In the late spring of 1905, a dispute in a local restaurant set in motion a chain of events that would lead to the death of a lawman in Ironton, Missouri. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 25th, a young man named William Spaugh caused a disturbance at Rascher's restaurant, annoying customers and physically accosting one of them, William Edgar. After being ejected from the establishment, Spaugh returned to his home in Ironton.
Word of the assault reached Iron County Sheriff John W. Polk, a
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