In the spring of 1931, the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky, were fraught with tension. A bitter miners' strike at the Black Mountain Coal Company had set the stage for a series of violent confrontations. Among the lawmen tasked with keeping the peace was Special Deputy Sheriff Arthur Lee, a male officer of the Harland County Sheriff's Department. On May 5th of that year, he and other deputies were dispatched to the area to handle a clash between striking miners and non-union workers.
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