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VOLUME V, NUMBER 12
BOOZE AND DRUGS
RECIPE FOR MURDER, RAPE
By Marie Beth Jones
The semi-nude body of Brenda Joyce Randon,
30, lay in a pool of her own blood on the living
room floor of her Brazoria, Texas home. Some
of the furniture was overturned and in disarray
indicating to investigating deputies there had
been a violent struggle. The woman had been
stabbed twice in the throat with a serrated knife
and there were numerous cuts on her hands,
inflicted as she tried to fight off her assailant.
Justice of the Peace Joe Coulter pronounced
Randon dead at 3:45 p.m. January 17, 1992.
Witnesses said they had last seen her sometime after midnight on that same date.
Bernard K. Crecy
At the scene Gary Stroud and Kenneth
Ramsey, then investigators for the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office, found
a white-handled knife with a serrated blade.
Stroud, now Chief of Police in Sweeny, said investigators learned that
Bernard K. Crecy, 33, of Brazoria, had been drinking and smoking crack
cocaine with Randon the evening before her death. He immediately became
a person of interest, Stroud said.
Furniture near Randon's body had been shoved around or overturned,
and officers noted the presence of dried body fluid near her anal area.
A blood-covered bottle of whiskey was under a corner of the sofa, more
blood was smeared around the door and on walls of the room.
The officers followed a trail from Randon's
yard into a wooded area, where they found
a small claw hammer with blood and body
tissue on it.
Riley Lee Johnican, 39, told officers that he and several others rode
December 2008
GALVESTON'S
BALINESE ROOM
BORN 1942 – DIED 2008
By Robert Nieman
For fifteen years, Galveston’s Balinese Room was one of the most
renowned and visited gambling casinos in the world. Opened in 1942
by the Maceo brothers, it flourished until 1957, when the Texas
Rangers shut it down permanently as a gambling establishment.
In the times that followed, the building served as a restaurant, night
club, and curiosity place for wide-eyed visitors. Mainly, though, it sat
closed with its door locked—yes, it had only one door. For sixty-six
years, it survived storms, neglect, and mismanagement but it could
not survive Hurricane Ike. On September 19, 2008, the once mighty
Balinese Room became only a memory.
Booze and Drugs...Cont. on pg 3
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Booze and Drugs..Cont. from pg 1
with
his
admission of Crecy's statement to profiles not admitted into evidence
bond set at
investigators. Coate claimed that it was denied. They deliberated only 94
around the area on the evening of
$100,000.
had been given after the defendant minutes before finding Crecy guilty of
January 16th. When he took Randon
S o o n
was "worn down" by questioning, and murder.
home that night, she acted like she
after the
Crecy denied that he had signed the
In a statement to The Facts newspawas expecting company, he said.
jury
of
written confession, saying that Stroud per, Haymes praised the work of the
Because of an investigation into
seven men
had signed his name.
Sheriff's Office and their decision to
Crecy Knife
a similar offense in Freeport sevand
five
Judge May examined the signature send the evidence to the FBI laboraeral years earlier, Brazoria police offiwomen was selected in Judge Robert and found it valid, and also allowed tory in Washington, D.C.
cers wanted to talk to Crecy about
May's courtroom in Angleton, they admission of Crecy's oral statement,
Following the punishment phase of
Randon's death. They arrested him
were given a lesson in genetic identi- which was contained on three, 30- the trial the jury took just 30 minutes
on an outstanding city warrant and
fication.
minute tapes. In the last of these he before returning to the courtroom to
placed him in the Brazoria jail.
Keith Rowland of the FBI testified claimed that he and Randon had been sentence Crecy to life in prison. Crecy
At the scene of the murder, Bonnie
that blood stains at the scene matched scuffling, she had a knife, and that she said he would appeal the verdict.
Barker, identification officer for the
Crecy's DNA, and that the DNA of fell on it.
Because Judge May gave Crecy
BCSO called attention
semen found in her anal and vagiCrecy testified in his own defense, credit for his time in jail after the arrest
to a bloody shoe print
nal canals during autopsy were and Coate called
and until the
on the base of a pedalso similar to the defendant's.
several witnesses,
trial, officials
estal lamp.
Testimony from Doris Campbell including Randon's
said he would
Tests of Crecy's
of Brazoria indicated that she, the stepmother, who
be eligible for
shirt, pants and shoes
victim, and two men had spent testified
that
parole in 13 ½
tested positive for
the evening prior to Randon's Randon's boyfriend
years.
blood and the print
Crecy Shoes
death drinking, playing cards and was extremely jealJury foreman
on his shoe soles
smoking crack cocaine. When they ous. Adelaide Crecy
Tim Gregory
matched that on the lamp base.
left Randon's house about midnight it Simmons, 69, said
said the verSeveral interviews followed, and
had not been ransacked, she said, that on the night
dict sent a
Crecy finally admitted to Stroud that
adding that as they were leaving she Randon died, her
message that
Crime Scene
he had gone to Randon's house, where
saw Crecy riding a bicycle and appar- son came to her
the country is
he and Randon smoked crack cocaine.
ently trying to flag them down.
home about midnight and was still tired of violent, repeat offenders, but
He said she accused him of hiding
Campbell denied defense attorney asleep at 6:30 the next morning.
denied that the jury was making an
some of the crack from her, picked up
Jim Coate's allegations that Randon
During closing arguments Coate example of Crecy.
the kitchen knife and stabbed him in
was a prostitute.
claimed someone else had entered
"Anytime someone dies during the
the hand. A struggle ensued, he said,
Dr. Tommy J. Brown, Harris County the home and killed Randon after commission of a crime, we all feel it,"
and Randon fell to the floor, the knife
Medical Examiner, testified the autopsy Crecy left. He said the investigators Gregory said. "Today we did what we
sticking in her chest.
included testing Randon's
had "bungled" the case.
had to do."
After an autopsy, the Harris County
About
the
author:
body for evidence of
Haymes said that not only Bernard Crecy was received by TDCJ on
Medical Examiner reported that Randon
sexual assault, despite Marie Beth Jones is a did Crecy stab Randon, he June 6, 1994 and is currently assigned to
died from loss of blood, primarily from
Coate's allegations that published author and also had sex with her as the Beto Unit in Tennessee Colony. (He has
two stab wounds in her throat, left and
Brown had told him sev- freelance writer based she lay on the floor dying. two other felony offenses on his record right jugular veins, and a deep laceraeral weeks before the in Angleton, TX. She is
When
deliberations burglary of a habitation and aggravated astion in the back of her head. She also
trial that no such tests a regular contributor to began, the jurors asked sault with a deadly weapon, both occurred
had numerous defensive wounds on
The Police News and is for rubber gloves so they in the mid-1980s. He first became eligible
were done.
her hands and arms, and the tip of one
Coate and prosecut- Chairperson of the Bra- could inspect some of the for parole in January 2007 and was denied
of her fingers was severed.
