In the town of Bainbridge, Georgia, on a Sunday in late October of 1905, the course of several lives would be irrevocably altered. Martin Crawford Stegall, the 45-year-old male Sheriff of Decatur County, found himself in the line of fire while attempting to apprehend a murder suspect. The events of that day, which began with a shooting on Broad Street, would culminate in a tragic and violent end for both the Sheriff and his assailant.
The day's turmoil began when a man shot and killed a w
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