In the early hours of a new year, the life of Patrolman William A. Patterson, a 39-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Gadsden, Alabama. On January 1, 1912, a man that Patterson had arrested earlier in the day for public intoxication carried out a fatal act of vengeance. Having been with the police force for only two months, Patterson was survived by his wife and five children.
The day had started with a routine arrest, but the suspect, upon his release from jail, made a chilling v
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