-- he will next be eligible for parole in Februing attorney Paul Haynes zoria County Historic evidence. Their request for
ary 2012.
Crecy was charged with the murder,
Commission.
argued at length over
certain police reports and
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motorcycle club, Los Carnales, the
event was staged after the groups
discovered there were still many
Galveston and Jamaica Beach officers
still struggling with the destruction of
Ike. Marguerite’s on FM-1764 opened
it’s doors for the all day event which
included auctions of donated items,
raffles and Bar-B-Que.
The function was also supported by
other organizations, Greater Houston
C.O.P.S. (Concerns Of Police Survivors), TMPA (Texas Municipal Police
Association, the state’s largest police
association) as well as law enforcement motorcycle organizations The
Blue Knights XXXI and Las Familias
and the Galveston Municipal Police Association.
TEXAS CITY - A Pasadena man charged
with the death of one man and injuries
to three others was arrested in Texas
City by a Texas State Trooper and
Galveston County Constable’s Deputy.
The Department of Public Safety said
that on October 4th, 44-year old David
Garcia was driving an SUV that flipped
multiple time on Interstate 45 and
landed on its roof on the feeder road.
Three other men, all laborers, were
airlifted to Herman Hospital in Houston.
31-year old Carlos Lopez of Pasadena
was pronounced dead at the scene.
State Trooper Todd Phillips and Precinct Eight Deputy Constable Ross McCammon found Garcia in a residence
in the 2100 block of Texas Avenue in
Texas City. He was arrested without
incident and booked into the Galveston
County Jail in lieu of bond.
Garcia is charged with Intoxicated
Manslaughter in the death of Lopez,
and three counts of Intoxicated Assault
for the injuries to the other men.
L-R Deputy Ross McCammon, Garcia, Trooper
Phillips
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Pay for civilian city emplotees:
I’m not complaining about the Galveston PD getting paid or all of their time,
including off duty time. They earned
the pay accordingand are entitlyd
to it according to federal guidelines.
However,those city employees who
were required to be on the job during
and after the storm and who were required to stay at the San Luis received
nothing extra for their efforts.
These employees are not represented by any union nor are they protected
by any state or federal requirements.
It isn’t fair that they should get nothing
extra for their sacrifice while the PD
gets over $5000. per week. And how
about the city employees who were
willing to work, all of whom needed
their pay? They will not be compensated as were many who worked for
private businesses.
Pay for civilian city emplotees is absurdly low to begin with and now many
are in bad financial straits due to loss
of income. How about someone like
the Mayor or City Manager standing
up for the workers who keep the City
of Galveston operational.
There’s FEMA money available for
many things and some of the city administration should step up and show
a little backbone and find some way to
help these loyal city employees. Vern
Maddox Jamaica Beach
Ike victim victimized by apartment
management
I fled to Austin with my little boy before Ike, then returned on Saturday,
Sept 27. It was late afternoon around
3PM when I reached our apartment
on 417 church street. My husband
was also with me. The apartment was
standing, the roof appeared good.
We went to our unit on the upstairs. A
notice was on the door. It was dated
Sept23, 2008 and said- “Your unit is
severely damaged. Your lease with us
has been terminated, you have 5 days
from today to vacate or we will remove
all the things.”
We went inside, the unit was not damaged at all. The fridge was yucky with
molds inside. All the things were as it
is. On Sept 23, I called my apartment,
my number worked and reached the
voice mail. So I figured out there was
power in my unit. I tried again after one
hour, the phone rang and the voicemail
did not work. I was puzzled.
So this is what happened, the apartment owners, had turned oof the power later, so people would be forced to
go out. I wonder why they did this- for
insurance or FEMA assistance? I myself registered with FEMA, but unable
to contact them and neither my registration is showing in their system after
10 days.
Anyway, we had no place to go, we
decided to go to Houston and vacate
our apartment on Sunday, the next
day. On Sept 28, we entered again,
I was surprised to see the door had
two locks, while I had used only one
lock the previous day. Then we found
lot of things scattered and the closet
was open. Later we discovered things
were stolen from our unit. The house
was not broken, so the thief enterd
through the main door, he had the key.
The following items were stolen
A canon digital camcorder
A minolta flash camera- with all our
caseetes, our dear
little boy’s birthday pictures and videos gone
A set of red screw drivers
A flash light
4 wrist watches
I called the police and made a complaint at about 7.30pm on sunday
Sept28- 417 church street , carriage
house apartments, unit 40. I heard
some of the neighbors had items stolen too.
I called the owner few days back- she
sounded rude, she told me got to the
police. Well, whatever are they doing
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to the apartment complex. Hurricane
Ike was not bad but post-Ike has been
a disaster for us
If I find the thief, if the police helps
me find, I will pardon him, let him have
all the stuff- except please request him
to return my child’s picture tapes and
films
Sincerely,
Bhagavathi Ramasubramanian
Temporary place in Houston
Dear Sir,
We are residents of Jamaica Beach
and the only good information we
have been able to get has come from
the Police News. Jamaica Beach and
Galveston are no help so I am asking
for your help on mail locations, power,
water and sewage status in JB. It is
reprehensible that our elected officials
have done such a poor job of communicating with residents. You folks have
been helpful but even your publication
seems no longer to be able to publish
any information on JB.
Please pass along any information you
can find on the status of the things
mentioned above as no one else seems
interested in doing so. When this is all
over, the Mayor and the administrators
in Jamaica Beach will have to answer
to the residents, but in the mean time,
the Police News looks like our only
hope.
Thanks,
Vern Maddox
Jamaica Beach, TX 77554
(Sending this note from a friend’s
computer in The Woodlands)
League City did a great job of Ike recovery
So many things come to mind. So
much to tell. So many memories and
feelings. So much emotion. Prayers.
Angst. Worry. Speculation. Preparation to leave. Preparation to come
back. More prayers and finally, putting
it all in God’s hands. So much of the
worry fueled by irresponsible reporting by the press. So many hours away
from home, watching horror stories on
TV, expecting the worst on return, only
to return to some lost siding, some
downed fences, a pool full of debris
and great sadness for the total loss of
the homes of friends ... not to mention
lost lives of folks we don’t even know.
No one can regain the lost lives.
Those are gone forever and, hopefully,
with God. The rest, we can rebuild ...
and we will.
Then, the illegals in a pick-up pull up
in front of our house, asking if we want
our lawn mowed. Funny thing. They
didn’t have a lawn mower in the back
of their truck, and they weren’t looking
at me. They were looking past me into
the open door of my house. I bought a
shot gun that day and a holster for my
pistol. I’ll wear it, now, instead of tucking it away in my purse.
Closure and restoration and a great
sense of relief came that night, as I
watched a very long parade of State
Trooper vehicles with flashing lights
drive down Main Street in League City.
What a sight! What victory! What a
warning to looters!
Good job, guys! You are my hero.
