In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

• 341 • Appendix I Fort Worth City Marshals and Police Chiefs, 1873-1909' (Source: Fort Worth Police Department) NAME E. S. Terrell T. M. Ewing H. P. Shiel T. P. Redding John Stocker T. 1. Courtright S. M. Farmer W. M. Rea S. M. Farmer J. H. Maddox W. M. Rea J. H. Maddox TENURE Apr.-Nov., 1873" Apr.-Nov., 1874 1874-1875 1875-Feb., 1876 Feb.-Apr., 1876 1876-1879 1879-1883 1883-1887 1887-1891 1891-1897 1897-1905'" 1905-1909 'The city marshal and police chief were one and the same person, with one important distinction: the marshal was elected by popular vote in a yearly election; the chief of police was a position appointed by the City Council every year after the municipal elections. In practice the Council merely confirmed the will of the electorate when it made the marshal the chief of the city's police force, but in theory the Council always reserved the right to appoint someone else, a right which it never exercised. The threat alone was sufficient to remind the marshal that he was beholden to the City Council as well as to the voters. Until 1887, the men who held the office of marshall police chief preferred the title "Marshal." W. M. Rea, however, preferred the more modem-sounding title "Chief." Both the newspapers and the public at large continued to refer to him as "Marshal Rea," however. , • Elections were always held at the beginning of April. , • 'Beginning in 1898 terms of office for city officials were extended to two years. Rea was the first marshal to be covered by this law. ...

Share