Wicked San Antonio

Mike Cox

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9781439675946
• Edition: 0
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Delve into San Antonio's wicked past, from the lawless lore of the Spanish settlement through the criminal misdeeds of the modern metropolis.

Residents of the Alamo City tolerated scores of cockfighting pits, gambling joints, opium dens, around-the-clock saloons and other places of ill-repute. Some disturbers of San Antonio's peace, like Judge Roy Bean, left town to achieve greater notoriety elsewhere. Others, like the thief who stole the McFarlin diamond, seemed to vanish into thin air. But all of them left a page-turning story behind. Mike Cox catalogues San Antonio's most infamous incidents and miscreants.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface: “The Wickedest City in the Union”
• 1. CSI San Antonio, 1744
• 2. Blood-Soaked Sand
• 3. Santa Anna’s Not-So-Original Sin
• 4. Dark Side of the Alamo
• 5. “I Aim for Your Heart”
• 6. “Lashes Well Laid On…”
• 7. River Nymphs
• 8. For Whom the Bell Tolled
• 9. Big Henry
• 10. Murdered for a Wagonload of Buffalo Meat
• 11. A No-Account Count or Naive Nobleman?
• 12. The Redemption of William Chrysler
• 13. The Missing Six-Shooter
• 14. Law and Order at the Alamo
• 15. Cockfighting
• 16. Mr. Bean, Late of Beanville
• 17. The Story the Old Sheriff Told
• 18. “Where Life Is Lively”
• 19. The Letter of the Law
• 20. A Cowboy for to Be
• 21. Adios, Old Gibbet
• 22. The Lady and Her Valise
• 23. Masher Smashers
• 24. Billie’s Blue Book
• 25. The Ax Man Cometh
• 26. Like Father, Like Son: Part I
• 27. Like Father, Like Son: Part II
• 28. The Three Emmas
• 29. Thirteen Ropes at Dawn
• 30. A Hearse for John Barleycorn
• 31. The Little Gun Shop on Flores Street
• 32. The Gators of Elmendorf
• 33. My Bloody Valentine: A Gangland-Style Hit
• 34. “Doc” Estep and His Atomotrone
• 35. Room 636
• 36. Diamonds Are Forever…Well, Most of the Time
• 37. “Hey, Let’s Hold Up the Train!”
• 38. Gee Whiz, Officer
• Bibliography
• About the Author