John S. Wright, a 55-year-old White/Caucasian man, was the city marshal of Colville, Washington. On the night of May 27, 1908, he and another officer followed up on an attempted robbery by going to the victim’s home to gather details, a routine step that turned suddenly perilous. Inside that darkened house, the victim’s brother—already shaken by the earlier crime—fired a rifle from a shadowed room, believing intruders were returning. A single shot struck Wright in the neck, leaving him p
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