Draft:Clint Peoples

Clinton Thomas Peoples (August 5th, 1910 - June 23, 1992) was a Captain in the Texas Rangers.

He was a key figure in the history of Law enforcement in Texas throughout the mid-20th century, being involved in events such as the Billie Sol Estes fraud case, the Maceo brothers gambling case, and the George Parr case, where he was sent by Texas Governor Allan Shivers to investigate Parr for financial crimes.

Early Life
Peoples grew up in Montgomery County, Texas on his family's ranch. He was galvanized into pursuing a career in law enforcement after he witnessed multiple lynchings take place in Montgomery County.

In 1930; the midst of the Great Depression, he became a deputy at the age of twenty when his father introduced him to the Montgomery County Sheriff, Ben Hicks, and he became one of two deputies in the entire county at the time.

Read: Captain Clint Peoples, Texas Ranger - Fifty Years a Lawman ISBN: 0872440559