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Robert Oscar Sullivan

Case from Hot Springs, AR dated Apr 14, 1924

Victim Details

Robert Oscar Sullivan

Male

White / Caucasian

Hot Springs

AR

1924-04-14

Robert

Oscar Sullivan

07/22/2026

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In the early moments of a Monday, just after midnight had settled over Hot Springs, Arkansas, the life of Chief of Police Robert Oscar Sullivan, a white male, came to an abrupt and violent end on April 14, 1924. Chief Sullivan, who had served with the Hot Springs Police Department for four years, was a man familiar with the town's less savory elements, including a particular traveling gambler with whom he had a history of trouble. Sullivan had, in fact, previously ordered this man to leave town. ...
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