Constable Jesse Simon Long, aged 38, was shot and killed on April 5, 1909, in Bug Hill Township, North Carolina. Long served as a constable for the Bug Hill Township Constable's Office for four years. On the day of his death, he was in the process of transferring a prisoner to the county jail. The prisoner requested that his restraints be loosened, and as Long complied, the prisoner produced a concealed revolver and fatally shot him. The assailant then fled the scene and was never apprehended.
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