Antone J. F. Nolting, a 58-year-old sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, tragically lost his life on January 8, 1909. On that fateful night, Nolting encountered a United States Army soldier on Montgomery Street, near Clay Street. The soldier, heavily intoxicated, was forcing two companions to march at gunpoint. When Sergeant Nolting ordered the soldier to surrender his weapon, the soldier responded by shooting him. Despite Nolting's efforts to disarm the soldier, he was fatally wou
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