In the small community of Rocky Hill Station, Kentucky, a dedicated lawman met a tragic and untimely end. Town Marshal Lafayette C. Copas, a 47-year-old male, was a figure of authority in the quiet town. His commitment to upholding the law, however, would ultimately cost him his life on a fateful day in the summer of 1908. The events that led to his death began with an arrest, a routine duty for the marshal, but one that would set in motion a devastating chain of events.
On August 8, 1908 ...
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