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On May 20, 1919, Deputy Sheriff Earl W. Truitt, aged 48, was fatally ambushed near Empire, Alabama. He had been investigating a family suspected of operating multiple illegal stills on their property in the Drummond's Switch area. Anticipating imminent grand jury indictments due to Deputy Truitt's findings, the family's patriarch deceitfully offered to reveal another still's location. During their walk through a field, one of the man's sons shot Deputy Truitt from behind with a shotgun, killing ...Read More
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Earl Truitt
Male
Empire
AL
1919-05-20
48
Earl
Truitt
Yes
11/19/2025
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I was doing some reading on the case of Deputy Earl Truitt's murder, and I can't help but feel for h... ...Read More
11/13/2023
11/13/2023
