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Frank Gillespie Said He Shot R.B. Post in Self Defense, Oct. 22, 1926

Former Statesville Man Shot in Atlanta

Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 22 (AP)—R. P. Bost, formerly of Statesville, N.C., died in a local hospital today as a result of wounds received last night in a shooting scrape at a Haynes Street rooming house.

Frank Gillespie and Mrs. Artis Collins are held without bond in connection with the shooting. Gillespie, charged with the actual shooting, said he fired in self defense.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Oct. 22, 1926

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