In the small town of Bearden, Arkansas, a long-serving lawman's life came to a tragic and violent end. Marshal Tom Pierce, a 63-year-old man who had dedicated 16 years to the Bearden Police Department, was shot and killed on December 13, 1934. The circumstances leading to his death were as unsettling as the event itself, reportedly stemming from a period of increasingly erratic behavior and signs of what was described as insanity.
On that fateful day, another marshal confronted Pierce. Th
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