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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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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
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Incident Details
Town Marshal Charles A. Bush is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In GA, 549 of 905 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 60.7 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Charles A. Bush's cause is highlighted.
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.
Weapons Used Against Officers
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