Shirley Hendrickson
League City
League City did a great job of Ike
recovery. Our Mayor, City Officials,
and Police are to be commended.
The press, on the other hand, needs
to chill a bit and stop hyping Ike. We
are all under great stress, as we deal
with homes and lives that have been
disrupted.
The press needs to back off, and let
life go back to normal. Thank you, Mayor Randall, for not adding to press’s
hysteria by being a media hog, like
other Mayors of nearby towns. They
just embarrassed themselves. You did
us proud. You worked hard for our city
and pulled us through, while others
were wasting time in front of cameras.
Good job.
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Balinese Room..Cont. from pg 1
It is a safe bet that gambling is as old
as the history of man. Clearly, it would
not be a stretch to say that ever since
man has walked Galveston Island,
someone has wagered on something.
As early as 1901, a Galveston grand
jury investigated gambling on the
island, with no results. The assistance
of the Texas Rangers was requested,
and legendary Captain John Hughes
sent two of his men to work undercover and develop a case against
the gamblers. Unfortunately, as would
happen all too often in the future,
the grand jury’s investigation leaked,
and the Rangers’ work netted scant
results.
During the ensuing decades, grand
juries continued to sit, all with varying
degrees of success-—or lack thereof.
It is important to understand two
paramount motives that dominated all
investigating bodies: politics and economics. Not surprisingly, these underlying forces still dominate today.
Although investigation into the history of Galveston is not the purpose
of this story. A brief look back is
important, before we can truly understand the situation as it was in the
1950s, the era in which this article is
focused.
Since shipwrecked Spanish sailor
Cabeza de Vaca first stumbled his
way across Galveston Island in 1528,
that spot has earned several designations, each accurate in its own way.
Inundated with rattlesnakes and water
moccasins in its early days, the sandbar was called the Island of Snakes.
Through the centuries, other equally
appropriate names were applied: the
Ellis Island of the Gulf, the Wall Street
of the Southwest, and the Pearl of
the Gulf, to name a few. But to the
people of the first half of the twentieth century, two nicknames described
Galveston best: Island Paradise or Sin
City. It depended on one’s point of
view as to which was more suitable.
A killer hurricane of Biblical propor-
tions wrecked the city in 1900 and
left six to eight thousand dead. This,
however, was not what destroyed the
economy of Galveston. The dredging of Buffalo Bayou from the Gulf of
Mexico to Houston spelled the island
city’s economic doom. As the ships
disappeared from sight, so did the
jobs, and the people left for Houston.
No one could have possibly realized
that 1910 would be a turning point in
the names of Papa Rose and Mr. Sam.
The brothers first found work at a
business named Capadona’s. Shortly
thereafter, Sam went to work at the
newly opened Galvez Hotel while Rose
started cutting hair at Murdock’s Pier.
As fate would have it, Murdock’s was
one of Ollie Quinn’s favorite hangouts,
and Rose quickly came under his influence.
Rose could not have picked a better
Macao Family and Friends at the Balinese Ballroom
The man seated at the head of the table at bottom left is Little Sammy Maceo (in profile),
cousin to Rose and Sam Maceo. To his left, with their backs to the wall, are Frances Maceo
(Rose’s wife), Pearl Maceo, Joe Maceo, Katy Giliota Maceo, Unknown female (white hat),
Deady Fertitta (wide, dark-brimmed hat), Olivia Gertrude Fertitta, Angela Maceo, and Kay
Maceo (Angie Maceo’s daughter). The man seated at the far end of the table with most of his
face obscured is unknown.
Standing in the back of the room are Santo Dispensa (left) and Joe Glorioso (right). To the
right of Little Sammy Maceo, are Rose Maceo, Mr. Dispensa (Frances Maceo’s father), Vic C.
Maceo, Loranzy “Lorenzo” Grilliette, Unknown male, Frank Fertitta, Angie Maceo (Vincent
Maceo’s widow), and Vic A. Maceo (aka Gigilo). The bald man seated at the table in the right
front of the photo is Christie Mitchell.
Photo courtesy of Assistant Chief, Captain Jim Miller, retired.
Galveston’s history. The catalyst was
not a great event like the horrendous
hurricane ten years earlier. Instead,
it was the quiet arrival to the island
of Rosario and Salvatore Maceo, two
young men from Palermo, Sicily, via
Leesville, Louisiana. There was no particular reason to notice the brothers;
after all, they were simple barbers.
It would not be long, however,
before all of Galveston would know
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mentor for his new career, even if he
had selected one by hand. Two gangs
controlled Galveston Island: Quinn,
along with Dutch Voight, led the Beach
Gang; one-armed George Mosey and
the “Beau Brummel of Galveston,”
Johnny Jack Nounes, ruled the rival
Downtown Gang.
O. E. “Dutch” Voight became the
father of modern-era gambling in
Galveston when he started running
organized poker games in 1910. He
was only twenty-two years old when
he went into partnership with the
leader of the Beach Gang, Ollie Quinn.
Soon Voight and Quinn were running
games in clubs that the Beach Gang
controlled all over the island. When
the Volstead Act (prohibition) went into
effect, Voight turned to bootlegging,
and he found willing aides with Rose
and Sam Maceo. So impressed was
he with the brothers that he went into
partnership with them around 1923.
The Maceos were on their way, and
they never looked back.
Mr. Sam and Papa Rose were as
different as daylight and dark. When
depicting brothers or lifelong friends,
movies and books have a set pattern
that is seldom deviated from. One is
always suave, sophisticated, outgoing,
and polished. He loves the spotlight
and the high profile and is always the
brains and ambition of the operation.
The other brother is the muscle. When
dirty work is called for, this brother
never hesitates to take action. These
profiles would pretty well describe
Sam and Rose, except for the brains
and ambition part. Good-looking Sam
was the perfect front man, while Rose
provided the muscle, ambition, and
the brains.
It did not take the Maceos long to
move from minor members of the
Beach Gang to a position of leadership. By the time prohibition started
in the 1920s, the Maceos were set
to reap the profits, and by the Great
Depression in the 1930s, their rule
over the island was complete. They
not only ruled the Beach Gang, but
also ran the Downtown Gang off the
island.
Rose and Sam started buying clubs
from one end of the island to the
other, either together or with partners. One of the first establishments
was the Chop Suey Club, located at
Seawall Boulevard and 21st Street.
In 1926, they changed its name to
Maceo’s Grotto. It was a fine club,
with gambling in the rear. Things were
going along nicely until 1928, when
it was closed for a short time for
gambling violations. A storm severely
damaged the club in 1932, and after
remodeling, the Grotto was reopened
and named the Sui Jen (pronounced
Swee Wren). In 1942, it was remodeled yet again and christened by the
name that would always be associated
with Galveston—the Balinese Room.
