In the autumn of 1911, a tragedy unfolded in Bedford County, Tennessee, forever marking the community of Shelbyville. It was on the last day of October that Officer Redden George Purdie, a 55-year-old lawman, met a violent and untimely end. His death was not a random act but a calculated deed of vengeance that also claimed the life of his partner, Officer Charles Henry.
The day had begun as any other for the two officers, who had arrested a man for being drunk and disorderly. After the ma
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