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LOL! Gotta run for now.Need any Bear Bryant cokes?
LOL! Gotta run for now.Need any Bear Bryant cokes?
She must have liked Irish men.
*Warden, Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, KS 1928 to 1931
In 1931 White was taken hostage, shot & seriously wounded in an escape attempt by 7 inmates.
All the hostages were released except the Warden. The inmates had guns & the Warden was shot as they crossed the lawn outside. Three inmates were killed & never made it out. The other inmates were captured later in a manhunt. The whole event is what led to the Union Station Massacre some 18 months later.HJ, wasn't he saved by an inmate or group of inmates during this. I may be thinking of someone else.
He solved the Osage Indian murders, at least a couple of them. The story of this investigation is a chronicled in the David Grann book "Killers of the Flower Moon".Thomas Bruce White, (1881 - 1971)
*Texas Ranger 1903 - 1909
*Special Agent Santa Fe Railroad 1909 - 1917
*(Federal) Bureau of Investigation Agent 1917 - 1926
*Warden, Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, GA 1927-1928
*Warden, Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, KS 1928 to 1931
In 1931 White was taken hostage, shot & seriously wounded in an escape attempt by 7 inmates.
*Warden, La Tuna Federal Correctional Center, Anthony, TX 1932 - 1951
*Appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the State Board of Pardons & Paroles 1951 - 1957.
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With J. Edgar Hoover
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I've seen this book (thought it was new) but haven't read it yet. I seem to recall there was a connection with White to that case but don't know the particulars.He solved the Osage Indian murders, at least a couple of them. The story of this investigation is a chronicled in the David Grann book "Killers of the Flower Moon".
An excellent read.
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BB, I like the hat he's holding, sitting in the chair.Henry Andrew "Heck" Thomas, U. S. Deputy Marshal, one of the men known as 'The Three Guardsmen' who brought down the Doolin gang. Thomas lay in an unmarked grave until the 70's when a Lawton, OK police officer took it upon himself to raise the money for a proper marker.
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BB, I like the hat he's holding, sitting in the chair.
I'm not familiar with Chris Madsen...need to research him.I had to post that one. Reminded me a bit of a hat a fellow received not long ago w/o the curled brim.
I'm not familiar with Chris Madsen...need to research him.
He was Danish, came to the states in 1870s and was in the army, fought Indian wars and Spanish American war before becoming a Marshall.I'm not familiar with Chris Madsen...need to research him.
While on this sort of thing (&don't know where else to post this) we have a one-man play coming in a couple of wks, "Crazy Horse: A Dream of Thunder". It won awards when first performed in 2016. Looking forward to going.
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Sam Wright.Sounds good, HJ. Who's the actor?
Sam Wright.
Crockett Long (1893 - 1932)
Agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Shot & killed by a corrupt Federal Prohibition Agent who two yrs prior had been acquitted of shooting & killing Legendary Lawman Bill Tilghman, age 70 (depicted in the movie, "You know My Name"). During the Gun battle inside a store Long managed to shoot & kill the Prohibition Agent. An innocent young boy was also killed resulting in three dead.
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