New true crime book takes on Frank Smith, aka the Last Gangster in Austin.
Last Gangster in Austin: Frank Smith, Ronnie Earle, and the End of a Junkyard Mafia
These days, Sublett is in Los Angeles. Then again, he and Lois lived there before, from 1987 to 1994, so it's not like it's new territory. Still, he is missed in Austin. Recently, Sublett's interests have turned to the history of organized crime in Austin. In 2015, he wrote, which focused on Timmy Overton and Jerry Ray James, two career criminals with a fondness for bank robbery, smuggling, and prostitution. It was while Sublett was working on this book that he discovered the remarkable story of Frank Hughey Smith, a criminal whose photo you might see under the definition for"larger than life.
While Smith's guilt seemed screamingly obvious, Earle was new on the job and was facing not only a hardened criminal but one with deep ties to the morally gray end of local law enforcement and the ancillary businesses that spring up around it. Smith was also a very public figure and personally popular in certain circles. The ensuing story is fantastic, an often wildly entertaining look at Austin when it really was a bit of an outlaw place.
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