In the summer of 1915, the life of Sheriff Sam D. Mauldin of Mississippi County, Arkansas, came to a violent end during a raid on an illicit establishment. On the fateful day of Saturday, July 31st, Sheriff Mauldin, a male lawman, led a posse of officers to a "blind tiger," an illegal liquor joint, operating on Island 37 in the Mississippi River. The island's jurisdiction was a point of contention, with both Arkansas and Tennessee claiming authority over the land. This dispute would prove to hav
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