Keith

Joe Keith, a male town marshal in Childersburg, Alabama, died on June 28, 1890, after a violent encounter that began as a public disturbance and ended in a fatal shooting.

Online accounts describe a tense afternoon in town that boiled over when a group of four men—described in period reporting as “coaling men”—spent hours in Childersburg and then tore down the main street in a buggy, handling their horses recklessly while firing pistols. The chaos drew attention quickly, and Keit ...

Town Marshal Joe Keith