Spanish Double Action, .44 Caliber Revolver

G. Cooper Wright, Sheriff of Clay County, Texas from 1889-1895, owned this gun for many years and used it in making countless arrests throughout north Texas. It was given by him to Harrison Schwend in 1895 for his collection as he left office. Schwend would later serve as a Deputy, Town Marshal and Constable in Henrietta in a career in law enforcement that lasted more than 30 years. During Cooper Wright's six years as Sheriff, numerous accounts of heroic deeds performed by him have been recorded. Noted western figure Tex Rickard considered Wright "the gamest man I ever met".