In 1960 he took a cut in pay to return to his favorite post as Captain of Company B from which he retired in 1969.
In 1955, when the inmates at the Rusk State Hospital for the Criminally Insane rioted and took a staff member hostage, Captain Crowder entered the hospital (remaining armed) and secured the hostage's release, ending the riot.
In In the Line of Duty[3] by Lewis C. Rigler, the author describes Bob as looking like a Ranger: He stood six feet three inches tall, weighed about 200 pounds, and was in many ways a handsome man.
Bob had the look that many people associate with being a Texan -- tall, angular, with a somewhat swarthy, leathery complexion.
In some ways he reminded me of John Wayne, James Arness, and Jimmy Stewart, all rolled into one.