In 1926, the Maceos bought the
Hollywood Dinner Club from Jakie
Friedman, who had bought it from
Ollie Quinn. This establishment was
the place to go for first-class food,
entertainment, and gambling. It was
the pride and joy of Sam Maceo, and
he spared no expense. Only the finest
furniture and décor was good enough,
and it was the first air-conditioned
club known in the area. Sam was not
about to degrade his establishment
with anything less than the very best
in big-name entertainment, either. He
booked the finest acts in both the
Hollywood and the Balinese Room.
Jack Benny, Phil Harris and Alice
Faye, George Burns and Gracie Allen,
Jimmy Dorsey, Guy Lombardo and his
Royal Canadians, Ted Mack, the Three
Stooges, the Marx Brothers, Arthur
Balinese Room...Cont. on pg 8
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Gulf Coast Police News - Page Balinese Room..Cont. from pg 5
Murray, Gene Autry, Fred Astaire, and
Frank Sinatra were common sights at
a Maceo club.
The Balinese Room and Hollywood
Dinner Club were only a small part of
the Maceo Empire. In time, the brothers would own outright or be partners
in over sixty establishments in the
Galveston vicinity. Their holdings in
legitimate businesses and real estate
were so great that the GalvestonDickinson County line was often
referred to as the “Maceo-Dickinson
County line.” The island itself became
known to many as the “Free State of
Galveston.”
The Maceos were involved in practically every business imaginable,
including gambling and illegal alcohol,
but there was one enterprise that
they stayed away from—prostitution.
There were fifty whorehouses confined
mainly to an area along Post Office
Street, between 25th and 29th Streets
(known locally as the District). To say
the world’s oldest profession was a
huge industry on the island would be
an understatement. With over 1,000
working hookers, Galveston’s ratio
of 1 prostitute for every 62 citizens
was one of the smallest in the country. In comparison, wild and woolly
Chicago could only boast a fraction
of that number: 430 to 1. Foreign
countries could not even compete. In
China, Shanghai’s meager 130 to 1
ratio pales in comparison, while Paris,
France, could only muster a measly
481 to 1. Galveston whole-heartedly
subscribed to what early twentiethcentury mayor of New Orleans Martin
Behrman said about prostitution in the
Crescent City: “You can make prostitution illegal in Louisiana, but you can’t
make it unpopular.”
When looked at closely, these seemingly stunning numbers should come as
no surprise. As they did with gambling
and bootleg whiskey, the city fathers
wrapped prostitution in their protective arms. Most did not even bother
being discrete; Police Commissioner
Walter Johnston bragged that he was
on the payroll of forty-six whorehouses. Even though the profits were huge,
the Maceos never involved themselves
in this enterprise. On the other hand,
they made it abundantly clear to the
whorehouse owners to stay out of
gambling.
For four decades, the Maceos and
their partners ruled Galveston and, in
the process, reaped a king’s ransom
in profits. In that time, few people
ever made any serious attempts to
shut them down. Why would they?
People, then as now, get whatever law
enforcement they want, and the peo-
ple of Galveston had no problems with
gamblers, bootleggers, or prostitutes.
There was a worldwide depression
everywhere but in Galveston, where
money flowed as freely as the ocean
that lapped its shores.
Profits were so huge that northern mobsters were soon attracted.
From New York, Albert Anastasia,
the lord high executioner of Murder,
Inc., delivered inquiries to the brothers. From Chicago, Al Capone sent
Frank “the Enforcer” Nitti to query
about becoming “partners” with the
Maceos. Rose told both politely, but
with no room for misunderstanding,
“Thanks, but no thanks.” At one time,
twenty-five hundred islanders worked
for the Maceo brothers. The two men
ran clean games, and crime was virtually unheard of. In Galveston, it was
said that no citizens bothered to lock
their homes, and it was safe to walk
any part of the city at any hour. Papa
Rose had his Night Riders patrolling
the county to insure it remained safe.
It was said that the Maceo’s bookkeeper Sam “Books” Serio often walked
without the protection of a bodyguard
from the Maceo’s downtown headquarters at the Turf Club to the bank.
He could be carrying a million dollars
in cash in his briefcase, and no one
ever dared to bother him.
Prostitutes had their own part of
the city on Post Office Street, and
they were strictly forbidden in any
Maceo establishment, as were loud
drunks. To make sure these policies
were strictly enforced, there were
always plenty of beefy, tough-looking
men conspicuously standing around,
though they were seldom needed.
The brothers realized that no matter
how clean their games or how safe
the streets, they could only survive
as long as the citizens wanted them
to. They were also aware that one of
the quickest ways to turn the citizens
against them was for the people to
start losing their hard-earned money.
Therefore, the Maceos were inflexible
when it came to not allowing locals
to lose much in any of their establishments—except, of course, for the
wealthiest of Galvestonians.
Sam knew every string to pull to
make his brother and himself look
their best. It was said that whenever
he loaned money to anyone down and
out on their luck, it was not unusual for
him to pass along this advise when it
came time for repayment: “Someday,
when you run across somebody who
is really in need or is sick, take the
money (owed Maceo) and give him a
helping hand.” He made it a habit to
escort big winners at his clubs to their
hotels so they did not have to be worried about muggers.
Always the perfect public relations
man, Sam was also known to send
orphans to college. In the tradition
(myth would be a better word) of
Jesse James, he also prevented helpless widows from being evicted from
their homes on more than one occasion. Once a year, he even paid the
expenses of Monsignor O’Connell, the
rector of St. Mary’s, to visit his mother
in Ireland.
Knowing that the locals would also
like to hear some of the big-named
entertainers but could not afford to
attend his clubs, Sam often had stars
like Frankie Laine and Phil Harris
perform free concerts on the seawall. In 1947, after the terrible Texas
City disaster in which the ship Grand
Camp suddenly exploded and killed
hundreds, he arranged an outdoor
benefit for the beleaguered city with
such names as Gene Autry, Frank
Sinatra, Jack Benny, and Victor Borge
performing.
But make no mistake about it: if
an iron fist was required, Papa Rose
was always ready, willing, and able
to provide it. When he found out that
his wife had a boyfriend, the wife and
boyfriend ended up floating face down
in Galveston Bay.
About the author: Robert Neiman is the
Managing Editor of The Texas Ranger Dispatch Magazine the historical magazine
of the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and
Museum in Waco, Texas, official historical
center of the Texas Rangers. Visit it online
at: http://www.texasranger.org/dispatch/
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Killer of Officer John MCain Sentenced To Die after 5-Year Homicide Investigation
By Nelson Zoch
On Friday morning, August 4, 1911,
at approximately 3:30 a.m., Officer
John Morris Cain was on patrol duty as
a Houston police officerCain’s assignment, a very dangerous and lonely
one, was at the North Side Railway
Crossing, actually described as the
crossing of the International/Great
Northern and the Southern Pacific
Railroads intersection as it existed in
1911. The exact location was difficult
to pinpoint, but it was believed to have
been in the northeast quadrant of the
city near Nance Street.
An investigation later determined that
Officer Cain was very apprehensive
about working this assignment alone.
