In the autumn of 1907, a story of duty, justice, and violence unfolded in Carroll County, Mississippi, culminating in the death of Sheriff W. C. 'Lum' McDougal. A male nearing his 40th birthday, Sheriff McDougal was a respected figure in his community, having served as the county's tax assessor before being elected sheriff in 1903. On the morning of October 26, 1907, he set out in his buggy to a tenant house about eight miles west of Carrollton on what seemed to be a routine law enforcement matt ...
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