Law Enforcement
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Chester Logue was one of about 20 cowboys working cattle on a round-up on the Beauchamp Ranch in 1927. The cowboys started discussing who would run for sheriff in the upcoming election. They decided Chester Logue was the best choice. "It seemed preposterous at the time, but everyone I talked to about it thought I'd make a good sheriff," Logue said in a 1975 newspaper interview.
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The first sheriff of Moore County, W.H. Lewis, had the gun that shot Billy the Kid. Lewis tells the story, "Jim East was part of the Garrett posse who shot the Kid. It was before my time but I heard enough about the killing. The Kid's girl was supposed to have betrayed him. Garrett got in the house when the Kid was asleep and shot him as he lay in bed." East gave the gun to Lewis following one of the elections.
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The Youngers moved from Moore County, then returned in 1917, stayed only a couple of years, then moved to Canyon. According to Windswept Land, Fuqua remained in Dumas and was part of "tales of those days in the 1920's that are as clear and funny as if they happened yesterday."
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Short stories found in 1997 newspaper tell tales of Moore County Sheriffs.
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