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On July 24, 1894, Deputy Sheriff Charles M. Cole of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in Alabama was fatally shot while attempting to serve warrants on a father and son implicated in a prior murder. Accompanied by Deputy James Smith, Cole approached the suspects' residence, where both deputies were met with gunfire and killed. The warrants were related to the murder of Deputy Sheriff B. W. Pearce, who had been killed on July 15 during a strike.
Following the shootings, the father an ...Read More
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Charles Cole
Male
Birmingham
AL
1894-07-24
Charles
Cole
12/01/2025
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It's so hard to believe how justice just seemed to slip through the cracks in the case of Deputy She... ...Read More
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