His partner of previous nights, Officer
Myers, had been removed from this
location to another assignment due to
manpower considerations. Cain, while
having been an officer for less than
a year, was apparently very aware of
his dangerous assignment and had
requested another assignment or, in
the alternative, not to work this area
alone on the night shift.
Later, Cain was reported to have
been involved in a conversation with
several citizens regarding their business at this location at this hour.
Richard Tolson and Rosa Mason
explained the nature of their business
to the satisfaction of the officer. Just
after this interchange, an unknown
Negro man stepped out of a rail car
near the three.
He was later described as a tall,
brown-skinned Negro, about twentyeight to thirty years old, wearing a
dark suit of clothes, a Panama hat and
being fairly well dressed. He carried
two grips in his left hand, a small one
and a larger one, which from appearance were tied together.
This unknown man got off a rail car officers called at the infirmary all durand upon seeing Officer Cain, and ing the day and talked to the wounded
his HPD uniform, proceeded to walk man, and at once detailed extra men
in the opposite direction. Witnesses to search for the negro, determined
recall Cain, seeing this individual hur- that he shall be captured.”
rying away, asking him, “Can’t you
stop when an officer is talking?” At
Interviews with the critically wounded
this point, the suspect said, “Stop, officer verified what the witnesses had
hell,” as he whirled and fired one or told investigators. At 2:30 p.m. on
two times with a pistol toward the Friday, August 4, 1911, Officer John
unsuspecting officer, then fled into the Morris Cain passed away. He was
darkness.
thirty years old.
One round from a .41Investigators had early
caliber pistol struck
on concluded that the
Officer Cain near his left
suspect had left town.
nipple. The bullet ranged
However, they were at a
downward, passing just
loss to determine which
along his heart and strikdirection, as passenger
ing his backbone and his
trains were very popular
spinal cord as it made
in these days and ran day
its way through his body.
and night in and out of
Tolson and Mason, standHouston.
ing nearby, immediately
The untimely death of
reported this shooting
Officer Cain cast gloom
and remained at the
over the entire police
John Cain
scene to describe what
department. During his
they had observed.
connection with the department, he
Night Chief Heck, along with Detective had worked in almost every section
Kessler, Chief of Police Voss, and six of the city and was well liked by all
other officers responded immediately who knew him. He was considered an
and began an investigation. This was efficient officer, fearless and always
truly a whodunit.
on the job, prompt and courteous in
The Houston Post of August 5, 1911 his dealings.
described Officer Cain’s condition:
John MCain was born on March
4, 1881, in Bastrop County, near
WAS CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST: “Up Paige, Texas. At the age of twenty,
to the time of his death almost, Cain he moved to Houston and worked in
was conscious and conversed with his the dairy business, later worked as a
wife, other relatives and friends, real- streetcar motorman for the Houston
izing all of the time that he could not Electric Company, and was at one
live. He gave an accurate description time appointed as a deputy constaof the negro that did the shooting and ble under Constable Frank Smith.
told of the circumstances that preced- In September 1910, he joined the
ed the infliction of the fatal wound, the Houston Police Department.
story being corroborated by the negro
He was survived by his wife, his
man and woman Chief Voss and other mother, three brothers, and four sis-
ters. Two of his brothers, James and
Albert, lived in Houston and were also
motormen. The other brother lived in
Austin and his four sisters lived with
their mother near Paige, in eastern
Bastrop County.
Officer Cain was a member of the
Woodmen of the World, Willow Street
Camp Number 64 which took charge
of his funeral. The service was held
at 4 p.m. Sunday, August 6, 1911,
from the officer’s home at 1404 Cook
Street. All of the officers of the Police
Department assembled at the Police
Station at 3 p.m. and attended in a
body. They were met at the home by
the Woodmen Lodge members, who
also attended as a body.
The funeral cortege was one of the
longest in the city in many months
and the floral offerings were many.
The procession to the cemetery was
strikingly impressive, with the mounted police officers and other members of the department being led by
Chief of Police John A“Duff” Voss and
Reverend Ammons. Burial followed at
Magnolia Cemetery, located at what
is now West Dallas and Montrose/
Studemont. Active pallbearers were
Gordon Murphey, S.M. Habermacher,
J.H. McNutt, C.A. Lomax, C.M. Wilson,
and Duff Voss, the Chief of Police.
Honorary pallbearers were T.R. Carr,
Ed Carr, G. Wilson, Wilbur Engle, Leon
George and James Ramsey.
Since the tragic death of Officer
Cain and during the funeral and mourning process, the investigation into his
capital murder continued. It was in
the days that followed Officer Cain’s
funeral that the thought regarding
this whodunit murder slowly sank in:
Could it be actually possible that this
terrible crime would never be solved?
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Jamie Nash
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CONROE - What was long considered
an eyesore and a haven for prostitutes
and drug abusers was recently transformed into a training tool for the Conroe Police Department SWAT Team.
The Conroe Motel at 517 W. Davis
near Frazier Street, was purchased by
the city in July and is set for demolition.
Residents were evicted and while the
site was empty, Conroe Police Chief
Charlie Ray and Deputy Chief Philip Dupuis made arrangements with Downtown Development Manager Larry
Calhoun to use the property for tactical training, according to Sgt. Mike
Tindall.
“We’re always looking for new training
locations,” Tindall said. “When training
isn’t in the same place all the time, it
makes conditions more realistic and
Page 10 - Gulf Coast Police News
officers don’t become complacent.”
CPD SWAT had run of the entire 1.55
acre property and the two-story motel where most of the officers have
made repeated calls related to various
crimes and disputes in recent years.
“We were able to run several different real life scenarios,” Tindall said. “It
was a great training opportunity.”
The officers arrived on location early in the afternoon and trained until
around 9 p.m., despite some scheduled to be at work Friday morning.
Tindall said CPD was grateful to city
administrators for allowing officers to
sharpen their skills at the location and
hopes the owners of other properties
will afford them the same opportunity
so they can continue to improve the
level of protection they provide to the
citizens of Conroe.
Dining Out In Galveston
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ike, exhausted
Galveston Police Officers were treated to a surprise in the
form of an outdoor buffet. It may have not the most ideal
setting for dining, but the food was the best the officers
had experienced in recent days.
In appreciation for their long hours of non-stop work, their
dedication to the tasks given them in the face of Ike’s onslaught and as an expression of a ‘job well done’ the supervisory staff teamed up to provide a late night buffet in the
police station parking lot.
For two consecutive nights, the Sergeants and Lieutenants treated their line-officers to an array of Mexican cuisine, including Fajita and all the trimmings.
Police dispatchers were also included. All the food
was purchased by the supervisors who also did all
the cooking.
Sgt. Destin Sims (L) samples the fare during the midnight parking lot
feast.
Officers line up in the chow line.
