In the quiet, early morning hours of Sunday, November 2, 1924, in Attalla, Alabama, the life of 49-year-old male, Chief of Police Henry Ingram, was tragically cut short. While making his rounds at the Attalla Union Railway Station around 6:30 a.m., Chief Ingram encountered two men, Homer Beaird and Ras Latham, who were visibly intoxicated and causing a disturbance near a restaurant.
Acting in his capacity as a law enforcement officer, Chief Ingram proceeded to arrest the two men for
being drunk and disorderly. As he was escorting them to the jail, one of the men, a 24-year-old, produced a gun and shot the police chief. The wound proved to be fatal, and Chief Ingram succumbed to his injuries. He was survived by his wife and four children.
Following the shooting, the 24-year-old killer was apprehended. On January 29, 1925, he was convicted of murder and received a sentence of life in prison. However, the legal journey did not end there. The Alabama Supreme Court later granted him a new trial. In the subsequent trial, he was once again found guilty of murder, but this time the sentence was reduced to 23 years. In a final turn of events, the convicted man was paroled on December 31, 1932.
