David Tyus

In the late summer of 1907, a tragedy unfolded in the small town of Cairo, Georgia, that would claim the life of a dedicated lawman. David W. 'Doc' Tyus, a 57-year-old male serving as the Sheriff of Grady County, succumbed to a gunshot wound he had sustained several days earlier. The fatal injury occurred while Sheriff Tyus was attempting to serve a warrant. His tenure with the agency had been a mere two years before his untimely death on August 21, 1907.

The ensuing manhunt for the sheri ...