On January 2, 1932, a violent confrontation known as the 'Young Brothers Massacre' claimed the life of 28-year-old male Charles Lee 'Charlie' Houser near the small community of Brookline, Missouri. Houser, a patrol driver for the Springfield Police Department, was part of a multi-agency raiding party assembled to apprehend two notorious fugitives, Harry and Jennings Young. The brothers were wanted for a string of crimes, including the 1929 murder of a town marshal and the recent theft of a vehic
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