In a tragic turn of events on a summer day in 1907, Constable J.H. Goad, a white male serving the Shelby County Sixth District in Memphis, Tennessee, lost his life in the line of duty. The incident unfolded on June 23rd when a woman, visibly distressed, sought the constable's help at his home. She reported being assaulted by a man named Isam Reed, who had been drinking and attacked her at a friend's house on Hollywood Avenue.
Responding to the woman's plea, Constable Goad proceeded to the
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