Sheriff Sweeten Adds Bloodhounds For War On Crime

Athens, Texas
August 10, 1949

When Sheriff Jess Sweeten of Henderson County resumed his 14-year-old career of crime busting after losing the office for two years to an ex-serviceman,
he set about making his area even tougher on criminals.
He recently installed a 2-way radio at the county jail and equipped all sheriff department cars with receiving and sending sets.
Now he is preparing to go even farther.
Sweeten, along with his cow pony, has a new trailer and two bloodhounds that can be carted down the highways at seventy-five miles an hour.
He described his new equipment as "an absolute" necessity on special crimes.

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