William Benjamin Morgan

William Benjamin Morgan, a 41-year-old male city marshal in Sandusky, Alabama, met violence on Monday, September 29, 1913, after what began as a routine assertion of authority. Earlier that day, he had forced a troublesome man out of a local saloon, the kind of public confrontation a small-town marshal was expected to handle without fanfare. But the slight didn’t fade when the door swung shut; it lingered, sharpened, and followed him back into the street.

By the time the gun was raised ...

City Marshal William Benjamin Morgan

Reflections for City Marshal William Benjamin Morgan, Sandusky ...