tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post5873236717799503652..comments2023-07-21T16:06:34.052-05:00Comments on On An Underwood No. 5: Bootleggers & Gangsters: A Day in the Life of Robert E. Howard By Todd B. VickTodd B. Vickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09458339485515819645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-10280794628865638562023-05-30T02:03:17.378-05:002023-05-30T02:03:17.378-05:00I appreciate yer research here . My great uncle wa...I appreciate yer research here . My great uncle was boss Shannon. I heard many stories but just that...fact and fiction rarely align. On a more proverbial note ..I hope folks keep in mind the hard times that were on all u.s. folks and what they did to survive. My grandpa was the only 1 of 3 sons that didn't bootleg and worked/retired from brown n root as a road crew boss. Great uncle Wylie was subdued by the k.k.k. for assaulting his wife and being a bootleggers. Dislocated his jaw,stripped naked and told if the sun shined on his bare ass in the morning he will be hanging by a rope!...hard times...hard peepldocpainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459658092245597959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-58976730739172040812020-08-05T04:46:07.784-05:002020-08-05T04:46:07.784-05:00Great article. Very fun to read when I have read R...Great article. Very fun to read when I have read Robert's and his father's letters. Thanks for all the investigating. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896255983777265213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-7862988736339022402020-08-04T09:18:38.471-05:002020-08-04T09:18:38.471-05:00Hello, Rick.
Thank you for your kind words about...Hello, Rick. <br /><br />Thank you for your kind words about the article, glad you liked it. Also, thanks for the information about the "speakeasy." Based on discussions with the older locals and court documents, I always thought the bootlegging joint was on Thorne's land just outside of town. If there was a speakeasy in the upstairs portion of 110 E.Pecan St., that would place it in the same locale as the building that housed Thorne's cafe, which is quite interesting. It's always nice to hear from locals about my research and articles. Thanks again!Todd B. Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458339485515819645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-33302188843482506312020-08-03T15:25:32.902-05:002020-08-03T15:25:32.902-05:00Todd,
Thank you for your wonderful article. My mot...Todd,<br />Thank you for your wonderful article. My mother lived in Coleman,TX from 1921-1930. Have several relatives buried there, Coleman City Cemetery. She, her mother, father and her mothers brother and wife all lived at 208 W. College Ave. My great uncle & his wife had a clothing store at 211 S. Commercial Ave. According to my great uncle the "speakeasy" was located at the upstairs portion of 110 E.Pecan St. My mother lived in Coleman with her parents until 1930, when my grandfather was killed and her and her mother relocated to Paint Rock TX. She was 11 yrs. of age in 1930. According to my family, Coleman was a rough and tumble place in that time period, much petroleum operations near by in that era and those persons that went with that trade. Thank you for bringing Coleman, a place many have never heard of to the present day in history.I still live not too far south of Coleman today, on the Llano uplift. Todd, thank you again for the opportunity to reminisce the past, best regards, RickYZriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665959470905128651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-83183718240807628742017-11-17T13:10:46.160-06:002017-11-17T13:10:46.160-06:00Thanks, guys. This article was a blast to research...Thanks, guys. This article was a blast to research.Todd B. Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458339485515819645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-1895878151193276772017-11-16T22:19:44.377-06:002017-11-16T22:19:44.377-06:00Todd, this is an excellent bit of sleuthing, and a...Todd, this is an excellent bit of sleuthing, and a great write-up of the speakeasy and the surrounding situation. The whole set of events absolutely speaks to the kind of environment that was rural Texas in these "fast and loose" times. Well done, sir.<br />Mark Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085303208733639998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-54808777072711915292017-11-16T10:01:56.054-06:002017-11-16T10:01:56.054-06:00Great sleuthing, Todd!Great sleuthing, Todd!greyirishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613850313903205301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281203981310562736.post-89093693880661172132017-11-16T09:32:05.120-06:002017-11-16T09:32:05.120-06:00Wonderful! I love all this stuff. Good detective w...Wonderful! I love all this stuff. Good detective work, Todd.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618979758069699557noreply@blogger.com