Son of Daniel Randall and Rachel Margaret Lucas Davis, husband of Lula Viola Shaw.
MARION - George Davis, rural policeman, was killed instantly near here tonight when he was shot in the head by John Page.
The killing occurred in the river swamp a few miles from town, where Mr. Davis, Sheriff Rowell and Jesse Davis, brother to the rural policeman, went to arrest John Page for whom the rural policeman held a warrant for trapping. Seeing the party approaching, Page grabbed his gun and barricaded himself in his house, shooting through a rear window, and killing Mr. Davis instantly.
Further effort to capture Mr. Page was not made because of the darkness and necessity of procuring recruits to effect the arrest.
Mr. Davis was a splendid officer and had served in the capacity of rural policeman for eight years.
He is survived by his widow and four children.
Published in The State, September 1918
MARION - George Davis, rural policeman, was killed instantly near here tonight when he was shot in the head by John Page.
The killing occurred in the river swamp a few miles from town, where Mr. Davis, Sheriff Rowell and Jesse Davis, brother to the rural policeman, went to arrest John Page for whom the rural policeman held a warrant for trapping. Seeing the party approaching, Page grabbed his gun and barricaded himself in his house, shooting through a rear window, and killing Mr. Davis instantly.
Further effort to capture Mr. Page was not made because of the darkness and necessity of procuring recruits to effect the arrest.
Mr. Davis was a splendid officer and had served in the capacity of rural policeman for eight years.
He is survived by his widow and four children.
Published in The State, September 1918
Son of Daniel Randall and Rachel Margaret Lucas Davis, husband of Lula Viola Shaw.
MARION - George Davis, rural policeman, was killed instantly near here tonight when he was shot in the head by John Page.
The killing occurred in the river swamp a few miles from town, where Mr. Davis, Sheriff Rowell and Jesse Davis, brother to the rural policeman, went to arrest John Page for whom the rural policeman held a warrant for trapping. Seeing the party approaching, Page grabbed his gun and barricaded himself in his house, shooting through a rear window, and killing Mr. Davis instantly.
Further effort to capture Mr. Page was not made because of the darkness and necessity of procuring recruits to effect the arrest.
Mr. Davis was a splendid officer and had served in the capacity of rural policeman for eight years.
He is survived by his widow and four children.
Published in The State, September 1918
MARION - George Davis, rural policeman, was killed instantly near here tonight when he was shot in the head by John Page.
The killing occurred in the river swamp a few miles from town, where Mr. Davis, Sheriff Rowell and Jesse Davis, brother to the rural policeman, went to arrest John Page for whom the rural policeman held a warrant for trapping. Seeing the party approaching, Page grabbed his gun and barricaded himself in his house, shooting through a rear window, and killing Mr. Davis instantly.
Further effort to capture Mr. Page was not made because of the darkness and necessity of procuring recruits to effect the arrest.
Mr. Davis was a splendid officer and had served in the capacity of rural policeman for eight years.
He is survived by his widow and four children.
Published in The State, September 1918
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