Hughes, Capt. John
August 20, 2026
Captain John R. Hughes, the famed Texas Ranger captain, died in Austin at the age of 92 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with an inquest ruling the death a suicide. A veteran of the turbulent frontier era, Hughes had recently appeared before the Texas Legislature, where both houses adopted…
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