In the summer of 1895, the town of Brewton, Alabama, was gripped by the ever-present threat of a notorious outlaw named Morris Slater, more widely known by his alias, 'Railroad Bill.' Slater, a former turpentine camp worker, had turned to a life of crime, robbing trains and evading capture with a cunning that bordered on the legendary. His exploits had instilled a mix of fear and a strange sort of folk-hero worship throughout southern Alabama and northern Florida. For law enforcement, however, h
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