In the summer of 1905, a dedicated lawman's life was cut short on a road near the quiet city limits of Cedar Vale, Kansas. Detective D. F. Calhoun, a 40-year-old man, succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound on July 12, 1905. A resident of Norwood, Missouri, he was working for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad at the time of his death.
The events leading to his untimely demise began with a robbery at the Brittum Hotel in Winfield. A group of travelers had been relieved of their belong
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