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CHIEF G. W. JACKSON |
April 12, 1898 |
| Chief Jackson was serving as the "Night Chief of Police" when he responded to a brawl at a rooming house on West Second Street. While trying to stop the fight, the half drunk men started shooting. Jackson was shot and died two weeks later. A subject was arrested and served time for the killing. It was reported that citizens lined the streets of the procession to Fairlawn Cemetery. |
