Dooly County GaArchives Obituaries.....P.P. Sangster May 7 1913
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The Butler Herald, May 13, 1913
The Butler Herald
Tuesday, May 13, 1913
Page One

Three Men Are Dead In Dooly County Tragedy

P.P. Sangster Killed by Oscar Blow.  Blow and Sheriff Bennett Both Die From 
Wounds In Gun Battle

Vienna, May 20* – 

Two men are dead and the sheriff of Dooly County lies with his intestines 
pierced five times by a bullet as a result of tragic series of shooting events 
Wednesday.

The dead: P.P. Sangster, Oscar Blow, Sheriff Bennett

Early Wednesday morning Oscar Blow shot and killed P.P. Sangster, both planters 
of this county.  As soon as he killed Sangster, Blow unhitched Sangster’s horse 
from his buggy and rode the animal to his father’s home.  About an hour later 
Sheriff Bennett,, accompanied by E.C. Taylor and B.F. Cason, followed him in an 
automobile.

The party overtook Blow just as he reached home.  Blow dismounted from his 
horse and using the animal as a shield, began firing under its stomach at the 
sheriff’s party.  Two bullets hit the sheriff, one in the thigh and the other 
in the abdomen.

Sheriff Bennett returned the fire, emptying his revolver at Blow and killing 
him instantly.

The shooting was the outcome of a suit between Blow and Sangster in regard to 
Sangster’s daughter.  The suit was to have been tried in Dooly Superior Court 
the same day and the two men were on their way here.  They were trying to reach 
some agreement when Blow became angry and shot Sangster six times, killing him 
instantly.

It is said that Blow had agreed to marry the daughter of Sangster while they 
were here, but the terms were not satisfactory to Blow, apparently, and it is 
believed that this lead to the shooting of Sangster by Blow.

Sheriff Bennett died Friday night.  His death made the third victim of 
Wednesday’s tragedy.

Sheriff Bennett was loved by all who knew him in Vienna and Dooly County 
generally, and his death has caused a shadow to pass over the whole section.



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