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Samuel Ulysses Spence

Case from Bessemer, AL dated Sep 15, 1913

Victim Details

Samuel Ulysses Spence

Male

White / Caucasian

Bessemer

AL

1913-09-15

42

Samuel

Ulysses Spence

Primary Suspect Deceased

06/23/2026

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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 ...
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