In Carlisle, South Carolina, a tragic sequence of events unfolded on Sunday, May 26, 1907, involving 25-year-old White Town Marshal Clarence Calhoun Gist. During the course of his duties that day, Marshal Gist had intervened to maintain order at a local ball game where an individual was causing a disturbance. He successfully took the man into custody and transported him to the town lock-up, securing him in a cell to await further legal processing. The arrest appeared routine, but the situation e
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