John C. Adams

On the morning of March 12, 1910, a male Franklin Parish Sheriff's Deputy, 48-year-old John C. Adams, embarked on what would be his final call to duty. An eight-year veteran of the department, he ventured to a location five miles south of Delhi, Louisiana, with the intention of apprehending a man suspected of horse theft. The routine task of serving a warrant, however, took a grim and unforeseen turn.

As Deputy Adams attempted to make the arrest, the suspect violently resisted, producing ...

Deputy Sheriff J. C. Adams