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Fallen Hammond officer Fred Karlton remembered

For decades, historians considered Marshal James Gordon Anderson, killed in 1933, the first Hammond police officer to die serving the city. However, in 2020, Bayou Justice discovered the 1922 murder of Marshal John Madison Day. And this week, we recount the career of Officer Fred Karlton, including his shotgun death as he served his final warrant in 1917.

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