In the small town of Donalsonville, Georgia, a confrontation on December 23, 1911, ended in the death of Town Marshal Charles Abner Roberts. The 52-year-old lawman was attempting to arrest a man who had reportedly been threatening a citizen with a pistol.
On the outskirts of town, Marshal Roberts located the suspect and ordered him to get out of his wagon. The man responded by producing a handgun and opening fire on the marshal. As he collapsed from the gunshot wound, Roberts managed to d
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