In the winter of 1902, a lawman’s dedication to his duty cost him his life. Deputy U.S. Marshal James Holsonback, a 55-year-old white male, was killed near Boaz, Alabama, on January 11th of that year. The events of that fateful day began to unfold when he and his son made an arrest, taking into custody an individual who was operating an illegal distillery. It was a common and often dangerous part of a marshal's work in that era, confronting the illicit moonshining operations that were prevalen
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