The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-29

his home In the western part Of this,
Irwin county, w. H. Bostwick has re-
sisted two attacks of officers today,
killing two and wounding three
others. He is a white man with a
reputation for fighting proclivities
and has threatened to kill everybody
who comes in range Of his BULLETS.
The local authorities have asked
Gov. Brown for troops to storm the
little house where the desperate man
is hiding.
The Dead.
Those who died under his deadly
fire are:
Chief of Police stave Davis of
Ocilla.
Deputy Sheriff Sheffield of Irwin
county.
The wounded are:
Deputy Sheriff T. c. Bass, arm
broken and shot in the abdomen.
Sheriff j. P. McInnis, slightly in
jured.
Deputy Sheriff Wyatt Tucker
slightly injured.
Lynching threats are heard here
and a crowd Of men is forming that
may not await the coming Of soldiers
Bostwick is we'll armed with rifle
shotgun and pistol and has a good
supply of ammunition. In the house
with him are six of his children.
The first attack on Bostwick's fort
was made at o'clock this afternoon
He was wanted on a misdemeanol
charge and Sheriff McInnis with
Chief Davis and Deputy Sheriffs Bass
and Tucker went to arrest him. When
they came within close range of his
house Bostwick opened fire. Chief
Davis fell dead and Bass was wound.
ed. The officers removed the dead
and wounded and summoned a posse
from Ocilla and Irwinville and sur.
rounded the house. Sheriff McInnis
with Deputies Tucker and Sheffield
led the onslaught and Bostwick killed
Sheffield instantly and wounded the
two others.
He Is still unharmed in his fort
The scene of the two battles Is severa
miles from here and in ~mation 1:
hard to obtain.
All of the children in the hous;
with Bostwick are small and some Of
them are little girls.
1t was stated tonight that Sheriff
Mclnnis Is probably very seriously
shot, as a rifle bullet found its wa,
through his breast in addition to shot
gun wounds.
Information has just come that tn,
troops from Fitzgerald will be her,
just as quickly as they can be mobi
lized and rushed here on a specia
train.
Efforts are being made to burr
Bostwick out OF his house, and it i.
said that after holding their fire unit
II was seen they could accomplish
nothing in that way, the posse begar
firing tonight and that several hun.
dred shots were fired at the house
where Bostwick and his little children
are hidden. IL was hoped this would
draw the barricaded man out of hi.
fort but it had no effect. 1t is not
known yet whether any of the bullet!
found a human mark. 1t is known
that one of the little girls in the
house is i'll.
When Sheriff McInnis fell, Bost-
wick sent one of his little boys out
to pick up the officers pistol where
1t had fallen. The boy came out in
the face Of the posse and picked VI
the pistol. He was allowed to return
unmolested. There probably were
uneXploded cartridges in the cham
bers Of the weapon.
Inc posse is ready 10 save the little
children if the fire drives Bostwicl<
out. He is yet Keeping guard and
shooting whenever any one approaches
the house. Whether the efforts made
TO burn the building viii be success
lul tonight can not be foretold.
IL is stated that several months ago
Bostwick shot his brother-in-Iaw, G.
G. Fields and was arrested charged
with assault with intent To murder.
lie was put under peace bond, II
was stated, and his bondsman told
the Sheriff that he wanted TO be re-
leased from responsibility. on Fri
day a deputy went To Bostwick's house
TO arrest him but Bostwick told him
ne would never submit 20 arrest, that
he would die first.
Then today the sheriff went out
with his deputies To make the arrest
and the battle followed. That he