Thomas Bruce White Sr.

Tom White
Tom White
Born	Thomas Bruce White; March 6, 1881; Oak Hill, Texas
Died	December 21, 1971 (aged 90); El Paso, Texas
Education	Georgetown University
Children	2

Thomas Bruce White Sr. (March 6, 1881 - December 21, 1971), also known as Tom White, was an American law officer and prison warden. He is known for solving the difficult Osage murder case case and later being warden of the Leavenworth prison.

Biography

White was born on March 6, 1881 in Oak Hill, Texas. He indented public schools and visited the University in Georgetown for two years.[1]

During his career he worked as a special agent for the Santa Fe Railway from 1907 to 1917 and later as an FBI agent until 1926. During that time he was in charge of the Houston office and was being made head of the Osage murder investigation where he and his team solved the difficult case.[2]

After the Osage investigation he left the bureau and took charge of the Leavenworth prison up until 1931 when he was seriously injured in an Prison escape attempt.

Afterwards, the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided he should be given a less demanding assignment and transferred him to La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, near El Paso, Texas.[3]

He was in retirement until his death on December 21, 1971.

References

"Thomas Bruce White Sr". www.tshaonline.org. Verdon R. Adams. Retrieved 2021-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Thomas Bruce White Sr. (1881–1971) - Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
Grann, David (2017). Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-385-53424-6. OCLC 953738449.

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[1] "Thomas Bruce White Sr". www.tshaonline.org. Verdon R. Adams. Retrieved 2021-12-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Thomas Bruce White Sr. (1881–1971) - Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.

[3] Grann, David (2017). Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-385-53424-6. OCLC 953738449.