County recalls officers who died in the line of duty

Remembering the seven law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in Cherokee County the Commissioners proclaimed National Police Week Ḃaxter Springs Four of the five were killed in the year 1900 or before. Two of the men were shot and killed within a year of each other in Baxter Springs. City Marshal C.M. Taylor, 26, was shot and killed June 29,...

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