"Roy Bean Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself ""The Law West of the Pecos"". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas. After his death, Western films and books cast him as a hanging judge, although he is known to have sentenced only two men to hang, one of whom escaped. Roy Bean was born in 1825 in Mason County, Kentucky and"
"his tent saloon into a part-time courtroom and began calling himself the ""Law West of the Pecos."" As a judge Bean relied on a single law book, the 1879 edition of the ""Revised Statutes of Texas"", and when newer law books showed up he used them as kindling. Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals. Jurors, who were chosen from his best bar customers, were expected to buy a drink during every court recess. He was also known for his unusual rulings. In one case an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese laborer and during the trial a"
"a wooden structure for his saloon, which he called ""The Jersey Lilly"" after the well-known British stage actress Lillie Langtry. She was a native of the island of Jersey. (Born with the surname Le Breton, she was not related to George Langtry.) Bean used the saloon as his headquarters when authorized as a justice of the peace and notary public. He called himself the ""Law West of the Pecos."" After a notable career as justice of the peace, Bean died in 1903. In 1884 the town was authorized a post office. In 1892 it had a general store, a railroad"
"in Los Angeles for the preceding nineteen years. Answering a prosecution against saloonkeeper Jacob Phillipi, who had ""knowingly and willfully"" kept his business open on Sunday, Godfrey argued that the law was being enforced only against ""one class"" of business, that of saloons, and he compared the prosecution to that of the burning of witches in Salem, Massachusetts. The jury was unable to return a verdict, seven for conviction and five for acquittal, and it was dismissed. <br> <br> John F. Godfrey John Franklin Godfrey (1839–1885) was a sailor, a soldier and officer in the U.S. Civil War, a city"
"Langtry, Texas Langtry is an unincorporated community in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. The community is notable as the place where Judge Roy Bean, the ""Law West of the Pecos"", had his saloon and practiced law. Langtry was originally established in 1882 by the Southern Pacific Railroad as a grading camp called ""Eagle Nest."" It was later renamed for George Langtry, an engineer and foreman who supervised the immigrant Chinese work crews building the railroad in the area. Roy Bean arrived soon after completion of the railroad and set up a tent saloon on company land. He later built"
"of the authorities, the railroads, then pushing their way west, attracted the most vicious characters in the country. It was said that all civilization and law stopped at the east bank of the Pecos. It took one man, a lone storekeeper who was sick of the lawlessness, to change all this. His name was Judge Roy Bean"". The legendary Bean would have hanged a man for the slightest infraction of ""his laws"", but there are no hangings on the family-oriented series. The storekeeper role is stressed more than that of the bartender. Bean's Langtry is not named for the English"
"Theodore Allen Theodore Allen, or known simply as The Allen, (fl. 1880–1890) was an American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a criminal family in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. Born to a devout and prominent Methodist family, he and four of his brothers were notorious underworld figures; Wesley, Martin and William Allen were professional burglars while the fourth brother, John Allen, ran an illegal gambling den. He was the owner of ""The American Mabille"", named after the Jardin de Mabille in Paris, originally located at a Bleecker Street home. The popular resort included"
"supply of women in the trade. Even apart from traditional vice, corrupt practices were common in Texas during this period, often enabling vice activities to thrive, especially in the frontier areas. Among the more famous examples was ""Judge"" Roy Bean, an entrepreneur who established a saloon on the west Texas frontier. Bean soon established himself as the ""judge"" for the region around Pecos County though the legitimacy of his tenure varied greatly over time. Among his court cases was a ruling regarding a murder charge in which Bean concluded that ""homicide was the killing of a human being; however, he"
"Victor B. Walker Victor B. Walker (born 1864) was a soldier, political activist, lawyer, civil rights activist, police officer, saloon owner, journalist, and gangster in the Old West, particularly Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado during the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Before coming to Omaha, he served as a Buffalo soldier on the frontier, and when he first arrived in the city, he worked as a police officer. For a short time, he owned the Omaha saloon, The Midway, a center of gambling and criminal activity in the city. As well as a working as"
