David H. Stiff, 50, male, was a deputy sheriff with the Arkansas County Sheriff�s Office who was shot near England in Lonoke County on September 23, 1895, while attempting to arrest an escapee from the Arkansas County Jail; he succumbed to his wound the following day. Alongside his son-in-law, Deputy Richard Calhoun Harris, Stiff traced the fugitive to a home about three miles from England. When the deputies ordered the man to surrender, the fugitive opened fire, killing Harris instantly and mor
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