In the late summer of 1931, the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was irrevocably marked by a violent encounter that resulted in the death of one of its own. William A. Bourland, a 51-year-old White male and a Captain with the Fort Smith Police Department, lost his life in the line of duty on the night of September 2, 1931. The events of that evening began to unfold after three men committed an armed robbery at a service station in the nearby town of Spiro, Oklahoma.
Later that night, around
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