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Largely unknown except in a few law enforcement circles, Jelly Bryce was at the forefront of the conflict during America’s gangster era. As an Oklahoma State Game Ranger, Oklahoma City Police Detective, and FBI Agent for over 30 years, Bryce was the man responsible for creating the FBI’s first firearms training program, developing their concealed holster and their fast-draw techniques, and personally training hundreds of their agents. Hired by the FBI without any college, he was involved in 19 shootings in the line of duty and was electronically timed at two-fifths of a second to draw and fire accurately. It was said if a criminal blinked at Jelly Bryce, he died in darkness. If you ever wondered who the anonymous men with badges and guns were who really lived the lives depicted in the movies and on television, this is the story of one of those unique men.

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Historical

Lettres et linguistique

FBI

Biography

Autobiography

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	28 juillet 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781596529991
Langue	English

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Legendary Lawman: The Story of Quick Draw Jelly Bryce

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Table of Contents
Title Page Copyright Page About the Author Abbreviations Acknowledgements Preface I - Dawn In The Last Frontier – Oklahoma Territory II - The Extended Family III - State Game Ranger IV - OCPD V - The Tri-State Terror VI - The Bureau VII - Boss VIII - The Eyes of a Killer IX - Shooter X - The Post-War Bureau XI - Politics-A Lamb in the Hyena’s Lair XII - “Deef” XIII - Twilight XIV - Legacy Epilogue Bibliography Personal Interviews and Correspondence: INDEX
About the Author
After serving more than 30 years with the Oklahoma City Police Department, Ron Owens recently retired as a Captain commanding the Criminal Intelligence Unit. Born in Oklahoma City and a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, he spent his first 18 years on the force as a Patrolman and Detective including 8 years in Homicide, 11 years as a Hostage Negotiator on the Tactical Team and other assignments in Narcotics, Sex Crimes and Forgery.
He is a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, the Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahombres, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the First Families of the Twin Territories.
His first two books, OKLAHOMA JUSTICE, a history of the first century of the OCPD, and OKLAHOMA HEROES, a tribute to slain Oklahoma officers, were also published by Turner Publishing and he contributed to their volume TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
He currently lives in Oklahoma City near his son and new granddaughter.
Abbreviations
ASAC —Assistant Special Agent in Charge. The second-in-command of a FBI field office.
FBI —Federal Bureau of Investigation. The primary investigative law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. Originally, it was the United States Bureau of Investigation from 1909 to 1933. The name was changed to the United States Division of Investigation in the summer of 1933 and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation on July 1, 1935. For the sake of simplicity, this organization is referred to as the FBI throughout this work.
OCPD —Oklahoma City Police Department.
OCSO —Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office.
OHP —Oklahoma Highway Patrol, first organized in 1937.
OP —Office of Preference. The first choice(s) of Field Offices or resident agencies where a FBI agent requests to be stationed.
OSBI —Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the first force of state-commissioned criminal investigators for the state of Oklahoma. Started as the Oklahoma Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation in 1925. Name changed to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in 1957.
OSP —Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma.
OSPOA —Oklahoma Sheriff and Peace Officers Association.
SA —Special Agent, the basic title for agents of the FBI.
SAC —Special Agent in Charge. The top supervisor of a FBI field office.
Acknowledgements
From start to finish, this was an investigation. Only in the movies and on TV are the successful ones done by one person. Unfortunately, there was no screenwriter for this investigation so it, like this book, is non-fiction. As a result, there is plenty of credit and lots of thanks to go around.
To retired FBI Special Agent Don Kyte, thanks for the contacts and three decades of trust and friendship. Yes, Don, it really is a family. Like most, a little dysfunctional at times but still a family. And no, I don’t know why I persist in telling you things you already know except it’s a habit by now.
To Sue Brunts, Secretary of the Retired Police Officers Association of Oklahoma and Hillary Robinette of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, for helping put the word out.
To the late K.O. Rayburn, the Grand Old Man of the Oklahoma Council for Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET), thanks for the contacts. There isn’t a law enforcement officer in the state of Oklahoma today that hasn’t benefited from his efforts and, whether they know it or not, those benefits have been passed down to every citizen in their dealings with law enforcement.
To Delona Sue Bryce, Lila Dawson and Raymon P. Kasbaum, Delf Bryce’s surviving relatives, who assisted me, thanks for helping to humanize and personalize the man. I have tried to do him justice.
To former FBI Special Agents Charlie Brunner, Cary Carlton, John Curtis, Cartha “Deke” DeLoach, Donald V. Eberle and his most gracious wife Jean, Gordon Jackson, Ray Kissiah, Maurice J. Kelly, Jim McGuire, Judge Edwin L. Mechem, Joe Pearson, George Robb, Bertie Sapp, Donald Sloat, Laird K. Smith and Jim Worrell. Thanks for the memories, the networking and your careers in law enforcement. Even those of you who couldn’t help very much, tried. I have never talked or corresponded with a more interesting group of very good men.
I don’t know much about private industry but from my experiences in law enforcement service, it’s usually the civilian support staff including clerks, secretaries, stenographers, technicians and executive assistants who provide the bedrock foundation that keeps the place running while the folks with the badges have all the fun. Thanks to former FBI employees Velma Beyer, Virginia Buckley, Bob Calhoun, Bob Gentry, Doug Hilbert, Pauline McNally, Betty Miller, Dorothy Muirhead, Geneva Newkumet, Kay Orr, Agnes Tichy and Robert Warren for their unique insights into this aspect of the Bryce saga.
To retired OCPD Chief Robert V. Wilder, the late Assistant Chief W.A. “Ace” Williams, the late Major Jack Mullenix, Major Ken Nash, Major J.C. McCrite and his lovely wife Joan (a niece of Smokey Hilbert), the late Captain Gene Goold, Lt. Chris Walker, Lt. Bill Mead, Lt. Don Ayers, Lt. Don Cochran and Sgt. Jack Garrette. If they needed to, the OCPD could field an entire shift of the toughest damned old senior citizens you ever saw.
Thanks for some of the more esoteric assistance to John Bennett, Elmo Black, Steve Black, Ann Bradburn, Bill Buchanan, Ed Clark, Leon Cleary, Bruce Duncan, Bob Graham, Sam Harris, Roy Jinks, Karen Johnson, Leroy Jones, Golden Kennedy, Jarvis Littlefield, Darrell Nightingale, Margaret Evett O’Pry, Nyda Robinson, Lloyd Rosell, Charles Ryan, Linda Stephens, Susie Stephens and Tom Tate.
Also included here are a certain number who requested anonymity which is a shame since some of them provided some of the most interesting information. But I gave you my word and I’ll keep it in perpetuity.
As usual, if there are any inaccuracies, misinterpretations or criticism attached to this work, they are mine alone.

