In the small town of Alexandria, Indiana, a male named Virgil Kirkman, aged 23, met a tragic and untimely end on March 4, 1911. A dedicated Patrolman with the Alexandria Police Department, his death came swiftly and violently in the line of duty while responding to a robbery in progress at the Miller Pawnshop on South Canal Street.
The incident unfolded as one man entered the pawnshop, his face obscured by a red handkerchief, and demanded the day's earnings from the owner. Across the stre
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