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 On
September 22, 1922, the Lethbridge
Daily Herald
called the murder of Alberta Provincial Police Constable Stephen O.
Lawson in the Crowsnest Pass an event that “stirred the Pass from end to
end.”
 Certainly no
understatement, the crime was
shocking, the consequences tragic, and the public interest
spectacular. After all, there was
a shoot-out, a
 manhunt, a trial and two
executions. The cast included a highly respected police constable, a
notorious bootlegger and his gun-wielding female accomplice.
With all the
ingredients for a sensational trial, the case was and
remains
fascinating for its drama. It also offers a historical
portrait of a turbulent period in Alberta’s past, a time of Prohibition,
anti-foreign sentiment and the only execution of a woman in Alberta’s
history.
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