In the late summer of 1904, a sense of duty called upon City Marshal William Wesley Rainbolt, a 48-year-old lawman serving the community of Forrest City, Arkansas. On Saturday, August 20th, a report of a man brandishing a pistol set in motion a chain of events that would end in tragedy. Marshal Rainbolt, along with Chief Deputy Sheriff William Murphree of the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office, responded to the call, a task they had likely undertaken countless times before in their commitment t
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