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149th anniversary of the Bank of Columbia robbery By JIM April 29, 2021 marks the 149th anniversary of the Bank of Columbia robbery and the murder of cashier R.A.C. Martin. Decades later, Judge Herschel Clay Baker wrote of his neighbor's death, "Without warning and at his post of duty he was suddenly shot down, and his home was made desolate. At noon on the 29th of April, 1872, he was seated at his mid-day meal with his wife--happy in her love and in the prospects of a prosperous future which seemed to await him. An hour later the assassins had done their bloody work and his faithful wife, crushed and brokenhearted, was weeping over his lifeless body. That night, with the tolling of the bells and with the sincere sorrow of the community, the hearse drove out of town carrying his remains for interment at his old home in Shelby county... This story was posted on 2021-04-30 15:08:10
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