Police seek man in shooting
death of girlfriend
GalvestonPoliceNews.com
GALVESTON - On June 28th, 2008,
Galveston Police Investigators have
David Lee Jones, 54, called 9-1-1 and obtained a warrant for the arrest of
reported shooting his girlDavid Lee Jones for the
friend, Gloria Alexander,
offense of Tampering with
at his home in the 3300
Physical Evidence. He is
Block of Avenue M 1/2, in
believed to be in Houston,
Galveston. Alexander was
Texas.
transported to John Sealy
Anyone having information
Emergency Room where
about the whereabouts of
she died on July 11th from
Jones please contact Sgt.
multiple gunshot wounds
R. Varela with the Warrant
according to the GalvesDivision at 409 765-3605.
ton County Medical ExamAnyone having information
David Lee Jones
iner’s Office. David Jones
about “homicide investiclaimed that Alexander threatened to gation” please contact Fred Paige at
kill him with a butcher knife.
409-765-3766.
Traveling Male Nurse Arrested
GALVESTON - Police arGillett was arrestrested this 36-year old
ed while on duty at
male nurse on a felony
the University of Texwarrant charging him
as Medical Branch in
with the sexual assault
Galveston. He listed
of a female patient.
his residence as
According to Lt. Bo
Midland, Texas.
Rogers of the Webster
Police ask anyone
Police
Department,
who has had an enJoseph Holland Gillett
counter with Gillett
was working a tempoto contact them at
rary medical agency
281-332-2426.
assignment at Clear
Joseph Holland Gillett
Lake Hospital when the
offense occurred. The
Published on
victim told police she was a patient in PoliceNewsOnline.Com on November
the emergency room and was sexually 26, 2008.
assaulted by Gillett.
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GALVESTON - The Target store in
Galveston handed over a check for
$1,000 to Police Chief Charles Wiley
recently. The check was part of Target Stores, Inc. ongoing support of
law enforcement nationwide to which
they have already contributed over $3
million.
Wiley, accompanied by two of his
top lieutenants, Jorge Trevino and David Torres, also viewed videos of other
law enforcement aids available to local
agencies from Target.
Target looks for unique ways to
support law enforcement, including
donating gently-used equipment such
as computers and surveillance equipment. To date, Target has donated
several hundred computers to various
police agencies.
Target Store Security Chief Alonzo
Arrendondo, in making the presentation said, “this is our way of extending
a hand of partnership to law enforcement and public safety through our
Target & Blue program.” Several of his
security staff were also present during
the meeting and presentation in the
Target Store conference room.
Jason Miller
At some time during his criminal career Jason Miller apparently identified
himself as the owner of Coastline Construction Co. At the time The Police
News published his picture in our print
edition and on our website, he was
under a Grand Jury indictment for 12
counts of felony theft. He was also
wanted in Colorado and Utah and had
numerous warrants throughout Texas.
Shortly after appearing on our Most
Wanted page, Jason Miller surrendered
to authorities at the Galveston County
Sheriff’s Office.
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KEMAH - Johnny J. Freeze began his
law enforcement career almost 36
year ago. He has been a deputy sheriff in Harris County, a cop in Webster
and the Police Chief in Kemah, Texas,
and even though he announced October 15th that he is retiring, that is a bit
of a stretch.
He is retiring from the Kemah Police Department, but he’s not leaving
law enforcement by a long shot. He is
headed back to the big city to become
an investigator for the Harris County
District Attorney’s Office.
Recently dozens of area law enforcement officers and employees,
city and county officials, and members
of the Kemah
Citizens
Police Academy
Alumni Association, paid tribute to Johnny
Freeze at a catered luncheon
in the lobby
of the Kemah
City Hall.
Freeze was honored with a plaque
from city employees and another from
the CPAAA. Kemah officers presented
him with a photo album containing
pictures taken over the years as he
served as their chief.
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Get a horse!
By Breck Porter
Have you heard the expression, “Get
a horse,” yelled at someone driving
too slow on the freeway or otherwise
impeding someone in a hurry? Well,
that’s exactly what many law enforcement officers all across America
and around the world do. When they
are needed, they get their horses.
With all the modern crime fighting
technology available today, it’s still
hard to beat the good, old-fashioned,
mounted policeman.
That holds true in Galveston County
with the formation in 2006 of the
Galveston County Constable Mounted
Patrol and Posse which now numbers
sixteen riders, only two of which are
actually certified Texas peace officers.
Originally organized by veteran lawman Danny Sendejas, a Precinct One
Deputy Constable, Mike Del Bosque,
a civilian employee at the University
of Texas Medical Branch and expert
horseman, and Ernesto Rojas, an engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Sendejas was called into service with
his horse on many occasions during
his career with the Galveston County
Sheriff’s Office. In 2001 he went to
work for Constable Don Cherry and
with Cherry’s support began the forof contract lawsuit against God. His argu-
mation of the
constable’s posse.
Sendejas says
the main area of
work undertaken
by the posse is
crowd control, and
working special
events such as
the annual Mardi Gras celebration
in Galveston. They have also been
involved in the search for missing persons and evidence at crime scenes,
most notably combing the beach for
evidence following the brutal murder
of Bridgette Gearen in Crystal Beach
in July of 2007. Mounted officers
from other organizations were also
involved in that search which covered
a long swath of the Bolivar Peninsula.
It is generally acknowledged in law
enforcement that one mounted officer
may accomplish what eight to ten officers on foot can. They are especially
valuable in situations involving large
crowds. Sendejas says that angry
crowds are less likely to attack or
resist police on horseback than police
on foot or on motorcycles and bikes.
Anyone who has owned a horse is
familiar with the associated costs of
the care and upkeep of these animals.
Members of the constable’s patrol
each absorb all the expense of being
a member, including their mount,
trailer, food, veterinary costs, stable
fee and other associated expenses. Typically it costs about $2500
to equip one mounted trooper and
this does not include a saddle. One
pair of riding boots can cost $400.
In addition to the expenses already
mentioned, these troopers must undergo hours of training. Each must pass
the same requirements as a certified
peace officer, even though they remain
civilian members. The members also
pay these training expenses.
The posse members who are certified peace officers are also hired by
neighborhood associations to provide
extra police patrol, and are frequently
hired by shopping malls, supermarkets and department stores as parking lot security. Civilian members may
not perform these duties.
The Galveston County Mounted
Officer’s Foundation was recently
formed as a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping members of
mounted patrols in Galveston County
to maintain or purchase equipment for
the horses and help with the expense
of training, veterinary costs and general upkeep of their mounts.
Several hundred dollars in equipment and supplies were lost during the
recent devastation of Galveston Island
by Hurricane Ike. The foundation is
now appealing to individuals and businesses alike, to help with the expense
of recovering from these losses.
Tax deductible contributions may
be mailed to: GC Mounted Officer’s
Foundation, 1922 Sealy, Galveston,
Texas 77550. For more information on
how you can help, call Deputy Danny
Sendejas at 409-766-2240.
