Sheriff Joe Evans of Nacogdoches, Texas, uses humor to beat back militia movement.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | May 30, 1996| | Copyright

NACOGDOCHES, Texas _ When the bad guys set their sights on Nacogdoches County last month, challenging Sheriff Joe Evans' authority with the paper equivalent of a blazing six-shooter, they picked on the wrong man.

``You know what they say,'' said Evans, leaning low across a wide desk, pausing at each word to spin a new meaning from the state's popular anti-litter slogan: ``Don't ... Mess ... With ... Texas.''

Especially not HIS Texas.

His state of Texas is being challenged by a group, with ties to militias, that calls itself the Republic of Texas.

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