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Samuel Henry Bailey

Case from Wallins-creek, KY dated Nov 14, 1911

Victim Details

Samuel Henry Bailey

Male

White / Caucasian

Wallins-creek

KY

1911-11-14

47

Samuel

Henry Bailey

06/29/2026

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In the small community of Wallins Creek, Kentucky, a lawman met a violent and untimely end. Deputy Sheriff Samuel Henry Bailey, a male officer with the Harlan County Sheriff's Office, was killed in the line of duty.

On Tuesday, November 14, 1911, Deputy Bailey was tasked with serving an arrest warrant on his own son-in-law. While attempting to carry out this duty in the Wallins Creek area, he was shot. He succumbed to the gunshot wound early the next morning, on Wednesday, November 15, 19 ...
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