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No Deputy
for Gadsden, Alabama...on
January 9, 1917, Assistant Attorney General Samuel Graham
advised Congressman J.L. Bennett of Alabama that the
Department would not assign a deputy to Gadsden to
investigate alleged violations of the new Internal Revenue
laws, as those duties fell to Internal Revenue Collectors.
Deputies could only make arrests “after the Internal Revenue
officials have made the complaint and had the warrant sworn
out.”
First
Federal Law Enforcement Officer Killed in the Line of Duty...on
January 11, 1794, when U.S. Marshal Robert Forsyth of the
District of Georgia was shot attempting to execute civil
process. A former Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Marshal
Forsyth left behind a widow and two sons-one of which was
John Forsyth, Governor of Georgia and U.S. Secretary of
State. |
