Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jeff delves into the 1911 shooting of Lodi business owner Charles Sollars committed by Lodi Sentinel newspaper owner Samuel Axtell in broad daylight in a downtown alley. The shooting occurred after a decades-long feud, for what reasons are not fully known. The straw that broke the camel's back was when a scandalous story concerning Axtell appeared in print on the pages of the Stockton Evening Mail newspaper.

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