On a chilly Saturday afternoon in November 1901, Hugh Montgomery, a 25-year-old White male serving as a field deputy for the United States courts, embarked on a mission that would end in tragedy near the small village of Delay in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Accompanied by his brother, Special Deputy John A. Montgomery, he traveled from Oxford to the home of Will Mathis to serve a warrant for illicit distilling. Upon their arrival, Mathis offered no resistance and, feigning hospitality, invite
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