Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - Dec., 16, 1920 Constable Is Fatally Shot Hazard. Dec. 16 -- Constable Jas. Duff is in a hospital mortally wounded, according to surgeons. He was shot when Sheriff J.R. Combs attempted to take a pistol, which it is said Duff was handling recklessly from him.