Samuel Ulysses Spence

In the late summer of 1913 in Bessemer, Alabama, a sequence of events unfolded that would end in the death of a dedicated law enforcement officer. On Sunday, September 14, Detective Samuel Ulysses Spence of the Bessemer Police Department, a 42-year-old male, responded to a disturbance call with a fellow detective at a local establishment known as Paul's Hall.

Upon their arrival, the detectives were met with violence when a subject at the scene opened fire. Detective Spence was struck in t ...

Detective Samuel Ulysses Spence

Reflections for Detective Samuel Ulysses Spence, Bessemer Police ...