Between the 1850s and 1880, almost 200 men rode at one time or another with Creed Taylor and his family through a forty-five-county area of Texas, stealing and killing almost at will, despite heated and often violent opposition from pro-Union law enforcement officials, often led by William Sutton. From 1871 until his eventual arrest, notorious outlaw John Wesley Hardin served as enforcer for the Taylors. In 1874 in the streets of Comanche, Texas, on his twenty-first birthday, Hardin and two other members of the Taylor ring gunned down Brown County Deputy Charlie Webb. This cold-blooded killing--one among many--marked the beginning of the end for the Taylor ring, and Hardin eventually went to the penitentiary as a result.

1. Founding the Taylors' South Texas Crime Ring -- 2. Continuing Mayhem -- 3. Open Warfare -- 4. More Murder and Mayhem -- 5. Rampant Lawlessness -- 6. Lawmen Closing In -- 7. Enter John Wesley Hardin -- 8. A Matter of Attrition -- 9. Lawmen Begin Taking Control -- 10. Exterminating the Taylor Crime Ring -- 11. The Collapse of the Taylor Ring.