LEADER 04008nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910781550903321 005 20230725054234.0 010 $a0-292-73538-3 024 7 $a10.7560/726796 035 $a(CKB)2550000000074092 035 $a(OCoLC)772692295 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10519721 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000551377 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11343511 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000551377 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10524526 035 $a(PQKB)10677289 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse596 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443570 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519721 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443570 035 $a(DE-B1597)588561 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292735385 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000074092 100 $a20110204d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe governor's hounds$b[electronic resource] $ethe Texas State Police, 1870-1873 /$fby Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 225 1 $aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 30 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72679-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMurder: an inalienable state right -- An "untiring enemy to all evil-doers": the formation of the state police -- "An affair only equalled by the exploits of the comanches": the Hill County imbroglio -- "The dark recesses of their hearts": the state police and martial law in Walker County -- A shamelessly disloyal community: the state police and Limestone/Freestone Counties -- The job is relentless: state policemen in action -- Lampasas: the death of the state police. 330 $aIn the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness. During its three years (1870?1873) of existence, however, the Texas State Police was reviled as an arm of the Radical Republican party and widely condemned for being oppressive, arrogant, staffed with criminals and African Americans, and expensive to maintain, as well as for enforcing the new and unpopular laws that protected the rights of freed slaves. Drawing extensively on the wealth of previously untouched records in the Texas State Archives, as well as other contemporary sources, Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice here offer the first major objective assessment of the Texas State Police and its role in maintaining law and order in Reconstruction Texas. Examining the activities of the force throughout its tenure and across the state, the authors find that the Texas State Police actually did much to solve the problem of violence in a largely lawless state. While acknowledging that much of the criticism the agency received was merited, the authors make a convincing case that the state police performed many of the same duties that the Texas Rangers later assumed and fulfilled the same need for a mobile, statewide law enforcement agency. 410 0$aJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;$vno. 30. 606 $aPolice, State$zTexas$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLaw enforcement$zTexas$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aPolice, State$xHistory 615 0$aLaw enforcement$xHistory 676 $a363.209764 700 $aCrouch$b Barry A.$f1941-$01538521 701 $aBrice$b Donaly E$01538522 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781550903321 996 $aThe governor's hounds$93788596 997 $aUNINA