Charles Cecil

Death by Force

Deputy Sheriff Charles Cecil was a 31-year-old male serving with the Bell County Sheriff’s Department in southeastern Kentucky when his life ended in a burst of gunfire on February 17, 1902. From Pineville, the county seat, he and fellow officers rode out into the rough country near Middlesboro, where rumors of stolen livestock had stirred both anger and anxiety. Several men were believed to be involved in the theft of mules, a serious crime in a region where working animals were essential to ...Read More

Deputy Sheriff Charles Cecil