Amazing Law Enforcement Family

[DARE]

Have been researching my pre-war .357 Magnum. The gun was owned by James C (Doc) White. Doc had quite the law enforcement family. Father Robert was for many years sheriff of Travis County, Texas. Doc was a Texas Ranger, Austin Mounted Policeman, mounted Customs Agent, Army Intelligence Officer during WWI, Prohibition Agent (had a partner named Tom Threepersons for a while) and finally an FBI Agent. Brother Tom was a Texas Ranger, an FBI Agent and a Warden in the federal prison system. Tom's son was also an FBI Agent. Brother Dudley was a Texas Ranger, Houston Policeman, and a mounted Customs Agent. Dudley's son was also a Texas Ranger. Brother Coley was a deputy sheriff in Travis County and later became sheriff, following in his father's footsteps.

 

[DARE]

Photo of the 4 brothers. Doc is top left. Dudley is on 2nd row, 2nd from the left. Tom is top row 2nd from right. Coley is top right.

 

[Onomea]

Clearly not a family with which to trifle.

Great pic!

 

[DARE]

Turned up another tidbit about Tom White. He was the agent in charge of the Osage Indian murder case. The FBI's first big case in 1925. The story is in "Killers of the Flower Moon" national bestseller by David Grann. Has also been made into a movie with the same title starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Enjoyed the movie, reading the book now. So far an excellent read.

 

[Rudi]

We need many more men like them now.

 

[DARE]

Had this thread moved to this forum.
Lee Jarrett said that a thread about a gunman should be in a gun forum. This thread is about a whole family of gunmen.

 

[Truckman]

David, I've been following your posts about this family for some time with great interest...I keep hoping my research eventually turns up a law enforcement connection of some kind to my "mystery gun," a 3.5 inch Model of 1950 Target gun in .44 Special...Thanks for continuing to post about your finds......Ben