I still consult and train in the field today, as well as coaching a football team - albeit a walking one!
I’ve seen it all: armed fugitives, gangsters, paedophiles. I’ve seen the limits of the law stretched and fire fighting with fire. In short order I joined the elite Serious Crime Squad, first as a murder detective, and ultimately an accomplished surveillance expert. I was born in the 50s in Glasgow and spent the early years of my police career across the Highlands and Isles of Scotland. to all the commenters asking about a Funny or Not-So-Serious crime squad, I think you've found your colleagues! I might even come back and do another one of these in the weeks following. If you didn't get a chance to ask something you can always pop in to the livestream on the 7th to ask it. Thanks for the great questions, well wishes for the launch, and interest in my memoir. I'll answer all the questions that haven't been answered yet, over the few hours or so. Sadly I have to head out soon as we've went over the 3 hour mark. UPDATE: Alright everyone, there have been some fantastic questions asked and I'm having a ball. These are difficult days and it's been a heartwarming surprise to see comments from those who decided to place an order. I hope that most of you didn't assume this to be simply a cash grab or self-promotion, as I have truly enjoyed just interacting with you all. I also want to thank anyone again who's sent good luck wishes for my book. I know tensions are high in this climate and hopefully you'll have gained some insight into what it was like to do this job - at least from my own experience. I want to thank you all again for the overwhelmingly positive response. Sorry to anyone who's questions I didn't get to, but I need some sleep. It's available now! You can get it over on Amazon.įINAL UPDATE: Whew, what a day. © Kathy Weiser/ Legends of America, updated February 2020.Ĭopyright © 2022 Legends of America.October 8th 2020: Just wanted to jump back on here for those of you who asked about the e-book. These would later be used as research for two books - The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp and Undercover for Wells Fargo. He was also an extremely meticulous man, who kept a daily diary of his activities and travels, collecting some 27 journals over the years. He was buried at the Boerne Cemetery in Kendall County, Texas.ĭuring his long career as a detective, Dodge was described as an intelligent and determined investigator. Dodge continued to live on his ranch until his death at the age of 84 on December 17, 1938. He retired from Wells Fargo in 1917 and settled down on his ranch.Īfter his first wife died, he remarried a woman named Jessie in 1917 and the couple had a son named Fred James Dodge, Jr. While he and his wife, Patsy, and daughter, Ada, were vacationing in Leon Springs, Texas, they fell in love with the hill country and in 1906, Dodge purchased 2,000 acres, which he called the Dodge Ranch near Boerne, Texas. Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, in the pursuit of the Doolin-Dalton Gang. In December 1890, Dodge went to work “openly” for Wells Fargo in Texas, where he worked on a number of cases, not only in the Lone Star State but also in Oklahoma. Later, Dodge was elected constable of Tombstone, while still working undercover for Wells Fargo, where he solved a number of train and stage robberies. In the end, five of the killers would be legally hanged, and when the sixth man, John Heath, was sentenced to life in prison, a vigilante group descended upon the Tombstone jail, where Heath was being held and lynched him. He and Wyatt remained friends for the rest of their lives.ĭodge was an integral part in the investigation into the “ Bisbee Massacre,” on December 8, 1883, where six desperados left four people dead inside the Goldwater and Castenada Store in Bisbee. Corral and during the Earp Vendetta Ride. The two quickly became good friends and Dodge supported Wyatt and his brothers in their troubles in Tombstone after the Gunfight at the O.K. In December 1879, he was working in Tombstone, Arizona and recommended that Wyatt Earp be hired as a guard and messenger for the stage line.
Frederick “Fred” James Dodge was a Wells Fargo Detective, constable of Tombstone, Arizona, and a Texas cattleman,įred Dodge was born at Spring Valley, California on Augand raised in Sacramento. When he grew up, he went to work as an undercover agent for Wells Fargo, working in California, Nevada, and Arizona.
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