(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Wilkinson's Watermelon· (Part 1 of 2) It’s Sunday night, August 21, 1927 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Cora and Fay Brown are having a conversation while Pal, their one-year-old German shepherd, is lying on the floor, dreaming. * Pal’s asleep. He’s no Rin-Tin-Tin, but he’s an intelligent and handsome German police dog. However, Pal can be fiercely protective of Cora, matron and cook of the … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Wilkinson’s Watermelon
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Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Rin-Tin-Tin the Police Dog
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Rin-Tin-Tin the Police Dog· It’s Friday night, August 19, 1927, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Fay and Cora Brown are home with their German police dog, Pal. The temperature is unseasonably mild. * “There’s another Rin-Tin-Tin movie coming to town next month,” said Cora. “I think Old Pal heard you say Rinty’s name,” replied Fay. “He’s looking around.” “Rinty must be getting … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Rin-Tin-Tin the Police Dog
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Martin E. Jolliffe and Oil Hill
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Martin E. Jolliffe and Oil Hill· It’s Wednesday, August 10, 1927. Reno County Sheriff’s Deputy Martin E. Jolliffe is returning to Hutchinson, Kansas, on the Hutchinson Southern Railway after picking up an alleged automobile thief in Ponca City, Oklahoma. * Reno County Deputy Martin E. Jolliffe, 64, and his prisoner, Ralph Fleeman, 26, were preparing to board the train at … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Martin E. Jolliffe and Oil Hill
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Kansas City Monarchs Baseball
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · 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 … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Kansas City Monarchs Baseball
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Bad Boy of Arlington
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Bad Boy of Arlington· * It was July 19, 1927. Truman Reynolds, 18, had rubbed Reno County Sheriff Fay F. Brown the wrong way ever since the boy was fifteen-years-old. The youth, who the local paper had dubbed the “Bad Boy of Arlington,” (located 15 miles SW of Hutchinson) was pure trouble. * Sheriff Fay Brown was sick in bed on the second floor of his residence when, … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Bad Boy of Arlington
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Ralph Galpin
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · 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 … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Ralph Galpin
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: The Influenza Epidemic in 1918
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: The Influenza Epidemic in 1918 Fay Forrest Brown and his wife, Cora May Phares Brown, are asleep in their bedroom. Fay is the Reno County, Kansas, sheriff; Cora is the jail matron and cook. It’s July 6, 1927. * “Cloe! Cloe!” screamed Fay. “Hold on!” “Fay, wake up!” said Cora, firmly touching his shoulder. “You’re safe. You were dreaming.” “I saw her turning blue, … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: The Influenza Epidemic in 1918
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: July 4th Celebration
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: July 4th Celebration Hutchinson, Kansas, planned a big July 4th celebration in 1927. It started with a parade. * The brand-new Ford Model T touring car parked in the middle of Fifth Avenue and Main Street, facing south, lurched forward. It was 10:30 the morning of July 4th, 1927. The parade had begun. Hutchinson Mayor Chester Lyman, 49, and several city commissioners … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: July 4th Celebration
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Sisters Night Out
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · 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, … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Sisters Night Out
Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. It’s May 20, 1927. Fay and Cora Brown, married, are talking about aviator Charles A. Lindbergh who is enroute to Paris from New York City in his single-seater, single engine, monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. * According to the news,” said Fay Brown, “the weather finally improved on Long Island, New York City, and in the northern … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
