These are the stories of the early Fort Worth law enforcement and includes stories of gun battles, murders, bank robbery, lawful executions, lynching, jail escapes, Fort Worth's "Workhouse Prison", and the founding of Klavern 101 of the Ku Klux Klan by members of the Fort Worth Police Department.. Superstition surrounding police badge 13, the police band, and stories of "special officers" are included.
The book also includes a pre-civil service roster of the members of the Fort Worth Police Department from 1873 to 1950.
