 Deputy Quillen survived, and the two were later able to take their prisoners on to Texas.In 1893 he began working again as a Range Detective for large and prosperous ranches in the Texas Panhandle, mainly the powerful "Spur Ranch", located in Spur, Texas, where he first met John "Pink" Higgins, a notable gunman already known to Standifer, since they were both from Lampasas, Texas.Standifer quickly gained a reputation for being an excellent tracker, and for always locating his prey.