Constable Samuel B. Teas, aged 41, was a Caldwell County Constable's Office - Precinct 1 officer in Lockhart, Texas. On December 29, 1907, Teas and three county deputy sheriffs went to Dale to arrest a man for arson. The suspect initially refused to open the door and lit a match as if to unlatch it. When a deputy sheriff observed that the man had a pistol pointed at the officers, one shot was fired at the man, and the officers broke down the door. Teas handed Deputy Sheriff A. H. Gomillion his p ...
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