Roy Bean not always legendary judge

Roy Bean inherited a California saloon on or about Nov. 22, 1852 after the murder of his oldest brother Joshua. The legendary “Law West of the Pecos” did not just drop out of the sky into Lone Star folklore. For the better part of 40 years, he knocked around the West sponging off his brothers and blowing every chance at success. The youngest of the three Bean boys, Roy was born in Kentucky in…