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News Observer Chronicle
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
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In Birmingham, Ala., on March 17, city convict Chas. Fleming attempted to escape from a street gang, snatched Street Commissioner Burkhalter's pistol, shot the officer and his horse, then fatally shot himself. Burkhalter's wound was not serious; the horse died.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 17.—A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: This forenoon a negro, Chas. Fleming, a city convict attempted to escape from the street gang. Street Commissioner, Burkhalter, overtook him on horseback and ordered him to surrender. The negro snatched the officer's pistol from his hands and fired one ball into Burkhalter and into the horse, and put a third through his own brain, dying instantly. Burkhalter's wound is not serious. The horse died.
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Birmingham, Ala.
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March 17
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chas. fleming died instantly from self-inflicted gunshot wound to the brain. burkhalter wounded but not seriously. horse died from gunshot.
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Chas. Fleming, a negro city convict, attempted to escape from the street gang this forenoon. Street Commissioner Burkhalter overtook him on horseback and ordered him to surrender. Fleming snatched Burkhalter's pistol and fired one ball into Burkhalter, one into the horse, and a third through his own brain.