Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie

(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)   · Walter Leslie Dixon (1894-1965) Sheriff 1947-1951 · It’s Saturday, August 18, 1951, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Walter Dixon, 57, wakes up and looks at the clock. It’s 1:25 a.m. The room is quiet except for his wife’s breathing. He’s been dreaming, or remembering. Four years earlier, in 1947, he and Ruth were sound asleep when the phone rang and Walt answered it . . . at 1:25 a.m. * “Sheriff Dixon,” said the … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: Walter Dixon