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Alfred Young Allee (September 14, 1905 – January 13, 1987) was the American grandson of Alfred Allee who became sheriff of
Karnes County, Texas Karnes County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,710. Its county seat is Karnes City. The county is named for Henry Karnes, a soldier in the Texas Revolution. The former San Antonio and Aran ...
in 1892. He was born in
La Salle County, Texas La Salle County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,664. Its county seat is Cotulla. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1880. It is named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th-ce ...
and became a Texas Ranger like his father and grandfather.


Early history

In 1926, Alfred was a game warden in
Zavala County, Texas Zavala County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,670. Its county seat is Crystal City, Texas, Crystal City. The county was created in ...
and became a deputy sheriff for the county in 1927.


Texas Rangers

In 1931, Alfred joined the Texas Rangers was a part of Captain Light Townsend's C Company. In 1933, he resigned after Miriam "Ma" Ferguson was elected governor of Texas and became deputy sheriff in
Beeville, Texas Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend Co ...
. Many other Texas Rangers also resigned at this time in protest of corruption from Ma's previous and future term. In 1935, a new governor ( James V. Allred) was elected and Alfred rejoined the Texas Rangers. Alfred ended up serving thirty-seven years as a Texas Ranger.


Reputation

In 1966, Texas farm workers walked off their jobs to protest low pay and poor working conditions. To stop the strikes, the ranch owners called in the Texas Rangers, with Allee serving as captain. After the Rangers used biased enforcement (e.g., dispersing "crowds" of farm workers from the courthouse steps, while allowing other groups to congregate there) and violence, the farm workers brought a lawsuit against them, with Allee as the first-named defendant. The case was eventually heard in the U.S. Supreme Court as ''Allee v. Medrano'' (1974). Delivering the court's decision,
William O. Douglas William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975. Douglas was known for his strong progressive and civil libertari ...
told of a "violent and brutal" arrest led by Allee.


''America's Lost Treasures''

In July 2012, Captain Allee's gun was chosen during the first episode of '' America's Lost Treasures'' as "special recognition for the importance of the artifact in American history, which will be featured in a special exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., coming in 2013."


References

{{Reflist 1905 births 1987 deaths People from Zavala County, Texas People from Beeville, Texas People from La Salle County, Texas Members of the Texas Ranger Division