LIFTS MARTIAL LAW GUARDS WITHDRAW FROM LONDON AREA

Henderson Times, Mar. 25, 1937

Capt. W. J. Elliott had with him at London during the early days of this week only a dozen highway patrolmen from the Tyler district, the Dallas, Houston & Austin patrols had left Sunday & early Monday. Military rule ended with the week of calamity at London school.

Some 40 patrolmen had done splendid work from the evening of the day of the explosion till all was cleared away. They were the first organized authority on the ground.