· Sheriff Fay F. Brown's Badge: Jailer Jess Blanpied · It’s Monday, January 17, 1927, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Sheriff Fay. F. Brown’s Badge is down at the sheriff’s office pinned to the sheriff’s vest. Cora Brown, matron and cook at the Reno County Jail, and Jess Blanpied, an old-time county jailer, are in the jail’s kitchen. “Jess, how are your children?” asked Matron-Cook Cora Brown, as she sat down at the kitchen table. “I’m glad you asked,” Jailer Jess Blanpied responded, stirring his … [Read more...] about Sheriff Fay F. Brown’s Badge: Jailer Jess Blanpied