These really tell nothing other than names, locations just by what is seen so far. Would love to read the remaining docs. Found an interesting name last nite Chief Red Wing or something like that so had to google him. Turns out the poor guy was convicted on entirely circumstantial evidence & was the 1st to be given the death penalty, then sent to the chair. Tonite even more interesting so sadly we're running out of docs to do. This listed John Ringo of Lampasas. I thought NO WAY....THE Johnny Ringo. Googled out of curiosity. Sure enough...one in the same. The news that Ringo and Cooley had been arrested was reported throughout Texas. The two men were held in the Travis County jail until late January 1876, when they were then brought by ten men to Burnet to appear before the grand jury. (7) On February 1, 1876 the two Mason County gunman were indicted for threatening the Sheriff and his Deputy. Two days later, on February 3, 1876, Ringo and Cooley made an application for a change in venue to have their court case transferred to another county. After pleading not guilty, their case was transferred to near-by Lampasas County. They were remanded to the custody of the sheriff. (8) In March 1876, the men were brought to Lampasas to stand trial. The Lampasas Dispatch commented:

"Quite an excitement was raised among our citizens last Sunday by the arrival in town of the notorious Mason county outlaws Scott Cooley and John Ringgold, who were brought here from Burnet under heavy guard. These are the same men who killed and scalped the Deputy Sheriff of Mason county a few months ago." (9)
Ringo was publicly linked to the death of Deputy John Wohrle of Mason County, though it appears that he was not involved in the incident. In March 1876, John Ringo was tried and convicted in Lampasas County for threatening the Burnet sheriff and his deputy. An appeal of the conviction was filed and the conviction was later reversed. (10) However, the case was not heard until 1877, and Ringo remained in custody waiting for the result of the appeal.

During May 1876, several men freed John Ringo and Scott Cooley from the Lampasas jail. News of their escape spread quickly in the Texas newspapers. (11) Though the Hoodoo War was essentially over, antagonism continued for several years in the area. In June 1876, Scott Cooley was reported to have died. (12) Over the next several months newspapers published several reports concerning John Ringo, establishing for him a notorious reputation.
Austin Statesman commented:

"On Sunday, three desperadoes, men who have been a terror in the counties of Mason, Llano, Burnet, Lampasas, etc, were brought to Austin and lodged in the new jail . . . John Ringo is the party taken from the Lampasas jail last May by about forty men. He has been convicted of threatening the life of Sheriff J. J. Strickland, of Burnet, and was regarded as one of the most desperate men in the frontier counties. . . . ". . . On the names and by the authority of the State of Texas the Grand Jurors of Mason County in said State at the November Term A.D. 1876 . . . on their oaths in said court present that John Ringo, George Gladden and others with force and arms in the County of Mason and state of Texas did heretofore to wit on the 25th day of September A.D. 1875 then and there willfully feloniously and with malice aforethought in and upon the body of James Chaney . . .make an assault and that they the said Ringo, Gladden and others with certain guns and pistols then and there in there charged with gunpowder and leaden balls and then and there in their hands . . . shoot off and discharge . . . into the body of said Chaney . . . strike penetrate and wound . . . in the right side giving him the said Chaney one mortal wound . . . the said Ringo, Gladden and others . . . the said James Chaney did kill and murder against the peace and dignity of the state." (15)
While in the Travis County Jail, his conviction for threatening the Burnet Sheriff and his deputy in December 1875, was reversed by the appellate court. (16) On October 29, 1877, an arrest warrant was issued against Ringo in Mason County and the sheriff took Ringo into custody on November 1, 1877. He was transported to Mason and held in the jail until his court date on November 12. (17) He was brought before the court and the judge ordered that 50 men should be prepared to serve as a jury pool. (18) Ringo's case was continued and on November 19, seven Texas Rangers transported him back to the Travis County jail. (19) While en route to Austin it appears that Ringo was taken to Llano county in November 1877 for some reason. The Austin Statesman on December 4, 1877, reported his arrival back in the Capitol city:

"Distinguished Arrivals.- . . . George Gladden, recently committed to the State prison for life, will be confined to a felon's cell here-to-day. John Ringo, charged with all manner of crimes, will cross the bridge this morning with Gladden. The pretty pair will rest for a time in the jail of this city. Sheriff Bozarth, of Llano, had these terrible fellows in charge. The people will be curious to see these two men, famous for the devilish deeds they have done."