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Stealing Children and HorsesaA man, Tbos. Bush, alias Tool q Smith, who has been in the employ of Mr. Jacob Wethiogton, living in Madison county, Fla., decamped a tew nights since with two children, aboy and a girl—the latter only nine♦ *year8 old—two good horses, and some $35 or $40 In money. He made his way through Brooks and Thomas, go-• | ty. Marsha! Brdoks of Boston organ-- I zed a.posse and started in pursuit.— I Being 24 hours behind ihe did not I come up with the ibiei. In the nacanv I time the Sheriff ol Gadsden county I and his deputy were notified. TheyH struck a hot trail near Quincy, and ]** I come up with the man and boy (the ]’ I girl had been left, being exhausted by |• I the long continuous ride) on the banke’ I of the Chattahoochee. Bush showed j• I fight and was shot dead by Mr. Hen- I ’ I ry Oxendine, formerly of this county, I ^ I one of the (Sheriff’s posse. Only $4 II was found on the dead body and the '’ I amount was given some colored men I ‘ I to dig a grave and bury l£e outlaw on I lt;11 the spot where he was killed. 7he |lt; 11 children, who are orphans, have been 11• I returned to Madison county. II Bush was a rascal of the deepest M I dye, concealing his real character I I with the cloak of religion, having I I been preaching in the neighborhood 11 I of Mr. YVethington*s. It is as well, |I perhaps, that his resistance to the ofs I I ficers cut short the tedious process of II the law. I *I We are indebted to Marshal Brooks I { I for tbe above outline of the case I
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Thomasville Times
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Sat, Feb 09, 1884
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