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Seeing Eye Dog: A blind man is
walking down the street with his
seeing-eye dog one day. They come
to a busy intersection, and the dog,
ignoring the high volume of traffic
zooming by on the street, leads the
blind man right out into the thick
of traffic. This is followed by the
screech of tires and horns blaring as
panicked drivers try desperately not
to run the pair down. The blind man
and the dog finally reach the safety
of the sidewalk on the other side of
the street, and the blind man pulls a
cookie out of his coat pocket which
he offers to the dog. A policeman,
having observed the near fatal incident from his post, rushed over and
couldn't control his amazement and
says to the blind man, "Why on earth
are you rewarding your dog with a
cookie? He nearly got you killed!"
The blind man turns partially in his
direction and replies, "To find out
where his head is, so I can kick his
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W/M DOB: 03-04-1933
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Brazoria Tx 77422
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Victims: Females 12, 15, 16 yoa
Risk level: Moderate
CASTILLO, RUBEN
H/M DOB: 7-4-1983
9915 CR 171, Liverpool, TX 77577
Indecency with Child
Sexual Contact
Victim: Female 14 yoa
BAKER, JEREMY
W/M DOB: 10-10-1988
7842 CR 628
Brazoria, Texas 77422
Indecency with a Child
Sexual Exposure
Risk level: High
STRAMBLER, MYRON LYNN
B/M DOB: 05-08-1988
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Sexual Assault/Child
Risk level: High
MOORE, ERIC ANTON
B/M DOB: 2-27-1969
53 E. Candlewood Court
Richwood, Texas 77531
Sexual Assault - Child
BARRAFORD, WILLIAM
W/M DOB: 7-18-1938
327 CR 486 # 13,
Freeport, Texas 77541
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HOGAN, JEREMY SCOTT
W/M DOB: 11-30-1978
119 Des Moines Ct,
Rosharon, Tx 77583
Indecency with Child
Victim: Females 7, 9 yoa
PEARSON, AUBREY CALVIN
HOOPER
B/M DOB: 6-26-1968
26 Huntington Bend Dr.
Manvel, Tx 77578
Indecency with a Child
Exposure (3 counts)
Victims: Females 5 & 7 yoa
PIPPILLION, PARIS ALLEN
B/M DOB: 9-6-1972
5722 Montclair
Rosharon, Tx 77583
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(Out of state charge)
TANTILLO, ANTHONY
W/M DOB; 4-22-1985
7105 CR 171, #5
Liverpool, Texas 77577
Aggv Sexual Assault/Child
DUNN, BILLY MIKE
W/M DOB: -29-1953
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John Cain Murder...Cont. from pg 9
The murdered officer gave a reasonably good description but would not
be available to testify in court. The
Negro couple who observed part of
this crime, therefore, would become
crucial witnesses if anyone could be
placed before them. Even in 1911, the
authorities became aware of how critical other items of physical evidence
would be.
Days and week passed. Leads came
in and were checked out with the same
negative results. Frustrations mounted
but Chief Voss and the local sheriff,
as well as the entire forces from both
departments, were convinced that
sooner or later this murderer would
be captured
In the first three weeks, there were
four newspaper accounts of arrests
or detainments recorded in various
parts of Texas – including Conroe,
Montgomery and Rogers – of suspects believed to be the killer. All were
checked out thoroughly and proven to
be unworthy of prosecution. In most
or all of these incidents, investigators
from Houston had to travel by rail to
further investigate these leads.
The days, months, and even years
passed. One can only imagine the
thoughts that went through the minds
of Chief Voss and his successor:
Will the senseless murder of Officer
John Morris Cain go unsolved? The
year 1914 passed with the accidental
shooting deaths of Houston Officer
Isaac Parsons and Harris County
Deputy Arthur Taylor by two Houston
officers. Morale must have reached
a low point with this incident coupled
with the unsolved murder of Officer
Cain.
In the great State of Texas, there
existed an individual by the name of
Houston Sharp, a Negro male. He
came from a family of four children,
the father of which was a minister. His
two sisters and one brother chose the
upward path and became teachers and
leaders. Houston, on the other hand,
went another direction. He attended
Prairie View Normal, but was expelled
for committing campus burglaries. He
definitely chose the downward path.
Later, he was described in court as a
professional bad man, a small chocolate colored Negro with a mustache
and a look of cunning as well as a
cynical smile to all who dared to look
at him.
Houston Sharp’s criminal record was
reported as follows:
• In 1910, when Constable T.A.
Haddox of Grimes County attempted
to place Sharp under arrest, Sharp
grabbed a rifle and drew down on the
constable and disarmed him, threatening him with death if he attempted to
follow him. Shortly after this incident,
Grimes County Sheriff Tom Lacey
and Montgomery County Sheriff Ellis
attempted to arrest him from a train,
but Sharp escaped in a volley of gunfire.
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the lawmen by shooting Sharp in the
back. Somehow, this “cat with nine
lives” survived. He was convicted and
sent to Huntsville. However, due to his
injuries, he was moved to the hospital
farm and escaped five months later.
• Grimes County Sheriff Lacey
attempted to arrest Sharp, but Sharp
overpowered the Sheriff and took his
pistol. During the fight, Sheriff Lacey
nearly cut off the “pistol hand” of
Sharp. Sharp, who claimed to have
suffered a total of sixteen gunshot
wounds during his criminal career,
was found later to be missing all of his
fingers on one hand from the encounter with Sheriff Lacey.
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• Sharp was convicted in 1913 of
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already of much renown throughout
Texas for his many acts of misdeeds,
was in the Texas Prison System in
Huntsville on a burglary conviction of
fifty-eight years.
• It was in prison while serving this
term that he told of killing a Houston
police officer. He told several fellow
Negro inmates from Burleson County
that he had killed Officer Cain. This
was reported by these inmates, even
though, just as is the case today,
they likely had their own well being in
mind.
Throughout his career, one law
officer in particular, Harris County
Detective T. Binford, proved to be the
nemesis of Sharp. Detective Binford,
who had suspected Sharp at one
point during the five years after Officer
Cain’s death, eventually began tracking Sharp’s movements before and
after the murder. He determined that
there was a gap in his movements
around the week of August 3, 1911.
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John Cain Murder...Cont. from pg 15
When confronted with the suspicion
of him being the murderer of Officer
Cain, Sharp confessed. However, he
later withdrew his confession, saying
that he was threatened with a “broken
neck” if he did not sign the statement.
In the summer of 1916, nearly five
years after the murder of Officer John
MCain, Houston Sharp was charged
with murder
The Houston Post of September 7,
1916 said that Sharp’s trial began and
the confession was introduced into
evidence after a difficult fight. During
the proceeding, Houston Sharp took
the stand and denied his confession,
stating that it was coerced under the
duress of having his neck broken. He
said he was at home for the birth of a
child on the night the officer was killed.
When it was proven that the birth actually occurred two weeks prior, he said
he must have been mistaken.
