1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgNate Blakesleehttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/nate-blakeslee/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qMDhG3VJD3"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/601-in-memoriam-benny-preston-fisher-1942-2002/">In Memoriam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/601-in-memoriam-benny-preston-fisher-1942-2002/embed/#?secret=qMDhG3VJD3" width="600" height="338" title="“In Memoriam” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="qMDhG3VJD3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Benny Fisher was not a hard man to find. He was the sheriff of Delta County in northeast Texas, the smallest county in the state, so he was never more than twenty miles or so from the sheriff’s department in Cooper. Still, he was not in his office the first time I called, nor could […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402