Faded Glory: Dusty Roads Of An FBI Era

(Click any photo several times to enlarge it) This photo in the upper left has made its rounds in the research community. This particular page is taken from a 1954 article about Paul Hansen and others in the FBI retired Agents Society Magazine, "The Grapevine." (Disregard the two photos on the right side page.) Over the years, possibly due to an identity error by newspapers of the day, the Agent in the white hat (upper left) has been identified as SA Ralph Colvin. It's now clear from this article that this Agent is SA Paul Hansen (sometimes seen elsewhere as Hanson.) In December, 1933, a shootout occurred in Shawnee, OK between gangster, Wilbur Underhill and FBI (DOI) Agents and local authorities. The Underhill shootout and the activities of the gang are depicted in Ron Morgan's "The Tri State Terror" found at bookstores. In the photo, standing from left to right are: SA Hansen, Det. Clarence Hurt, SA Kelly Dederick. Kneeling left to right are: SAC Ralph Colvin (now identified independently from photos belonging to SA George Franklin) and Det. "Jelly" Bryce in black hat with Thompson. One year later, Dets. Bryce and Hurt would join the FBI (DOI) and become legendary figures.