[oneolcop]

Back in the late 1950's my next door neighbor was a man named Steve Guthery (Guthrey?). He claimed to be the ex-sheriff of Dallas County, Texas. He told me that he left Dallas to protect his family because his restaurant and home were firebombed by the "mob" in Dallas. He specifically named Jack Ruby, who he claimed was awarded the Dallas territory by the Chicago mob as a reward for his loyal service as Jimmy Hoffa's Teamster Union secretary.

At the time, I had never heard of JFK and of course, he was only beginning his run for the presidency. I have no way to verify the conversation, but I'll bet that someone from Dallas would be able to find out if, in fact Steve Guthrey (sp?) was the sheriff of Dallas in the 1950's and if the story he told me was credible.

[holden]

George Butler was born in Texas in 1907. He joined the Dallas Police Force and in October, 1946, Paul Rowland Jones, an underworld crime boss, contacted Butler and offered him money to help him establish his gambling operation in Dallas. Butler arranged a meeting between Jones and Sheriff Steve Guthrie. Jones offered Guthrie an annual sum of $150,000. This conversation was recorded and Jones was eventually convicted of attempted bribery. Jones appealed his three-year sentence on grounds that he had been entrapped by a well-established corrupt law-enforcement system in Dallas. "

...per JFK article concerning George E. Butler.

HF