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Charles R. Smith

Case from Piedmont, AL dated Oct 29, 1933

Victim Details

Charles R. Smith

Male

White / Caucasian

Piedmont

AL

1933-10-29

51

Charles

R. Smith

06/27/2026

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In the late autumn of 1933, a disturbance call on Piedmont Avenue would tragically cut short the life of Piedmont's Chief of Police, Charles R. Smith, a male veteran of the United States Army who had served his community for five years. On Saturday, October 28, 1933, Chief Smith and Officer Augusta Kimberly were leaving a house they had been called to when they encountered a man brandishing a shotgun. When the Chief inquired what the man was doing, he was met with two blasts from the firearm. ...
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