In the early morning hours of May 26, 1916, a sense of duty called Huntsville Police Officer Frank McKissack to the vicinity of the city's train depot. At 31 years of age, he was a husband and a father to a seven-month-old daughter. While on patrol with a fellow officer, he observed two young men attempting to hop onto an outbound train, a common and dangerous practice.
As the officers moved to intervene, the situation escalated with tragic suddenness. One of the individuals, a 17-year-ol
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