"building, instead the rooftops are charcoal, their original color, and the walls have been stripped down to show their natural stone. The brew house project is far from complete, though, with work remaining on the middle and rear of the building, as well as the entire interior. During the early 20th century, Pearl used advertisement campaigns that featured Judge Roy Bean - one of the more colorful and popular law enforcement personalities of the wild, wild West. In Langtry, Texas, Judge Bean declared himself the ""Law West of the Pecos"" and ran his court in the town's tiny U.S. Post"
"Maria Gertrudis Barceló Maria Gertrudis ""Tules"" Barceló (c. 1800 – January 17, 1852), commonly known as ""La Tules,"" was a saloon owner and master gambler in the Territory of New Mexico at the time of the U.S.-Mexican War. Barceló amassed a small fortune by capitalizing on the flow of American and Mexican traders involved with the nineteenth-century Santa Fe Trail. She became infamous in the U.S. as the Mexican ""Queen of Sin"" through a series of American travel writings and newspaper serials before, during, and after the war. These depictions, often intended to explain or justify the U.S. invasion of"
"Jack Pioggi ""Big"" Jack Poggi or Pioggi (fl. 1906 – 1914) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City at the start of the 20th century. A rival of ""Big"" Jack Zelig, he had been the chief bouncer at ""Callahan's Dance Hall"" before opening a Lower East Side resort on Doyers Street near Chinatown's notorious ""Bloody Angle"". The building, known as ""Poggi's"", could be reached through five Chatham Square alleyways, one of these being though a local dairy store and another through the back door of a barbershop, and was known to be a place ""where"
"Chick Tricker and James Martelli. All were released on $1,000 bail bonds and where Zelig was shot as he left the court. Jack Pioggi ""Big"" Jack Poggi or Pioggi (fl. 1906 – 1914) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City at the start of the 20th century. A rival of ""Big"" Jack Zelig, he had been the chief bouncer at ""Callahan's Dance Hall"" before opening a Lower East Side resort on Doyers Street near Chinatown's notorious ""Bloody Angle"". The building, known as ""Poggi's"", could be reached through five Chatham Square alleyways, one of these being"
"Pecos Bill Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were probably invented as short stories in a book by Edward S. O'Reilly in the early 20th Century and are considered to be an example of fakelore. Pecos Bill was a late addition to the ""big man"" idea of characters, such as Paul Bunyan or John Henry. The first known stories were published in 1917 by Edward O'Reilly for ""The Century Magazine"" and collected and reprinted in 1923 in the book ""Saga"
"two years later. John Allen (saloon keeper) John Allen (1823–1870) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City during the early-to mid-19th century. A former religious student, Allen was considered one of the most notorious criminals in the city and was known as the ""Wickedest Man in New York"". A public crusade against him, headed by lawyer and journalist Oliver Dyer, resulted in a reform movement known as the ""Water Street revival"". The campaign, in which Allen and other notorious underworld figures had been ""reformed"" by religious leaders, was later revealed to be a fraud following"
"Tony Tarracino Tony Tarracino (August 10, 1916 – November 1, 2008), commonly called Captain Tony, was an American saloonkeeper, boat captain, politician, gambler, and storyteller in Key West, Florida. He was a well-known personality in the city and has been called ""arguably the city's most beloved resident"" and ""the conscience of Key West."" Anthony Tarracino was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to a bootlegger father. He dropped out of the ninth grade to make and sell whiskey, illegal at the time due to Prohibition. After becoming a gambler, getting involved with the New Jersey Mafia, and being beaten and left"
"the name of Peter M. Spencer. He was one of a number of outlaws from Texas who sought sanctuary on the American frontier and the wild west. Locally known as Cowboys, Tombstone resident George Parson wrote in his diary, ""A Cowboy is a rustler at times, and a rustler is a synonym for desperado—bandit, outlaw, and horse thief."". In Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Spence lived immediately across the street from the Earps in a house which still stands in Tombstone. For a time he ran Vogan's Saloon. In October, 1880 Spence was charged with grand larceny on a charge of possessing"
"Office and bar called the Jersey Lilly Saloon. Judge Roy Bean was as famous in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as many of the motion picture stars are today. Judge Bean's favorite (and rumored only) beer in his saloon was Pearl. Seeing this as an opportunity, San Antonio Brewing Association for decades used the connection to Judge Bean and the Jersey Lilly as advertising focal points. Later, in the 1950s, the brewery's old horse stables were converted into a hospitality room and given a Roy Bean feel to them in honor of Judge Roy Bean and his saloon."
