It appears that not all Carlins were trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, etc.
Warren Wolff was reading the June 1994 issue of Texas Highways magazine, when he
came across an article about Ernest Carlin, a French-American wool producer and
womanizer who seems to have operated "King Carlin's Ranch" in the
1870's.
Ernest does not appear to be the most honorable guy you've ever met, but this
ignores the more important question: What was Warren, an otherwise upstanding,
responsible type, doing reading a 1994 issue of Texas Highways magazine? <G>
Here's Warren's email note. We have a webpage called "CARLIN
ECCENTRICS,"
located at
http://attorney.carlin.net/carlin-eccentrics.htm. It's a cute page,
but we desperately need some more eccentrics to add to the list! Can anyone
help Warren with his research about Ernest Carlin? You'll also be helping add a
new name to the eccentrics list!
Does the 1880 census for Menard County, TX, show Ernest Carlin (and his wife
and/or mistress)? 115,000 acres isn't what anyone would call a small ranch; is
there any record of "King Carlin's Ranch"?
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----- Original Message -----
From: wwolff <wwolff(a)gateway.net>
To: Fred Carlin <FredCarlin(a)USAF.org>; Velma Bump <delbump(a)jps.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:15 AM
Subject: French playboy: Ernest CARLIN
I am pasting a segmented excerpt from a Texas Highways magazine, dated
June 1994:
Title: Menard County's French Connection.
"Of the profiteers who staked a claim in Menard County in the 19th
century, French expatriate Ernest Carlin stands out as one of the most
colorful.
During the late 1870's, the Fenchman reinged as one of Texas' leading
wool producers on what people called 'King Carlin's Ranche'. Many
wondered why Earnest left Paris ...................... .......For
whatever reason, he bought a 115,000 acre ranch ...............Earnest
even manageed to have his mistress join him at the ranch - until his
wife, Emillie, showed up. The mistress........fled. Apparently Earnest
and Emillie lived well beyond their means, and their West Texas kingdom
began to crumble...............Earnest returned to Europe and died eight
years after he left Texas.......Ever the womanizer, at age 53, Earnest
fell in love with a 22 year old singer named Jane
Hure..............Earnest.......grabbed a revolver and shot himself in
the heart........A few county history books with stories by J. Forrest
Runge.......and N. H. PIERCE trace the few details of Earnest's life and
mention that Emillie later joined a convent and became a nun........"
By Nancy Bishop.
I have attempted to contact the author of this article and to contact Mr
Runge with no success. Does any out there know anything about this
fellow with OUR name??
Regards, Warren A Wolff; 1742 East Foothill Drive; San Bernardino CA
92404-2158; (909) 886-8500; wwolff(a)gateway.net