In the autumn of 1911, a law enforcement tragedy unfolded in the small community of Gibson Station, Virginia, resulting in the death of 21-year-old Deputy Sheriff Oland Collins. On October 3rd, Deputy Collins, a male officer with the Bell County Sheriff's Department from neighboring Kentucky, accompanied his brother, Deputy Sam Collins, the Bell County Sheriff, and the Lee County Sheriff on a mission to serve a warrant. Their objective was to apprehend a woman wanted as a witness in a murder tri
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