In the late hours of a Sunday night in Ripley, Tennessee, on October 28, 1906, Deputy Sheriff Hinton Sasely was on duty with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office. He and several other deputies were approaching a residence with the intention of raiding an illegal gambling operation that was taking place inside. As the lawmen neared the house just before midnight, their presence was detected by those within.
Suddenly, one of the men inside the home brandished a firearm and opened fire on
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