The days of the old frontier produced men with legends bigger than the biggest cloudy sky. Who was in the right in the eyes of the law was more than often decided by who had the fastest gun.
John King Fisher from Collin County in Texas. After a not-so-lucky childhood, the hardship after the Civil War forced the family to move north of Austin. By the time he was 15 John had been arrested for horse theft. After his release from jail, he learned the way of a gang of cattle rustlers and gunslingers. He built quickly a network of men dealing in stolen livestock. John Fisher was known for ruthlessness and his fast draw. By 1877, he had been indicted for murder six times and horse theft twice. Luckily those charges were dismissed every time.
From criminal to Sheriff, since Uvalde County officials anxious to get the area under control hired him as deputy. His shady reputation was then valuable, there is no one better to out-think and out-shoot criminals than our Fisher himself. Then ran for the position of sheriff in 1884.
Fisher and his friend Ben Thomson got shot from an ambush opposite a balcony in a vaudeville theater. End of story!
