FIGHT WITH POLICE.
-—♦ —' — FARMER KILLS TWO MEN. f — l By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. ' New York, Juno 27. An exciting occurrence is reported from Ocilla, Georgia. A farmer named Eostwick was wanted by the police on a. chstrgo of misdemean-* our, and the police and a sheriff's posse went to effecf? liis arrest. Bostwjck refused to submit to arrest, and showed fight. He killed Mr. Dnvis, • chief of police, and also Mr. Sheffield, deputy-sheriff. The man then barricaded himself in his house. Tile police then called upon the militia , for assistance, and the latter stormed j the house. When an entranco was ! effected, Bostwick was found dying from a gunshot wound ho hud received in his first fight with tho police. Ho died lator. Fiyo children were also found in ihe house. They wero injured.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 855, 29 June 1910, Page 5
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