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Calvin Childs

Case from Mobile, AL dated May 31, 1905

Victim Details

Calvin Childs

Male

Mobile

AL

1905-05-31

35

Calvin

Childs

06/28/2026

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In the late spring of 1905, a dedicated lawman named Calvin Childs, a 35-year-old male deputy with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, met an untimely and violent end. For three years, he had served his community, and on the last day of May, he was tasked with serving a warrant. The subject of the warrant had reportedly been menacing and had made threats to shoot a citizen, creating a volatile and dangerous situation.

Responding to the call, Deputy Childs located the individual. As he app ...
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    Did anyone else find it absolutely tragic how Deputy Childs was just trying to do his job and protec... ...Read More
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