Swearengen biography
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M. Wesley Swearingen
Mont Wesley Swearingen (May 20, 1927 Steubenville, Ohio - November 13, 2019 Hemet, California)[1] was an FBI Special Agent from 1951 to 1977. He wrote two books drawn from his experience: FBI Secrets (1995),[2] and To Kill a President(2008), an examination of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Biography
[edit]Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Swearingen served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946.[1] After the war, he used the GI Bill to study at Ohio State University, where he graduated.
He joined the FBI and began his career conducting black bag jobs on Communists in Chicago.[3]
In Kentucky and New York City, he spent years doing serious criminal investigations, which had been his goal in joining the FBI. But Director J. Edgar Hoover had become fixated on the threat in the 1950s and 1960s that he believed was posed by civil rights groups: first because of links to American communists. posed by such grou
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Al Swearengen
Pimp, early entertainment entrepreneur in Deadwood, South Dakota
Al Swearengen | |
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| Born | Ellis Alfred Swearengen (1845-07-08)July 8, 1845 Oskaloosa, Iowa Territory, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 1904(1904-11-15) (aged 59) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Pimp, early entertainment entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Nettie Swearengen (divorced) Two other marriages also ended in divorce[1] |
Ellis Alfred Swearengen (July 8, 1845 – November 15, 1904) was an American pimp and entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, a notorious brothel, in Deadwood, South Dakota, for 22 years during the late 19th century.
Personal life
[edit]Swearengen (sometimes spelled Swearingen, Swearengin, Swearngir, etc.) and his twin brother Lemuel were the eldest two of eight children of Dutch American farmer Daniel J. Swearingen and Keziah "Katie" Montgomery of Oskaloosa, Iowa.[1] Swearengen remained at home well into his adult years and
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Al Swearengen
Infamous Deadwood: Al Swearengen
Ellis Albert “Al” Swearengen was one of Deadwood’s most infamous and brutal citizens. He opened his “Gem Theater” in 1876 as one of the first entertainment venues in town. Swearengen lured desperate women from all around and then bullied and beat them into becoming his prostitutes. The Gem Theater, along with the rest of Deadwood, burned down September 26, 1879. But that didn’t stop Swearengen. He rebuilt the Gem, bigger and better than it was before.
Then in 1894, the Gem burned again when another massive fire destroyed Deadwood’s Main Street business district. Determined to keep his lucrative business alive, Swearengen rebuilt The Gem for a second time. He also formed strategic political alliances that kept him from being a part of any efforts to clean up the rough and tumble town.
In 1899, The Gem Theater catches fire for a third time. When firefighters arrive at the scene they discovered tha