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Harmon Barton Patridge

Case from Bessemer, AL dated Dec 14, 1910

Victim Details

Harmon Barton Patridge

Male

White / Caucasian

Bessemer

AL

1910-12-14

39

Harmon

Barton Patridge

06/25/2026

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In the winter of 1910 in Bessemer, Alabama, a police officer named Harmon Barton Patridge, a 39-year-old male, found himself in a fateful confrontation that would ultimately lead to his death. On the evening of Wednesday, December 14th, Officer Patridge was involved in a raid on a local railroad yard where a craps game was taking place. During the raid, he and a fellow officer successfully apprehended one of the gamblers.

As the two officers were escorting their prisoner to jail, the situ ...
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