"Wayne Wheeler Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (November 10, 1869 – September 5, 1927) was an American attorney and prohibitionist. He was the longtime leader of the Anti-Saloon League, and played a major role in the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. A native of Brookfield Township in Trumbull County, Ohio, Wheeler was raised on his family's farm, and a childhood accident caused by an intoxicated hired hand gave Wheeler a lifelong aversion to alcohol, as well as an anecdote he later used in recruiting converts to the"
"fined Barceló for operating a gambling salon for miners in the Ortiz Mountains. Sometime over the next ten years, Barceló relocated to Santa Fe and opened a more ambitious saloon at the center of Santa Fe, New Mexico. She went by the nickname ""Tules,"" a Spanish diminutive of ""Gertrudis."" Some authors have connected this to the Mexican Spanish word ""tules"", meaning ""reeds,"" with suggestions that it referred to ""the curvaceousness of her figure"" or possibly to ""her thin frame."" Because of its centrality in Santa Fe, Barceló's saloon entertained many Americans traveling the Santa Fe Trail. Susan Magoffin, grand-daughter of"
"John Allen (saloon keeper) John Allen (1823–1870) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City during the early-to mid-19th century. A former religious student, Allen was considered one of the most notorious criminals in the city and was known as the ""Wickedest Man in New York"". A public crusade against him, headed by lawyer and journalist Oliver Dyer, resulted in a reform movement known as the ""Water Street revival"". The campaign, in which Allen and other notorious underworld figures had been ""reformed"" by religious leaders, was later revealed to be a fraud following exclusive exposés by"
"Joseph Lowe Joseph Lowe (1845-1899), aka ""Rowdy Joe"" Lowe, was a gambler and saloon keeper/owner of the Old West. Although sometimes described as a gunfighter, he did not historically fit into that category. Originally from Illinois, Lowe and his wife Katherine, aka ""Rowdy Kate"", moved to Kansas following the Civil War. In 1871, the couple moved to Newton, Kansas where they set up a saloon and brothel. In 1872, Kate snuck off with a gunman to visit a competing brothel. Joe found out and shot the man. The controversy forced the pair to relocate to the Wichita area where they"
"of 81. She was the mother of Charles F. and Mary E. Reynolds and Leonard and Benjamin A. Reynolds. <br> <br> Samuel F. Reynolds Samuel F. Reynolds (died 1877) was a Los Angeles City Attorney and a judge in 19th century California. He was also active in the International Order of Odd Fellows. Reynolds was admitted as a lawyer before the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in September 1850 and before the California Supreme Court in February 1856. He was elected to the board of directors of the Los Angeles Library Association in July 1859, and in 1861 he"
"Prince and Mercer Streets, as well as financed gambling dens, brothels and other """"places of ill-fame"""". Closely associated with many criminals and gang chieftains of the period, as well as the principal competitor of Billy McGlory's ""Armory Hall"", he planned and participated in numerous bank and store robberies. He eventually fled the city after killing a gambler and disappeared. Theodore Allen Theodore Allen, or known simply as The Allen, (fl. 1880–1890) was an American gambler, political organizer, saloon keeper and head of a criminal family in New York City during the mid-to late 19th century. Born to a devout and"
"Rosa, and Waldo E. Koop. ""Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun"". University of Oklahoma Press (1989). . Joseph Lowe Joseph Lowe (1845-1899), aka ""Rowdy Joe"" Lowe, was a gambler and saloon keeper/owner of the Old West. Although sometimes described as a gunfighter, he did not historically fit into that category. Originally from Illinois, Lowe and his wife Katherine, aka ""Rowdy Kate"", moved to Kansas following the Civil War. In 1871, the couple moved to Newton, Kansas where they set up a saloon and brothel. In 1872, Kate snuck off with a gunman to visit a competing brothel. Joe found"
