AT BAY.
HOW THE TURKEY CREEK BLACKS DIED. (BY TELEOBAPH—rfiESS ASSOCIATION—COFYEiaiIT.) Perth) September 10. Further dotails of the doings of the police party sent out to arrest a native named Major and three others, charged with the murder of George Fottel and George Davis at a station at Turkey Creek, show that there was ft severe fight between the murderers and the punitive expedition. The natives fought very bravely; Between 150 and 200 shots were exchanged before tho murderers were killed. Tho ringleader (Major) used three rifles and two revolvers, his gin standing by his side loading tho weapons. The gin was shot in the chest. Othor gins state that the murderers were oil their way to murder another white man when they were overtaken by the polico. •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 299, 11 September 1908, Page 7
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128AT BAY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 299, 11 September 1908, Page 7
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