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William Bagget

Case from Claxton, GA dated Jan 12, 1910

Victim Details

William Bagget

Male

White / Caucasian

Claxton

GA

1910-01-12

35

William

Bagget

07/16/2026

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William Bagget, a 35-year-old male and the town marshal of Claxton, Georgia, was killed on January 12, 1910, in what began as a routine attempt to stop a reckless speeder and ended in a burst of gunfire at a street corner that the town would remember for generations. Contemporary-style memorial accounts agree on the broad outline: Bagget, the town’s only law officer, moved to arrest a man he had stopped near Railroad Street and South Newton Street, and when he reached for him, the man turned a ...
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