"Nice try JackO, but I am not taking the bait. You may wish to believe that public hangings in Texas was government policy, but you have a weak arguement. The Gainesville hangings were shameful and abhorrent to most Texans and it was not condoned by the Governor, state officials, or any military commanders, other than the Bourlands, who made certain the last 19 men were killed. It was a local affair. "

So, Joe, if these were rogue muderers, out of control, where were the responsible Texas officials and just what exactly did the Governor, state officials, and military commanders do about these abhorrent murderers running loose in their communities?

THe "trials" and the hangings were not a momentary sudden bolt from the blue like a sudden unexprected gunfight outside a saloon... it was a fairly long process, and not done in secret.... I assume all those disapproving Texans rounded up the rogues and saw that they were handed over to all these outraged proper authorities for proper justice?