Burt O. Burbank

In the late summer of 1954, a sudden act of violence shattered the peace of the small town of Dewitt, Arkansas. On the evening of September 2nd, City Marshal Burt O. Burbank, a 47-year-old male, was carrying out his duties, responding to a report of a disturbance at a local rooming house. The nature of the call was not unusual for a lawman in a small town, but the events that followed were anything but ordinary.

Upon arriving at the residence, Marshal Burbank approached the front door to ...

City Marshal Burt O. Burbank

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