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John William Woods

Case from Ashley, AR dated Oct 17, 1913

Victim Details

John William Woods

Male

Ashley

AR

1913-10-17

30

John

William Woods

07/21/2026

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John William Woods, a 30-year-old white male, was serving as a deputy sheriff in Ashley County, Arkansas, when his final call took him out to the tracks near White Station on October 17, 1913. He had gone to intercept a man who had walked away from a work crew. In the brief, volatile moments of the encounter, a shot was fired, and Woods fell mortally wounded—his end of watch recorded that Friday, the county’s quiet broken by the sound and the sudden scramble of witnesses and lawmen convergin ...
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