While researching people in and around the story of The Hay Meadow Massacre I came across Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beeler. Mrs. Beeler was one of the speakers at the raiload bond election meeting at Voorhees where Sam Robinson clubbed Deputy Sheriff James Gerrond over the head with his pistol.

Anyway Charles was born to them in 1888, the same year as the massacre.

When he was older he became the author of many western fiction short stories. He also wrote several books. He wrote under the pen name of Caddo Cameron.

Wouldn't you think living s close to the real thinghe would have written at least one non-fiction story. I wonder if any of his fiction has elements of this real event.
Anyone ever read his work?

Here is a bibliography of his work.

At the End of a Texas Rope, (sl) Short Stories May 10, May 25, Jun 10, Jun 25 1938
At the End of the Red Trail, (ss) Short Stories Nov 25 1945
Befo’ and After Killin’, (na) Short Stories Dec 10 1936
Blood Shy, (ss) Short Stories Dec 10 1937
A Devil in the Forest, (nv) Short Stories Jul 10 1947
The Devil’s Master, (nv) Short Stories May 25 1942
The Devil’s Rope, (nv) Short Stories Oct 10 1946
Due for a Hangin’, (sl) Short Stories Mar 10, Mar 25, Apr 10, Apr 25 1939
Fetch Me a Fight, (nv) Short Stories Apr 10 1937
Fit to Walk with Men, (ss) Short Stories Sep 1950; No one suspected—so far—that the former Texas Ranger and once famous peace officer had lived in secret fear of men with weapons.
Flowers for a Bandit, (nv) Short Stories Feb 10 1942
Ghosts on the Range To-Night, (sl) Short Stories May 10, May 25, Jun 10, Jun 25 1940
Give the Man a Chance, (ss) Short Stories Aug 25 1948
Gunman’s Christmas, (ss) Short Stories Dec 25 1946
A Gunman’s Conscience, (ss) Short Stories Jul 25 1947
A Gunman’s Excuse, (ss) Short Stories Oct 10 1947
A Gunman’s Feud, (ss) Short Stories Dec 10 1948
A Gunman’s Friend, (ss) Short Stories Mar 25 1947
A Gunman’s Fright, (ss) Short Stories May 10 1947
A Gunman’s Gamble, (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1947
A Gunman’s Ghost, (ss) Short Stories Feb 10 1947
A Gunman’s Job, (ss) Short Stories Feb 25 1947
A Gunman’s Luck, (ss) Short Stories Aug 25 1947
A Gunman’s Mule, (ss) Short Stories Apr 25 1947
A Gunman’s Regret, (ss) Short Stories May 10 1948
A Gunman’s Revenge, (ss) Short Stories Sep 25 1947
A Gunman’s Ride, (ss) Short Stories Jan 25 1947
A Gunman’s Shadow, (ss) Short Stories Jan 10 1947
A Gunman’s Temptation, (ss) Short Stories May 25 1947
A Gunman’s Thief, (ss) Short Stories Nov 25 1947; This Was the Kind of Town Where Nobody Got a Real Good Chance to Die Natural. They Didn’t Last that Long!.
A Gunman’s Trouble, (ss) Short Stories Jul 1950
A Gunman’s Yesterday, (ss) Short Stories Feb 1950
Guns and Gall, (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1942
A Home for Sinners, (ss) Short Stories Jul 10 1946
Hope for Homestead, (ss) Triple Western Aug 1952
It’s Hell to Be a Ranger, (sl) Short Stories Aug 10, Sep 10, Sep 25 1937
The King Died Hard, (nv) Short Stories Dec 25 1940
o Short Stories (UK) Jan 1943
Long Joe Forks a Bad One, (na) Short Stories Jun 10 1946
The Man’s a Mad Dog [Paint & Pinto], (na) Short Stories Nov 10 1939
A Man’s Job, (ss) Texas Rangers Oct 1951
Old Thunder, (ss) Short Stories Apr 25 1942
o West (UK) Jan 1947
A Pig and a Promise, (ss) Short Stories Apr 10 1946
Rangers Is Powerful Hard to Kill, (sl) Short Stories Apr 10, Apr 25, May 10, May 25 1936
Smoke Taster, (na) Short Stories Jul 25 1945
Smoky Bill’s Home Town, (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1946
Some Sinners Is Powerful Righteous, (nv) Short Stories Jul 25 1938
Spirit of the Feud, (sl) Short Stories Apr, May 1950
Spirit of the Fued, (sl) Short Stories Mar 1950
Steer Dust, (na) Short Stories Apr 10 1941
Stomp Your Own Snakes, (nv) Range Riders Western Aug 1952
The Story Tellers’ Circle, (lt) Short Stories Jan 1950; a comment by Caddo Cameron on his story “Them Entertainin’ Twins”.
Strays from Hell, (ss) Short Stories Mar 25 1941
Them Aggravatin’ Twins [Paint & Pinto], (na) Short Stories Sep 25 1940
o Short Stories (UK) Mar/Apr 1942
Them Damned Twins [Paint & Pinto], (nv) Short Stories Feb 10 1939
Them Damned Twins Again [Paint & Pinto], (nv) Short Stories Jun 25 1939
Them Damned Twins in Jail [Paint & Pinto], (nv) Short Stories Oct 10 1939
Them Damned Twins Is Insulted [Paint & Pinto], (ss) Short Stories Mar 25 1940
Them Damned Twins Paroled [Paint & Pinto], (ss) Short Stories Oct 10 1948
Them Entertainin’ Twins [Paint & Pinto], (ss) Short Stories Jan 1950
Them Persecuted Twins [Paint & Pinto], (na) Short Stories Jan 10 1941
o Short Stories (UK) Dec 1942
Them Political Twins [Paint & Pinto], (ss) Short Stories Jan 25 1949
Them Unconscious Twins [Paint & Pinto], (ss) Short Stories Feb 1951
Too Damned Good for Thieves, (ss) Short Stories Jan 10 1942
Trickery on the Texas Road, (ss) Texas Rangers Mar 1952
o Exciting Western Stories (UK) Feb 1953
Trouble in the Forest, (na) Short Stories Oct 25 1947
Two Guns and No Brains, (nv) Short Stories Aug 25 1938
The Way of the Wolves, (nv) Short Stories Jun 25 1941
We Ain’t Too Dead to Fight [Paint & Pinto], (na) Short Stories Feb 10 1940
The White Tiger of San Pedro, (nv) Short Stories Sep 10 1948
Work for a Killer, (na) All Western Magazine Jul 1936
Your Bones in the Brush, (sl) Short Stories Mar 10 1948

books

It's hell to be a ranger by Caddo Cameron
(Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937)

At the end of a Texas rope. by Caddo Cameron
(Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1938)

It's hell to be a ranger by Caddo Cameron
(The Sun dial press, inc., 1938)

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