Ron Owens
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 22, 2000
Preface
This book suffers from several shortcomings that I profoundly regret.
I began the research for this book in August of 1999. Unfortunately, that was 93 years after Jelly Bryce was born, 71 years after he joined the Oklahoma City Police Department, 65 years after he joined the FBI, 41 years after he retired and 25 years after his death. This lapse in time is one of the causes for one of those shortcomings. That is also reflected in the fact that most of the people who knew Jelly Bryce personally or worked with or for him are in their eighth or ninth decades now. Time passes, flesh weakens and memories fade. Several of those who assisted me in my research have passed away before this book was published.
Oddly enough, I despised history in my early education and most especially Oklahoma history. Part of that was the rebellion of a headstrong boy against being force-fed certain courses. Another part was uninspiring teachers. I never had a history course or a history teacher who interested me until I was a sophomore in college. By then I was deeply involved in another major course of study that interested me more so the die was cast. I have paid for my late developing interest in history many times over in regrets for missed opportunities.
I deeply regret that during the years 1969-1977, while I was a young patrolman running around the streets of Oklahoma City in a black and white police car, putting bad people in jail and having more fun that I ever deserved, I never took the time to check into my law enforcement heritage. Had I done just a little background into the legacy I had inherited, I could have taken a few hours to drive to Mountain View and talk with Jelly Bryce or to McAlester to talk with Clarence Hurt. I don’t know what makes me think that either of these legendary lawmen would have opened up to a slick-sleeved young patrolman for the sake of posterity but I sure would have liked to have had the opportunity.
Another shortcoming is caused by ingrained reticence. The year after Jelly Bryce’s death, Sanford J. Ungar published a book about the FBI during which he was given unprecedented access to FBI facilities and personnel. In it, he quoted the Assistant Special Agent in charge of a major FBI field office as saying “For me, it would be impossible to be totally candid with you, because for twenty-two years I was taught to be guarded...I don’t think I can be totally candid with anybody, because of my training. I have to be very concerned about what I say...I can’t even be candid with my wife...”
Such was the tradition during the era of J. Edgar Hoover’s directorship of that organization and it is very uniformly exemplified by nearly all who