Special Deputy John P. Doyle

Special Deputy John Doyle and several other officers were attempting to arrest suspects accused of stealing mules. As they approached Turner's Quarter House Saloon in Middlesboro, they were ambushed by several individuals inside the saloon who had been tipped off that the officers were coming.

As Deputy Sheriff Charlie Cecil approached the saloon to ask the men to surrender, he was shot from his horse and died at the scene. During the gunfight that then erupted, Special Deputy Doyle was also shot. He died several days later.