Chief James H. Durand, aged 56, served as the Chief of Police in Hobson City, Alabama, for a decade. On November 10, 1908, he responded to a woman's complaint about a man harassing her. After addressing the suspect, the man retrieved a pistol, located Chief Durand, and shot him in the back. Chief Durand was transported to a hospital in Anniston, where he remained until his death on January 22, 1909.
The assailant fled and was apprehended in Gulfport, Mississippi, in August 1912. Charged
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