In the spring of 1907, the city of Saint-Louis, Missouri, would bear witness to a tragedy that would cut short the life of a dedicated public servant. Lemuel Boyce, a 32-year-old man, had made the difficult decision to leave the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department. A widower with a young child to care for, he had weighed the risks of his profession and concluded that his duty to his family outweighed his commitment to the force. March 31, 1907, was slated to be his final day in uniform, a
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