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Town Marshal

Charles A. Bush

Montezuma Police Department — Montezuma, GA

Felonious

End of Watch October 9, 1910

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice

Incident

Town Marshal Charles Bush was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man on the town's main street.

One suspect was captured at the scene. The other suspect was captured two weeks later by a farmer near Powersville.

Shortly after the farmer delivered the second suspect to authorities in Montezuma a mob of about 100 men seized him and hanged him from a telephone pole in the Flint River Swamp. The mob then went on to Oglethorpe where they seized the other suspect from the Macon County Jail and hanged him beside his accomplice.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Town Marshal Bush served with the Montezuma Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Montezuma community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Town Marshal Bush.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Montezuma Police Department

Location Montezuma, GA

Platform Identity mpd.macon.ga.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 9, 1910

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Town Marshal Charles A. Bush is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

Montezuma Police Department

of 1 officers

100% Felonious

GA — Statewide

548

of 903 officers

60.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles A. Bush's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How Charles A. Bush Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Charles A. Bush is highlighted in Oct.

Jan

1,392

Feb

1,295

Mar

1,373

Apr

1,517

May

1,505

Jun

1,443

Jul

1,587

Aug

1,516

Sep

1,553

Oct

1,371

Nov

1,447

Dec

1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Gun; Unknown type

5,083

Handgun

2,077

Shotgun

922

Officer's handgun

909

Automobile; Alcohol involved

530

Rifle

518