In the summer of 1906, the life of 38-year-old Deputy Sheriff William Walker, a White/Caucasian male, was cut short in a violent encounter near Knoxville, Tennessee. On the evening of Saturday, July 14, 1906, Deputy Walker was at his home when a local doctor arrived in distress, reporting that he had just been robbed of his horse and buggy. Walker agreed to accompany the doctor to locate the culprits.
Unbeknownst to the deputy, the men he was about to pursue were already responsible for a
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