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Clyde Appling

Case from Northport, AL dated Oct 15, 1935

Victim Details

Clyde Appling

Male

Northport

AL

1935-10-15

28

Clyde

Appling

06/26/2026

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In the autumn of 1935, the community of Northport, Alabama, was rocked by the violent death of one of its own law enforcement officers. Clyde Appling, a 28-year-old male officer with the Northport Police Department, was shot and killed on Tuesday, October 15, 1935. His death was not the result of a confrontation in the line of duty, but rather a calculated act of violence that left a lasting scar on the small Southern town.

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