Summary of James P. McCollom's The Last Sheriff in Texas

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#1 In 1947, Vail Ennis was the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, and he killed seven men in under a month. His death would gray the memory of his own killings.

#2 The American Café in Beeville, Texas, in 1947, was the last gathering of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. They were ribbed about their hunting skills, but they knew about guns and knew how they could do damage.

#3 Vail Ennis, the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, was the last of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. He had killed seven men in under a month when he was stopped by Alfred Allee, a Ranger.

#4 Vail Ennis, the sheriff of Beeville, Texas, was the last of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. He had killed seven men in under a month when he was stopped by Alfred Allee, a Ranger.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350039023

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The death of Sheriff Vail Ennis marked the moral high point of his time as sheriff of Bee County. His many enemies were obliged to show compassion for his family, and his funeral was attended by many people who hated him.

#2

The American Café in Beeville saw the last gathering of the old-style sheriffs of Texas. They drove in from neighboring cattle counties to join the vigil. The sheriffs ribbed Vail about hunting, and his friends laughed about his gun skills.

#3

Alfred Allee, the famous Texas Ranger, was in charge of the American. He was there to take charge of the situation. He had come to Beeville to serve as deputy under Sheriff J. B. Arnold.

#4

Vail Ennis had a reputation as a tough sheriff, but he had never killed anyone before the Rodriguez brothers incident. He was controversial from the start. Two years earlier, leading citizens had tried to get rid of the sheriff, including twenty-one who signed a petition to oust him from his office.

#5

The article confirmed that Hines’s gun was a. 38. It confirmed that a worker at the station had driven the sheriff from Pettus to the Beeville hospital. It quoted Pruett: Seventeen shots. . as fast as I could count them.

#6

In Beeville, Texas, the Sheriff Robert Vail Ennis has killed seven people with his. 44 Colt revolver and his. 45 sub-machine gun. He never takes more than one shot.

#7

The newsstand near Turner’s house sold its usual hundred-copy shipment in two hours. Another 150 went fast. George Turner ordered 128 more.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Johnny was the Kappa Alpha’s resident authority on the Old West. He had been in that living room because he had taken Vail Ennis’s niece, Carvis Uzzell, to a few dances. She was the best dancer in the high school, and everyone wanted to dance with her.

#2

Johnny was excited to be at the University of Texas. He had always liked the idea of studying history, geography, and the world, but he didn’t expect those studies to be defined, orderly, or packaged.

#3

Johnny was a member of