William A. "Bill" Fanning was a male law-enforcement officer serving as chief of the Coopers Police Department in Coopers, West Virginia, when a confrontation on August 26, 1902, set in motion the events that ended with his murder. Fanning had been chief for only about six months. Earlier that day, he arrested a man who was wanted for violating an injunction and began escorting the prisoner to jail. During the trip, the prisoner suddenly made a movement that Fanning interpreted as an attempt to ...
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