Constable Kerr was part of 2 detachments of officers and a posse who tracked and trapped and escaped criminal native Indian Almighty Voice. He was wanted for cattle rustling and the murder of Sergeant Colin Colebrook in October 1895. Almighty Voice was cornered in a heavily wooded bluff with 2 accomplices. Going-up-in-the-Sky his cousin, and Tupean his brother in law who were also wanted for cattle rustling.
A troop of officers from Regina arrived with a nine pound gun and another troop from Prince Albert arrived with a seven pound gun. Also killed in the shootout was Corporal Charles Hockin. When all the shooting stopped Almighty Voice, Going-up-to-the-Sky, Tupean, and a civilian volunteer Mr. Grundy were dead and several others were wounded.
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Though his obituary in the Perth Courier records his birth at Calabogie, Renfrew Co., his parents were married at Lanark Co. in 1864 and residing at Drummond Twp. in 1871 and both his brother Robert (1872-1888) and sister Clara were both born at Drummond Twp., Lanark Co.
A troop of officers from Regina arrived with a nine pound gun and another troop from Prince Albert arrived with a seven pound gun. Also killed in the shootout was Corporal Charles Hockin. When all the shooting stopped Almighty Voice, Going-up-to-the-Sky, Tupean, and a civilian volunteer Mr. Grundy were dead and several others were wounded.
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#48010981:
Though his obituary in the Perth Courier records his birth at Calabogie, Renfrew Co., his parents were married at Lanark Co. in 1864 and residing at Drummond Twp. in 1871 and both his brother Robert (1872-1888) and sister Clara were both born at Drummond Twp., Lanark Co.
Constable Kerr was part of 2 detachments of officers and a posse who tracked and trapped and escaped criminal native Indian Almighty Voice. He was wanted for cattle rustling and the murder of Sergeant Colin Colebrook in October 1895. Almighty Voice was cornered in a heavily wooded bluff with 2 accomplices. Going-up-in-the-Sky his cousin, and Tupean his brother in law who were also wanted for cattle rustling.
A troop of officers from Regina arrived with a nine pound gun and another troop from Prince Albert arrived with a seven pound gun. Also killed in the shootout was Corporal Charles Hockin. When all the shooting stopped Almighty Voice, Going-up-to-the-Sky, Tupean, and a civilian volunteer Mr. Grundy were dead and several others were wounded.
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#48010981:
Though his obituary in the Perth Courier records his birth at Calabogie, Renfrew Co., his parents were married at Lanark Co. in 1864 and residing at Drummond Twp. in 1871 and both his brother Robert (1872-1888) and sister Clara were both born at Drummond Twp., Lanark Co.
A troop of officers from Regina arrived with a nine pound gun and another troop from Prince Albert arrived with a seven pound gun. Also killed in the shootout was Corporal Charles Hockin. When all the shooting stopped Almighty Voice, Going-up-to-the-Sky, Tupean, and a civilian volunteer Mr. Grundy were dead and several others were wounded.
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#48010981:
Though his obituary in the Perth Courier records his birth at Calabogie, Renfrew Co., his parents were married at Lanark Co. in 1864 and residing at Drummond Twp. in 1871 and both his brother Robert (1872-1888) and sister Clara were both born at Drummond Twp., Lanark Co.
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