The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-28

Killed and three others were injured two
fatally when Central of Georgia freight
train struck touring car near Month
cello this afternoon. The dead
Mrs. A. C. Freeman, Arcadia, Fla.
A. C. Freeman, Jr., Arcadia, Fla.
The injured L. l.. Camp, Arcadia, in
ternally injured, probably fatally; DR., j.
l.. Robie. Monticello, Ga, injured intern
ally. arm broken, probably fatally; A.
c. Freeman. Arcadia. badly injured about
head.
All of the occupants of the car except
DIR. Rooie were on a tour from their
Florida home to the mountains. A stop
made at Monticello to visit relatives
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/ ire broken open and Bostwick was
nnd on the floor, and, although he had
passed the point of resistance, ana could
not even give utterances to his thoughts.
the expression on his features was one Of
death-defying determination. He had
fought the battle of life and death and
had lost but If his super-human courage
failed him once there was no indication
of the fact. Death claimed the desperate
shortly after the final rush of the troops.
lie SdDpdl1 udy tidSCdicS anu t'ic
final battle scene occurred four miles
west of this village and telephone COM
munication was rendered impfacticable
because none of the neighborirg houses
were occupied during the late hours Of
the night and the early morning.
In the crowd that gathered around
the besieged home were the most prom
inent women of the community. They
did not remain at the scene for the
Of. xxrif cipor ad htrt
their hearts went out to the childr en-
who were forcibly confined In the home
There were stern determined faces
In the crowd of fully 500 mothers, many
of whom would have defied the deadly
fire of the Springfields before they
would have allowed one of the children
to be injured. The attitude of the wom-
en- resulted from misunderstanding
of orders issued by Adjutant General
Scott who instructed the two companies
not to fire from a distance ard endan-
ger the children. The misunderstanding
of the orders caused Governor Brown
to become the recipient of many tele-
grams of protest during the day. 1he
messages were sent by individuals,
bodies of citizens and community petit
tions.
Verdict BY -Coroner's Jury
Immediately following Bostwick' S
death coronial jury was empaneled TO
Investigate the tragedy. The verdict
was that Bostwick killed himself in
order to prevent being captured.
Whether he died from self-inflicted
wounds. received the wounds during
the fight with the citizens or sue
cumbed to the fire of the Springfi fields
may never be known.
The children doubtless know whether
N ctr fol thar Was wounded hefora tho
arrival of the soldiery but they would
make no statements on The sub
ject.
The children tonight are scared and
are being cared for by women of the
ghborhood. Mrs. Bostwick and one
child who were forced to leave home
Friday did not go back tonight. "a
Many acts of heroism were recorded
during the bloody siege, most notable
among these being that of Sheriff Nc
1nnis Seeing his deputy, L. c. Bass,
fall and thinking he was mortally
wounded, Sheriff McInnis rushed from
cover and took Bass to place of safety
and in so doing he received the
wound which later caused his death. III
then proceeded to nearby telephone
and. attempted to communicate with
AdJutant General Scott at Atlanta. II
was unable to talk. however, with The
other and in whispers dictated the mes
sage which caused the adjutant gen
eral to order out the troops. Bostwick
literally died with his boots on his feet
and not until his ammunition, whic
he had replenished by forcing one OF
his children to face the fire Of the
mob and take pistol and cartridges
from the body of one of the dead Of
f1cers, was exhausted did he cease FIR
ing.
In almost his last breath he sent
one final shot in the direction of the
invaders.