Clark Secrest

"This newly updated and revised edition of Hell's Belles takes the reader on a soundly researched, well-documented, and entertaining journey back to the early days of Denver. Secrest details the evolution of Denver's prostitution, gambling, drug addicts, and corrupt politicians and police who, palms outstretched, allowed it all to happen. Also included is a biography of one of Denver's original police officers, Sam Howe, upon whose crime studies the...

Civil War veteran Sam Howe turned to law enforcement and became a widely known detective on the western frontier. As one of Denver's original twelve policemen, Sam Howe, gained nationwide renown as a chronicler of early crime in this raucous and booming western community. This completed manuscript focuses on the evolution of Denver's prostitution, gambling, narcotic addicts and corrupt politicians and police.