In the early hours of a Friday morning in Mobile, Alabama, the crisp autumn air of October 18, 1929, was shattered by an act of violence that would end the life of a dedicated police officer. Officer William Murphy, a 30-year-old motorcycle officer with the Mobile Police Department, was on duty when he pulled over a speeding vehicle on Broad Street near the intersection with Conti Street. This seemingly routine traffic stop, however, would be his last. The occupants of the car, which was later d
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