John J. Brooks facts for kids

John J. Brooks was an American lawman. He served as lieutenant in the service of the Arizona Rangers from 1904 to 1905.

Biography

Brooks was born in Texas. He became an Arizona Ranger after being leaving in the Texas Ranger Division service in 1903, where he served as a private. While serving, Brooks had murdered a Black African in Naco, Arizona for which the Black African had served as the corral boss at a campsite. He killed the Black African after withstanding arrest, shooting two times. Brooks was then advanced to the role of lieutenant in April 1904 of the Arizona Rangers.

In the same year, Brooks and Sergeant Stanford had acquired information about Charles Douglas, a man who used a fake name and was also wanted for which they've both located him at the Silica Station. They had found the wanted man for which after finding him, they were both attacked by him after Brooks had then shot him. He also apprehended a prisoner at a jail in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. In 1905, Brooks had taken the place as "Special Officer" of the El Tigre mine. In one month, he, B. F. Graham and Superintendent Wylie were arrested in the El Tigre mine for which they were guarded in Montezuma, Arizona.

Brooks had a ranch with Doc Moore for which it was located in Montezuma, Arizona, in which he and his family had moved to Douglas, Arizona for safety after hearing about Mexicans, outlaws and Yaquis. In 1907, he was falsely murdered by Mexican outlaws in Chihuahua, Arizona for which it had stated that Brooks was still alive in Naco, Arizona. Harry C. Wheeler who served as the third captain of the Arizona Rangers had heard about the false murder.