REVOLVER

Description: REVOLVER IS 22. CAL REPLICA OF OLD WEST FIREARM.REVOLVER HAS WHITE BAKELITE IMITATION DEER HORN GRIPS WITH MOLDED GROOVES AND BROWN PAINTED GROOVES. BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE HAS SPRING LOADED EJECTOR ROD AND REVOLVER IS SINGLE ACTION ONLY. STAMPED INTO LEFT SIDE OF BARREL IS "CAL. .22 L.R." AND STAMPED INTO FRAME ON RIGHT SIDE BELOW CYLINDER IS SPREAD WINGED CREATURE WITH "N" BELOW, A ROUND BOTTOM SHIELD WITH CRISS-CROSS PATTERN AND A SECOND SHIELD WITH "67" IN IT. STAMPED ON BUTT OF REVOLVER IS "TEXAS SCOUT". STAMPED ON BOTTOM OF FRAME IN FRONT OF TRIGGER IS "241888" AND ALONG BOTTOM OF BARREL IS "GERMANY" AND "241888". LEFT SIDE OF BARREL AND CYLINDER ALSO ARE STAMPED WITH WINGED CREATURE AND "N" BELOW.

History: FRANK JAMES BATHGATE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE AND GREW UP IN THE PARK LAKE AREA. HE APPLIED TO THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE IN 1951 AND WAS APPOINTED CONSTABLE ON JANUARY 14, 1953. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING SERGEANT IN 1960, AND IN 1967 PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG SECTION OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE. IN 1971 FRANK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES IN THE DRUG UNIT. ACCORDING TO ONE DOCUMENT (PERM RECORD), HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF CANADA, WHICH DEALS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IN JUNE OF 1978 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR, AND TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE UNIFORMED PATROL DIVISION. IN AUGUST OF 1979 BATHGATE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT AND FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE. HE HELD THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. FRANK BATHGATE PASSED AWAY IN 1996. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE IN MR. BATHGATE'S NAME CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE.