R. P. Bost, Who Abandoned His Wife and Children, Shot to Death in Atlanta Rooming House, Oct. 23, 1926

R.P. Bost Fatally Wounded in Atlanta. . . Former Hickory Man Is Mixed Up in Shooting Scrape in Rooming House

Atlanta, Oct. 22—R. P. Bost, formerly of Hickory, 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. Artie Collins are held without bond in connection with the shooting. Gillespie, charged with the actual shooting, said he fired in self defense.

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Is Alleged to Have Left His Wife and Children

Hickory, Oct. 22—R. P. Bost, who was shot and later died in Atlanta today, was the son of R. L. Bost, formerly of Hickory, but now residing in Statesville with another of his sons. The dead man was thought here to be about 32 years old. Several years ago he was living in Maiden, authorities said, with his wife and several children, but he is alleged to have left them sometime in 1924 and his whereabouts was not known until reports today told of his death in Atlanta.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Oct. 23, 1926

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