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James Dooley

Case from Lewisville, AR dated Aug 11, 1926

Victim Details

James Dooley

Male

White / Caucasian

Lewisville

AR

1926-08-11

James

Dooley

07/22/2026

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In the quiet early hours of a Wednesday morning in August of 1926, a sense of duty called upon Deputy Sheriff James Dooley, a male Caucasian and reportedly one of the most popular officers in Lafayette County, Arkansas. He set out to serve a warrant on a railroad worker named Charles Powell, an African-American man, on charges of beating his wife. Powell was living in a railway car on a sidetrack of the Cotton Belt Railroad, a place that would soon become the scene of a fatal confrontation.
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    I came across this case from 1926 and it's stayed with me all day. The tragic death of Deputy Sherif... ...Read More
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