PF, I found a book that details more of the incident:

Book--
The Feud That Wasn't
The Taylor Ring, Bill Sutton, John Wesley Hardin, and Violence in Texas
Author--
James M. Smallwood

"This study reinforces that the Reconstruction Period had been just a continuation of the Civil War in another guise, drawing a composite picture of a group of anti-Reconstruction hoodlums who at various time banded together for criminal purposes." Here's more: http://books.google.com/books?id=PUvanZiwzdUC&pg=RA1-PA117&dq=Green+Paramore