Alfred Allee
(1855-1896)
Born in Dewitt Co., Allee was named deputy sheriff of Karnes Co. as an adult. It was reported he shot a robbery suspect but some said it was murder, Allee settling an old score. Then Allee was made deputy sheriff of Frio Co. where he and another deputy, named Rhodes, argued over who was faster on the draw. Both men drew, opened fire and four bullets found their way to Rhodes' heart. Again Allee was acquitted of murder when witnesses claimed Rhodes drew first.
In September 1888, Allee was assigned to track down Brack Cornett, train and bank robber. Though Cornett had out-run the Texas Rangers, Allee caught up with him as the outlaw headed for Arizona. Guns drawn, the two men gallopped their horses toward one another, Cornett shot dead from the saddle.
Allee was killed in Laredo on August 19, 1896, when he was stabbed in a barroom brawl.