John Rainey

Death by Force

In the quiet summer of 1893, in the small town of McCrory, Arkansas, a dedicated man named John Rainey, a male, found his life tragically cut short. On the night of Friday, August 4th, Rainey, who had been deputized to assist in the capture of a wanted man, became a victim of the very lawlessness he sought to quell.

The series of events leading to Rainey's untimely demise began with a burglary at a store in the nearby community of Riverside. The suspect, a nineteen-year-old man named Will ...Read More

Special Deputy Sheriff John Rainey