Daniel Henry Cooper, a 32-year-old man of Caucasian ethnicity, was shot and killed on November 16, 1910, in Kirbyville, Texas. Cooper served as a constable for Jasper County Precinct 3. His death was the result of a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy who had recently lost an election to Cooper.
On the day of his death, Cooper had arrested a subject and needed the key to the county jail. He went to a local pool hall to find the sheriff's deputy and request the key. An argument ensued,
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