In the rural landscape of Morgan County, Kentucky, a dispute escalated to a fatal conclusion for Constable Doctor 'Dock' Ferguson in the summer of 1902. The 38-year-old male lawman was shot and killed on June 19th of that year on Paint Creek.
The incident began when a young man named George Lyons approached Constable Ferguson with a demand. Lyons claimed that some other men had taken his whiskey and he wanted Ferguson's revolver to pursue them. The constable refused to hand over his weapo
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