· Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Kansas City Monarchs Baseball· It's Friday, July 29, 1927, in Hutchinson, Kansas. The day is heating up. It will be a scorcher. * The past week had been a challenge for Sheriff Fay Brown, 36. He was skilled at catching criminals, but having them behave and keeping them locked up in an old jail, was another matter. Every day, prisoner Bill Coyle was acting crazier; like a bad virus, Roy Jones was mimicking Coyle’s destructive behavior; and Truman Reynolds was … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Kansas City Monarchs Baseball
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Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Ralph Galpin
· Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Ralph Galpin · On the morning of July 14, 1927, Ralph Galpin, 13, was attempting to escape an abusive step-father in Belpre, Kansas. * Ralph, 13, begged his mother, Vesta Mae, to leave Sam. Instead, she chose to remain with her husband and other children. She told Ralph to hop a freight train to Galesburg, Illinois, which used to be home—a marriage ago—and for him to stay with her mother. At his departure, Vesta reached into her purse and handed her son fifty … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Ralph Galpin
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Sisters Night Out
· Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Sisters Night Out It's the evening of June 18, 1927. Cora Phares Brown, 33, and her sister, Occie Phares Hamilton, 40, are going to the Midland Theater to see the silent film, "The Telephone Girl." * Occie pulled her Overland coupe up to the sheriff's residence which was part of the Reno County Jail, at 15 B, east, Hutchinson, and got out. Recalling brother-in-law, Sheriff Fay Brown's cautionary advice, she locked the doors. Cora stepped out of the … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Sisters Night Out
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
· The St. Louis Browns and Eddie Gaedel · Herb Potter, my uncle who died last year, used to tell me about a major league baseball (MLB) game he attended in St. Louis when he was almost 14 years old. It was a double-header home game for the St. Louis Browns vs the Detroit Tigers. I searched for the date. It was August 19, 1951. Herb was in baseball heaven from the moment he entered Sportsman Park with my dad, his oldest brother. “They had a band playing inside,” recalled Herb, “and we … [Read more...] about Take Me Out to the Ball Game
