Word: undersheriff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...public reaction probably will be terrible," said Undersheriff Ervin Coling of Racine, Wis. Undersheriff Coling is what motorists call a "tough cop."† Last week he was going ahead with plans to stop passing cars, subject their drivers to quizzes on traffic law. Undersheriff Coling was undismayed by the possibility that motor clubs would route their clients around Racine County. Said he: "I'd be tickled pink if they would." He was also sure that Wisconsin law would back him up: "If anyone doubts the legal ability of a deputy to stop a car, let him keep on going...
There was Three-Fingered Garcia, who could not resist yanking Chinese by their cues before slitting their throats; "Jack William's Ghost," who gave brandy to passengers while he took their riches; Tom Poole, Monterey undersheriff who went bad; Cochise the Apache and his raiding band and, greatest of all, Black Bart...
...stood the Sheriff, to sing the praises of his henchmen. His secretary, who testified that his duties were "nothing in particular," was "a good all-round man." His undersheriff, who banked a mysterious $662,000, and his deputy sheriff, whose political club harbored gamblers, were represented as paragons of officialdom...