"on racks outside the store"" while Peers provided a back room ""in which she sold the fiery liquor of the period at lower prices than it could be obtained in the recognized saloons"". Her store would become a popular underworld hangout for criminals in the Five Points district and throughout the city during the next two decades. Peers' success encouraged others to open similar establishments along Anthony, Orange and Cross Streets catering to the New York underworld as the later-famous resorts, dance halls and saloons would originate from this area. Rosanna Peers Rosanna Peers (?-1840) was an American criminal fence"
"and was one of the founders of the chamber of commerce and the Sunset club. A surviving sister is Emma Parsons, now visiting at Edgewood, Virginia."" George W. Parsons George Whitwell Parsons (August 26, 1850 - January 5, 1933) was a licensed attorney turned banker during the 19th century Old West. He is remembered due to his having kept a detailed daily diary of his life in the west, especially while he lived in Tombstone, Arizona Territory from 1879 to 1887. He described life in Tombstone in detail, including his interaction with individuals who became famous such as Wyatt Earp"
"Tom Pickett (outlaw) Tom Pickett (1858 – May 14, 1934) was a 19th-century American cowboy, professional gambler and, as both a lawman and outlaw at various points in his life, was an associate of Dave Rudabaugh and later Billy the Kid. Born in Camp Throckmorton, Wise County, Texas, Pickett began rustling cattle as a teenager growing up in Decatur and was eventually arrested for stealing cattle at age 17. His father, then a member of the state legislature and ex-Confederate officer, was forced to mortgage the family home in order to pay his son's fine. While in Kansas City, he"
"for the past conviction of which he had escaped. Augustine Chacon Augustine Chacon (1861 – November 21, 1902), nicknamed El Peludo (English: ""The Hairy One""), was a Mexican outlaw and folk hero active in the Arizona Territory and along the U.S.–Mexico border at the end of the 19th century. Although a self-proclaimed badman, he was well-liked by many settlers, who treated him as a Robin Hood-like character rather than a typical criminal. According to Old West historian Marshall Trimble, Chacon was ""one of the last of the hard-riding desperados who rode the owl-hoot trail in Arizona around the turn of"
"Western saloon A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, miners and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a ""watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill"". The first saloon was established at Brown's Hole, Wyoming, in 1822, to serve fur trappers. By 1880, the growth of saloons was in full swing. In Leavenworth, Kansas, there were ""about 150 saloons and four wholesale liquor houses"". Some saloons in the Old West were little more than gambling houses, brothels, and opium"
"the town housed a post office, four restaurants, a school, a church, a doctor, a lawyer, a drugstore, two blacksmiths, two livery stables, two butcher shops, two bakeries, a hotel, five general stores, a jewelry shop, a carpenter, a brickyard, a brewery, and at least four saloons. One of the butcher shops in town was owned by noted frontier lawman John H. Slaughter. The town had a wild and lawless reputation, largely perpetuated by newspapers on the east coast. Noted outlaw Frank Stilwell owned a saloon in Charleston, before selling it to Jacob W. Swart in 1881. In addition, the"
"remained open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week except Sundays and Christmas. Among the anecdotes of the American West, several notable events took place in or outside saloons. One such incident occurred at the Bull's Head in Abilene, Kansas. When the tavern's owner, Phil Coe, outraged the townspeople by painting a bull, complete with an erect penis, or pizzle, on the outside wall of his tavern, Wild Bill Hickok, the marshal at the time, threatened to burn the saloon to the ground if the offending animal was not painted over. Instead, he hired some men to do the"
"legend was that / Like ""el gato"", ""the cat"" / Nine lives had Elfego Baca."" Elfego Baca Elfego Baca (February 10, 1865 – August 27, 1945) was a gunman, lawman, lawyer, and politician in the closing days of the American wild west. Baca was born in Socorro, New Mexico, just before the end of the American Civil War to Francisco and Juana Maria Baca. His family moved to Topeka, Kansas, when he was a young child. Upon his mother’s death in 1880, Baca returned with his father to Belen, New Mexico, where his father became a marshal. In 1884, at"