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  • JOHN R. BALLEW
    JOHN R. BALLEW
  • An article titled “Chief of Police Receives Wound In Making Raid” was published in the Nov. 19, 1937, edition of The Memphis Democrat. Photo Courtesy of the Collection of John R. Ballew
    An article titled “Chief of Police Receives Wound In Making Raid” was published in the Nov. 19, 1937, edition of The Memphis Democrat. Photo Courtesy of the Collection of John R. Ballew
    The following is an excerpt from “The Hall County Gangster: Raymond Ballew” by John R. Ballew, available for purchase on Amazon.Sheriff Hill was not a fool. He had rounded up every law enforcement office in Hall County for backup. All five men pulled up in two marked cars and parked in the funeral parking lot. By now, there were 22 cars lined up on both sides of 10th St. to ...

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