Lone Wolf Gonzaullas

by Malsch, Brownson

• ISBN13: 9780806130163
• ISBN10: 0806130164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

"I went into lots of fights by myself, and I came out by myself, too!" said Captain Manuel T. Gonzaullas of the Texas Rangers. Hence his nickname. In "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas, Texas Ranger, Brownson Malsch describes Gonzaullas's career, first as a major in the Mexican Army and then as an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, before he joined the Rangers in 1920. Although trained as an "old-style" Texas Ranger, Gonzaullas was an early advocate of scientific crime-detection methods and was instrumental in setting up the state's first modern crime-detection facility. His many cases included the Santa Claus bank robbery in Cisco, the famous courtroom burning and lynching in Sherman, the race riots in Beaumont, and the Phantom Killer episode near Texarkana. Following his retirement in 1951, Gonzaullas developed a career as a Hollywood technical adviser. Illustrated with many photographs of Gonzaullas, his associates, and his weaponry, this edition also includes a new introduction by Texas Ranger historian Harold J. Weiss, Jr.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii	(2)
Foreword	ix	(2)
Mary Nell Garrison
Introduction	xi	(4)
Harold J. Weiss, Jr
Preface	xv
I. Baptism of Fire	1	(16)
II. North Texas Cleanup	17	(14)
III. Even the Cows Were Drunk	31	(10)
IV. Indicted for Murder	41	(16)
V. On Again, Off Again	57	(10)
VI. Santa Claus Is a Thief	67	(8)
VII. Purification at Borger	75	(6)
VIII. Thwarting a Panhandle Mob	81	(12)
IX. Sherman: The Prisoner Was Roasted Alive	93	(10)
X. Boom in East Texas	103	(16)
XI. First of the New-Type Rangers	119	(10)
XII. Science Against the Criminal	129	(12)
XIII. Sixth Sense at Work	141	(10)
XIV. Martial Law at Beaumont	151	(8)
XV. The Phantom Killer	159	(10)
XVI. Manhunt in East Texas	169	(8)
XVII. A Fitting Climax	177	(12)
XVIII. The Last Years	189	(21)
Bibliographical Note	210	(3)
Index	213