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Howard Thurman

Case from Colbert, AL dated Dec 13, 1927

Victim Details

Howard Thur

Male

Colbert

AL

1927-12-13

45

Howard

Thurman

06/20/2026

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Howard E. Thurman, a 45-year-old man, was serving as a deputy sheriff in Colbert County, Alabama, when his life ended on December 13, 1927, during a raid on an illicit still in the Sutton Hill district. The accounts available online describe a tense law-enforcement operation in which Thurman and three other deputies moved in on a group of four men at the still, apparently hoping to catch them by surprise. Instead, the confrontation turned deadly almost at once, and the quiet of the rural still s ...
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  • Deputy Sheriff Howard E Thurman, age 45
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    I'm diving into the history of the Colbert County Sheriff's Office and stumbled upon Deputy Howard E... ...Read More
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