As an Indian scout, Henry Strong had killed (and scalped, sometimes decapitated) dozens of Natives during his time in Texas after escaping here to avoid murder charges. Strong was on his way to San Antonio after spending the night with a friend near Dublin. He arrived in Comanche on January 5, 1877 as the bank was being robbed. Strong was put in charge of a posse that trailed the gang to San Antonio. They arrived just as the leader of the bank robbers, Joe Horner, was being arrested. Horner was caught as he was trying to convince a blacksmith to make him a bulletproof vest. Horner escaped from the jail, stole two horses, and robbed the stage at the Uvalde River crossing. He was captured soon after and taken to Uvalde where court was in session where he was immediately sentenced to ten years in the Huntsville prison. A couple of years later Horner escaped and was never recaptured.

Henry Strong, My Frontier Days and Indian Fights on the Plains of Texas. Waco: 1926; The Handbook of Texas.