In the early morning hours of Friday, January 2, 1903, the town of Olla, Louisiana, was still reeling from a fire that had recently devastated half of the downtown area. Amidst the lingering excitement and chaos, Town Marshal Everett Smith, a 30-year-old male, undertook his duty to maintain order. At approximately 6:00 a.m., he entered a local saloon with the intention of closing the establishment, as its operating license had expired at midnight.
As Marshal Smith stepped inside to enforc
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