JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nathaniel Glover Jr. was leaving his dish-washing job alone on Aug. 27, 1960, when the then-17-year-old walked out into the middle of Ax Handle Saturday in Hemming Park. I had never been that frightened in all my life.Glover would become a pillar of strength and courage, but said he owes it to that moment of fear. He said he still vividly remembers the faces of the men who surrounded him with their ax handles, bats and clubs. Maybe it had to happen to me.Despite what his friends told him, Glover became Floridas first African American sheriff elected since the Reconstruction era. Nat Glover was the sheriff of Jacksonville from 1995 to 2003.