In recapping this crime, in his confession, which was considered by
the court, he indicated that upon
being confronted by Officer Cain, he
turned and fired one round from his
.41-caliber pistol. He felt like he had
hit the officer and ran from the scene,
arriving later that night at a woman’s
residence in the Second Ward. Police
located this woman, who testified
at the trial that Houston Sharp had
arrived at her boardinghouse the night
of the murder and had shown her a
pistol. She said the barrel was hot and
smelled as if it had been recently fired.
She hid it for him that night, and Sharp
left with it the next morning.
The Post, on September 8, said that
Sharp’s fate was in the hands of the
jury, which had been locked up for the
night.
One day later, the paper said there
was good news for Sharp – that
he would not be required to serve
the remainder of his fifty-eight-year
sentence. The bad news was that
he would face a death sentence for
the 1911 murder of Houston Police
Officer John Morris Cain. The verdict
was that Houston Sharp was to be
sentenced to death by hanging.
In 2004, Officer Cain’s gravesite
was located at Magnolia Cemetery,
tastefully marked with the standard
Woodmen of the World marker. This
marker makes the usual note of date
of birth and date of death, but nothing
as to how this young thirty-year-old
man died. To correct that, a 100 Club
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY marker
was placed there to further honor his
memory.
What really happened to the infamous Houston Sharp? He was found
guilty and sentenced to die at the end
of a rope in Harris County. Prior to
1923, counties in the State of Texas
were given the responsibility of their
own executions This changed in 1923,
when the State took over executions.
However, no record could be found
that indicated Houston Sharp was in
fact hung. It would have seemed that
in 1916, with the extensive record
of Houston Sharp and his proclivity
to violence, that he would have been
hung in a timely manner to rid society
of any further actions on his part.
Convict records were thoroughly
searched at the State of Texas Library in
Austin. From there, this story becomes
even stranger. Records indicate that a
40 year old Houston Sharp, Negro
male, born in 1875, was convicted of
Burglary, Horse Theft, and Theft over
$50.00 and was received in the prison
system in December, 1916. He had
twenty-one cases and received two
years on each and the sentences were
to run cumulative, a total of 42 years.
This was three months after he was
given the death penalty for the murder
of Officer Cain. On a sentence that
was to expire in December of 1957,
Houston Sharp was pardoned in July,
1925, thirty-two years early.
While this entire scenario seems
unbelievable, the following article was
located in the Galveston Daily News of
July 18, 1925: “Houston Sharpe, of
Burleson and Grimes counties, served
twelve and one-half years of a fortytwo aggregate sentence on twentyone charges of burglary and theft
over $50.00 recommended by pardon
board and by R.M. Wood, chairman
of the committee on teachers of
Sam Houston State Teachers College,
Huntsville”. It appears the murder of
Officer John Morris Cain fell by the
wayside. One can only guess what
really occurred here, knowing that his
parents and siblings were notable in
education circles at Prairie View A &
M College. As of this writing, no information had been located regarding a
date of death for Houston Sharp.
Note: The story of the life and death
of slain HPD Officer John Cain is
the 9th in a series of 106 stories
of Houston officers KILLED IN THE
LINE OF DUTY. This story is included
in the book, FALLEN HEROES OF
THE BAYOU CITY, HOUSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT, 1860-2006 and may be
purchased from the author, or online at
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The Mail Box...Cont. from pg. 4
I loved the article by Jes Garza in
your September issue. He was right
on target. That is the way it is. I noticed you also had some articles that
included Montgomery County but it
only involved the Conroe area.
The Porter-New Caney part of Montgomery County has long since been
disowned by the law enforcement
community. There are four deputies in
that area which covers a lot of miles,
therefore, the drug dealers and illegals have taken over the area. Deputies sat across the street from a bar
and watched numerous drug deals go
down and did nothing.
Had it not been for Constable Travis
Bishop and his men this area would be
worse than it is.
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GALVESTON - Do cops ever retire? Do
they finish their tours of duty working
the streets, investigating crime, battling the increasing crime rate they
have never been able to control, much
less defeat?
Most don’t. They have retirement parties. They do leave, eventually “retiring” from where they’re working at the
time. They take their pension check,
but they don’t really “retire.” Most of
them just switch jobs and most of
them stay in the police business, or at
least in a police related business.
There was a legendary homicide lieutenant in Houston at one time who retired from that department after about
30 years. The police association gave
he and his wife a big console television
as a retirement gift. That was in the
early 70’s and a console TV was a very
extravagant gift.
The lieutenant took his new TV home
and watched it for about three months,
but that was all he could take. The
blood flowing through his veins was
blue-blue-blue. He missed his friends
at the police station, he missed the excitement of the job and the challenge
of catching crooks who thought they
Sgt. John Courtney, in uniform, presents the
retirees with boat paddles. They were all
members of the dive team. (L-R) Sgt. Rick
McCullor, Sgt. Rick Kershaw, Sgt. Ronny Phillips, Capt. Walter Braun.
were smarter than he.
One morning he got out of bed, got
dressed, drove downtown to the police
station and applied for reinstatement
to his old job. They took him back in an
instant because there was no better a
homicide cop in the country than him
at the time. He worked several more
years then finally hung it up for good.
Time was running out. He had gotten
old, his health was deteriorating and
he was finally ready to rest.
Some of his colleagues joked that
the reason he came back to work after retiring the first time was to get another console television on his second
retirement. He was ribbed about that
for years and it was mentioned by an
old friend in his eulogy when he died in
1999 at age 86.
In November we watched as more of
these special breed of men “retired.”
But as most, none of them are actually retiring at all. They are just taking
their pension checks from Galveston
and hanging their hats in other places.
Two in other law enforcement agencies and one in a community college
law enforcement program.
Sergeant Rick Kershaw retired in
October and went to work for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in
Houston. He aspired to become the
police chief in Jamaica Beach earlier
this year when his wife Debbie retired
from that job. Jamaica Beach instead,
hired Sergeant Andy McLane who took
his pension check from Galveston PD
and moved to Jamaica Beach just in
time for Hurricane Ike.
Sergeant Ronny Phillips has taken a
position with Alvin Community College.
His credentials are impeccable. He has
been the training officer for the Galveston department for the past several
years and leader of its dive and water
rescue team. He was a member of the
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space shuttle Columbia that crashed
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Captain Walter Braun, a resident of
nearby Santa Fe, will no longer have
the daily drive to work in Galveston.
He has taken over the reins of the
Santa Fe Independent School District
Police Department as it’s chief. Braun
worked his way through the ranks of
the Galveston Police Department finally becoming commander of it’s
Criminal Investigation Division. In the
police business, criminal investigation
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workplace within the law enforcement
profession. The new ISD chief has children in the Santa Fe schools.
At Galveston Police Headquarters,
there was coffee and cake, handshakes and hugs as these three old
warriors said their goodbye’s to old
and good friends. The kinds of old and
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