In the early morning hours of April 23, 1901, a tragic event unfolded in Joplin, Missouri, that resulted in the death of 27-year-old Patrolman James Sweeney. Sweeney, a male officer with the Joplin Police Department, was involved in the arrest of a group of seven men described as vagrants in the Kansas City Railroad yards.
Alongside Patrolman Bert Brannon and a third officer, Sweeney was escorting the arrested men to the city jail. As they approached the intersection of Second Street and
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