The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-30
SHOT BY POSSE
Georgia Desperate Barricaded in Home,
Receives Many Wounds.
FOUGHT TO THE LAST

...5tsE s--
Ra,ricaded in His Home, with His
~ Six Children Enforced Prisoners,
georgia Desperate" Yields Only
to Superior Numbers.-House En-
tered by Soldiers.
Frantically defiant, even while
the shadows of death closed around
him, and, volley after volley from
the new Springfield rifles OF TWO
State militia companies made
seive of the walls of his humble
home, w. H. Bostwick, a white
desperate at Irwinville, Ga, VINO
observed his last Sunday on ear1n
by the murder Of two officers Oh
the law and the serious woundlng
of three others, paid the penalty OF
death shortly after O'Clock Mon-
day morning. He succumbed to ma
nv wounds received from the volleys
fired into the building early DUR
ing the night by g. mob OF lnlur-
lated citizens or from those OF the
military, which began an attack al
fer four O'Clock Monday morning
Almost at the same moment Sher-
if ]. P. McInis of Irwin County, VINO
was wounded Sunday, while making
a desperate attempt to remove a
wounded fellow officer from the
deadly fire of Bostwick, expired. Jas.
Gill, another officer, was ADD
ed to the list Of wounded during the
early fusilade Monday morning
but it is believed he will recover.
Surrounded by his six little
shildren, whom he held prisoners
almost to the end of the seige, Bost-
wick. who had declared his inten-
tion of dying rather than submit
to arrest on the charge Of attempt
ing to murder his brother-ln-laW'
fought the battle to the last ditch.
Knowing that death was near tne
desperate man finally allowed the
fear stricken children to leave the
house. However, after they were
under the protection of the mill
tary officers, they refused 20 talk OF
the events of the night.
Capt. Chas. A. Delang, command
ing the Fitzgerald Guards, de-
scrihed the uneven battle OF one
desperate man against an equally
determined host in vivid manner.
Capt. Delang's original Hnstruc-
tions from Adjt. Gen. Scott were 10
await the arrival of the Albany
Guards before taking any steps TO
capture Bostwick.
Upon arriving at Bost"lcK
home, however, he found the mop
in such a temper that he deemed
immediate action absolutely neces-
sary. He first called upon BostwicS
TO surrender, offering him protection
from the mob, but the demand was
stoutly refused, even though accom-
nanied by a threat to take the be-
sieged man dead or alive. The on
Ger then demanded that the children
be allowed to leave the house, fut
Rostwick also refused this demand.
The little ones had spent the entire
night huddled close to the moor
fearing at any moment that they
would be the victim of bullets from
the guns of the enraged people.
Capt. Delang ordered his men TO
fire volley into the roof OF the
house, following which another de-
mand for surrender and release OF
the children was made upon bost-
wick, who replied with shot IRON
one of the three weapons, with "hlch
he was armed. Then came another
yolley from the soldiery, which caus-
ed Bostwick to ask that the lives
of the children be not endangered.
The six children were then per-
mitted to leave the house, anu were
taken in charge by the soldiers. 1ney
would answer no questions. ne
oldest daughter, Jennie, who nad
spent the long night attempting TO
shield the younger children, crleo
because one Of the younger boys mao
been forced to leave the house With
ont his trousers, and the Oldest boy
was Ill.
The children being taken to
place of safety, Capt. Delang again
demanded that Bostwick surrender
but the only reply was shot from
the beseiged man. Then the soldiers
fired a volley into the lower portion
of the house. A moment later OIL
GERS observed that shingle had
been removed from the roof, TINS
nrobably being done by Bostwlck IN
order to fire to better advantage.
A hail of lead was thrown into the
roof, followed by thud, which lnol-
Gated that Bostwick had fallen 10
the floor. Observers then calle2 at
tention to the fact that an object
was seen moving through a hole IN
the floor, and a volley was fired IN
that direction. A rush OF the troops
was then directed, the belief be-
ing that Bostwick had been injured
but this was stopped by a shot from
the building, which struck James