Alexander S. Smith, 55, male, was a railroad policeman for the Northern Pacific Railroad in Tacoma, Washington. On the afternoon of February 4, 1909, he was working in the company's yards near South 2nd Street when a simmering dispute with his partner flared into violence. The argument, reportedly about a recent freight train robbery, turned physical when the partner struck Smith and shattered his eyeglasses. Smith drew his revolver; the partner ducked behind a wall, and the two men exchanged gu
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