Escaped convict turns over a new leaf

After Joe Horner’s battle with the buffalo soldiers on Oct. 11, 1874, the wild young outlaw seemed headed for an early grave. Who could have imagined that half a century later he would be the guest of honor at a state funeral in Oklahoma? Looking to put the post-Civil War strife behind them, the Horners left Missouri in the fall of 1866. Their first North Texas address was in Denton County, but…