December 23, 1891 Former Texas Ranger Ira Aten rides into the Texas Panhandle town of Dimmitt. He aims to clear up some unfinished business. That business is in the form of attorney and local land baron Andrew McClelland, who stands just outside a dry goods store at the corner of Broadway and Jones Streets, across from the new courthouse. Aten dismounts and ties up his horse, then asks Andrew if he still thinks Aten is a liar. “Yes,” Andrew says, but he adds he is not armed. Aten tells h
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