Crime & Punishment in Guadalupe County

"The famous Whipping Oak can be found on the north side of the square. Face the courthouse to find the iron hook in its trunk. After being sentenced, prisoners were tied here to receive their lashes.
A Hanging Tree stood for decades at the corner in front of the Plaza Hotel. But after the streets were paved with asphalt, rainfall drained into storm sewers and the tree's roots were starved for water. It eventually died. Its pathetic remains were removed to the Los Nogales museum complex." Information from VisitSeguin.com

Guadalupe County Fugitives from Justice - 1878

Jurors in 1891

The "Calaboose"

GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFFS (under construction)

William Tom - 1846

John Files Tom- 1856

William Henry McClaugherty

Phil M. Medlin

Leslie “Pete” Kallies - 1972

EARLY GUADALUPE COUNTY JUDGES

1846-1848 - Michael Erskine	1848-1852 - Jeremiah S. Calvert	1852-1858 - Henley G. Henderson	1858-1860 - Henry Maney
1860-1862 - W.P.H. Douglass	1862-1865 - James McClaugherty	1865-1866 - W.C. Wiseman	1866-1867 - Nathaniel Benton
1867-1868 - D.C. Marsh	1868-1870 - James F. McKee	1870-1874 - Asa J.L. Sowell	1874-1876 - A.B. Moore
1876-1878 - Henry Maney	1878-1884 - W.P.H. Douglass	1884-1888 - J.F. McKee	1888-1894 - James Greenwood
1894-1902 - F.C. Weinert	1902-1904 - James Greenwood	1904-1910 - Harry M. Wurzbach	1910-1914 - James M. Woods
1914-1930 - J.B. Williams	1931-1946 - H.A. Heideke	1947-1952 - Leonard Fleming	1959-1969 - Henry Glenewinke

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