Sanford Smith Perryman, a 38-year-old White male, was the chief of police in Sylacauga, Alabama, and the surviving online historical accounts do not describe his death as a mystery so much as a violent clash that unfolded in the open, in the tense atmosphere of Prohibition-era enforcement. The clearest source-backed version says Perryman confronted a local pool hall owner as the man stepped off an afternoon train carrying a suitcase of illegal whiskey. What followed was a gun battle at close ran
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