 By this time, Rogers had developed a reputation of being violently opposed to Reconstruction, and in quick succession he assaulted John H. Morrison, an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, and murdered Dan Cary, Palestine's marshal.After killing Cary, Rogers fled to nearby Tyler, Texas, where he opened up a saloon.While in Tyler, Rogers killed a rival saloonkeeper named Mose Remington during a gunfight; Rogers was later acquitted as acting in self-defense.