Dooly County GaArchives News.....DOOLY SHERIFF SHOT WHILE KILLING SLAYER May 7, 1913
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ATLANTA CONSTITUTION May 7, 1913
TWO MEN DEAD AND THIRD MORTALLY WOUNDED AS A RESULT OF DUELS NEAR VIENNA  
(SPECIAL) TWO MEN ARE DEAD AND A THIRD MORTALLY WOUNDED AS A RESULT OF TWO 
PISTOL BATTLES NEAR HERE TODAY. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WAS BETWEEN OSCAR BLOW AND 
P.P. SANGSTER,THE LATTER BEING KILLED. WHEN SHERIFF BENNETT AND HIS DEPUTIES 
CORNERED BLOW HE OPENED FIRE SHOOTING THE SHERIFF IN THE STOMACH. THE OFFICER 
KILLED BLOW AS HE FELL.  THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING WASNEAR PILKINTON'S 
DISTILLARY, THIS COUNTY. BLOW AND SANGSTER WERE FARMERS AND NEIGHBORS. BAD 
BLOOD HAD EXISTED BETWEEN THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THEY WERE BOTH REPUTED TO 
BE GAME AND MET THIS MORNING TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES. AFTER SLAYING 
SANGSTER, BLOW AT ONCE WENT TO HIS HOME.  WHEN THE SHERIFF CALLED ON HIM TO 
SURRENDER HIS ANSWER WAS A BULLET WHICH KNOCKED THE OFFICER OFF HIS HORSE. THE 
FIRST BULLET THE SHERIFF FIRED STRUCK BLOW'S HEART.   SHERIFF BENNETT IS STILL 
ALIVE ,BUT IS DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. DOOLY SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION THE WORK 
HAS BEEN ADJOURNED BY JUDGE WALTER GEORGE. GROSS EXCITEMENT PREVAILS, ALL THE 
PARTIES CONCERNED BEING PROMINENT AND WELL KNOWN.

Additional Comments:
THIS STORY PUBLISHED IN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM 
LOCAL VERSION. THIS IS A SAD CHAPTER IN DOOLY COUNTY HISTORY.

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