Written in Blood, Volume 1: The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, 1861-1909

Written in Blood, Volume 1: The History of Fort Worth's Fallen Lawmen, 1861-1909
ISBN-10
157441349X
ISBN-13
9781574413496
Category
Peace officers
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2010
Authors
Richard F. Selcer, Kevin S. Foster

Description

In 2009 Fort Worth unveiled an elaborate, million-dollar memorial to its fallen police and firefighters going all the way back to the cityOCOs beginnings in 1873. Fifty-eight of the ninety-five names on the memorial were policemen. Written in Blood is a more inclusive version of that idea because it covers more than just members of the Fort Worth Police Department; it includes men from all branches of local law enforcement who died defending law and order in the early years: policemen, sheriffs, constables, OC special officers, OCO and even a police commissioner. Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster tell the stories of thirteen of those early lawmenOCoan unlucky number to be sure. They range from Tarrant County Sheriff John B. York through Fort Worth Police Officer William OC AdOCO Campbell covering the years from 1861 to 1909. York was the first local lawman to dieOCoin a street fight. Campbell was last in this eraOCoshot-gunned in the back while walking his beat in HellOCOs Half-Acre. Co-authors Selcer and Foster bring academic credentials and OC street credOCO to the story, explaining how policemen got (and kept) their jobs, what special officers were, and the working relationship between the city marshalOCOs boys and the sheriffOCOs boys."

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