CHARLIE A BATTS
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Officer Rank: Jailer
Memorial Panel: 40-W: 25
Department: Bastrop County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: April 22, 1879
Cause: ELEC
Age: 17
Years of Service: 1
Description: While on guard duty at the Bastrop County Jail, Jailer Batts, two other men and a boy were struck by lightning. Jailer Batts was fatally injured while the other three individuals received minor burns. Jailer Batts was pronounced dead at the scene.
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