“Boy Mayor” Ponders Bid For Governor

  • Bartee Haile
    Bartee Haile
Minutes after the armed robbery of the downtown post office on Jan. 14, 1921, Dallas police and irate citizens led by the city’s “Boy Mayor” chased down and captured the perpetrators. After his discharge from World War I military service, Frank Wozencraft hurried home to Dallas in February 1919. The 26 year old army captain had hardly unpacked, when the Citizens Association picked him as its…

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