CHARLES WASHINGTON NEWSOM
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Officer Rank: Night Watchman
Memorial Panel: 47-E: 26
Department: Pittsburg, Texas, P.D.
End of Watch: December 5, 1920
Cause: SHOT
Age: 45
Years of Service:
Description: Night Watchman Charles Newsom was stabbed and shot in a caf? in retaliation for arresting a suspect several days earlier. The crime was committed by two brothers, one of whom killed himself before he could be arrested. The second brother was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder.
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