.

Civil War, and was also associated with populism. He was the first Texas Governor to have been born in Texas. Jim Hogg County is named after him. Thomas Mitchell Campbell was the 24th Governor of Texas, serving two terms from to He was an attorney and businessman, working as a manager for the International-Great Northern Railroad before entering politics from Palestine, Texas.

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