Polk County GaArchives Obituaries.....Bullock, Sam 1904
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Cedartown Standard, March 3, 1904
Mr. Sam Bullock, was shot and instantly killed Monday afternoon at the home of 
Mr. John Head on the Haralson county line, after having first inflicted s 
severe wound in Mr. Head’s arm. It seems that Sam Bullock and John McAlister, a 
couple of young men of the neighborhood, stopped at Mr. Head’s before noon, and 
remained until after dinner talking with the members of the family. Bullock had 
been drinking, and his cursing became so violent that Mr. Head insisted on his 
leaving. This infuriated Bullock, and he secured possession of the gun of young 
McAlister, who had left home to go hunting. Bullock threatened to kill Head and 
his whole family, and resisted all of McAlister’s attempts to get him away. He 
finally pushed open the door to the room where Head was with his family, and 
thrust his gun against Mr. Head’s body. The latter knocked it away just as it 
was discharged, and received an ugly wound in the arm. Head had meanwhile 
secured his own gun, and as Bullock stepped away to reload, he fired at him, 
the shot entered his head and killing him instantly. It is quite likely that 
Head will have to have his arm amputated as a result of his wound. Sheriff 
Dempsey went at once to the scene of the tragedy, and found the facts as above 
stated. Bullock was a son of Mr. El. Bullock, who was serving as Marshal of 
Rockmart when killed a few years since by Wester a man whom he was trying to 
arrest. 

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