Cathouse Melee

April 5, 1894 Bass Outlaw is drunk. This isn’t news. He’s been described by fellow Texas Ranger Alonzo Oden as “so kind . . . more sympathetic, more tender, more patient than all of us when necessary.” Except, Oden adds cryptically, “Bass couldn’t leave liquor alone, and when Bass was drunk, Bass was a maniac.” While in El Paso to testify in court, Bass is in maniac mode at Tillie Howard’s Sporting House. Ruby, one of the girls, takes him by the hand and escorts him to her roo