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Clarence Gist

Case from Carlisle, SC dated May 26, 1907

Victim Details

Clarence Calhoun Gist

Male

Carlisle

SC

1907-05-26

25

Clarence

Gist

06/22/2026

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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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