In the winter of 1908, a dedicated public servant named Owen Ferguson, a 24-year-old male, met a tragic and untimely end on Christmas Day in Atlanta, Georgia. As a Village Marshal, Ferguson was in the course of his duties when he arrested a man for public intoxication outside of a local gambling establishment. While escorting the individual to the village lockup, an unforeseen act of violence cut his life short.
The brother of the man in custody approached Marshal Ferguson from behind and
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