In the summer of 1905, a dedicated lawman named Dolphus Simeon Putman, a male Deputy Constable with the Jefferson County Constable's Office, met a violent and untimely end. His death occurred on July 15, 1905, in the mining community near Littleton, Alabama, a place bustling with the activity of the Banner mines. Putman, who was born on October 30, 1881, was attempting to serve a misdemeanor warrant for the use of abusive language.
The suspect he sought to bring to justice had reportedly
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