In the rugged terrain of Black Mountain, near the Virginia-Kentucky border, the life of Stonega Chief of Police James King was tragically cut short on July 24, 1903. A male, King was in the process of serving an arrest warrant to a known moonshiner at his residence.
Upon confronting the suspect, Chief King granted the man's request to go back inside his house to retrieve his shoes. However, upon re-emerging from his home, the suspect was armed and immediately fired upon the unsuspecting p
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