Shot the Man He Was Told to Arrest

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Source Type: Newspaper
Publisher: The Washington Post
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Date of publication: 12/6/1901 0:00
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Transcript:

Shot the Man He Was Told to Arrest. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Dec. 5.-Ben Knox was shot and instantly killed today by Tossie King, who had been authorized to arrest Knox for the alleged killing of Deputy Sheriff Dismukes at Artesia, Miss. Later it developed that Knox was innocent.