In the late autumn of 1906, the crisp air of Cowley County, Kansas, carried a sense of duty for Sheriff A.D. Welfelt. A 53-year-old man dedicated to his role as a peace officer, his tenure was marked by a steadfast commitment to justice. That commitment would ultimately lead him down a path that ended in tragedy, not at the hands of a hardened criminal, but through a cruel twist of fate.
The object of Sheriff Welfelt's attention was a man named Louis Bloomfield, a suspect in a murder case
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