J C (Doc) White Texas Ranger, FBI Agent

[DARE]

I have a Registered Magnum that was once owned by Doc White. I did a FOIA request to the FBI hoping to get info on any use Doc might have had of the gun while with the FBI. Did not turn up anything.
They sent a bunch of pages and I thought some of it was interesting. This came from the FBI, but seems to be a press release on Doc's life and career on the occasion of his retirement.
Have never learned how to rotate images. Would appreciate if someone would make them right side up and in order. The pages are numbered 1 to 4. Would not surprise me if they were also out of order. My technology skills are close to nonexistent.

 

[wood714]

If you click them, they'll go full size.

 

[turnerriver]

A couple of photos of Doc White from our book Holstory. He had a long varied career in law enforcement.

Regards,

 

[DARE]

A pic of Doc and his brothers in Austin about 1907. Doc is top left. Dudley is 2nd from the left in the row below Doc. Tom is top row 2nd from right. Coley is top row right. Dudley and Tom were Texas Rangers, Coley was a deputy sheriff in Travis County, Texas and later became sheriff. The father of the boys, Emmet was Sheriff of Travis County for many years.

 

[goatsnguns]

There is a very interesting accounting of the White brothers in the book "Killers of the Flower Moon", which is a historical work about the Osage People of Oklahoma. A very good read, (now a movie).

 

[Old 44 Guy]

WOW, What a story. Enjoyed it.

 

[DARE]

Gary, thanks for the tip about "Killers of the Flower Moon". Going to see the movie tomorrow. In the cast it lists Tom White, but not James. Like James, Tom was a Texas Ranger and then an FBI Agent. Tom was SAC in Oklahoma City for several years. Think he left the Bureau around 1927 to become a Warden in the prison system. Will also try to find the book.

 

[DARE]

Saw the movie, read the book.
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Learned a lot.
Tom White was SAC in Houston. J Edgar Hoover transferred him to SAC in Oklahoma City and put him in charge of the Osage Murders case. The Osage Murders was the first big FBI case.
Actually name not changed to FBI until 1935. In 1925 was the Bureau of Investigation (BOI).
Doc White is mentioned a few times in the book, but he was not involved in the case.
Hoover told Tom when he was putting together his team of agents that he could have anyone he wanted. Doc probably would have been a good choice, but Tom and Doc had agreed years before not to work on the same case.
That way the family would not lose two members at once.
An interesting side note. Bill Hale was the ringleader in the murders. Soon after Hale was convicted, Tom White left the Bureau to become warden at Leavenworth, Kansas.
On November 17, 1926 a new inmate arrived at the prison. Bill Hale was greeted by the new warden Tom White. "Why, hello, Tom," Hale said to White. "Hello, Bill," White answered. The men shook hands.

 

[Onomea]

I have a Registered Magnum that was once owned by Doc White....

Pretty spectacular provenance. Now about a pic or a link?

 

[DARE]

.357 Magnum REG #657
5", blue, McGivern Gold Bead front sight, Magna stocks. Shipped December 24, 1935.

 

[Onomea]

Very nice, DARE. Thanks for the pic. What a great RM to own!

 

[DARE]

Reading "The Lone Star Ranger" by Zane Grey published in 1915.
The book is dedicated to Captain John Hughes and his Texas Rangers.
John R. Hughes was Captain of Ranger Company D. Doc's company when he served from 1905-1909.
When I saw the dedication I remembered this thread. Says Grey lived with the Texas Ranger company for about three months obtaining material for some of his books. Much material was gleaned from his discussions with Doc.
This may be one of those books.