GEORGE WOODSUM
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 58-E: 24
Department: Alameda County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: July 19, 1898
Cause: BOMB
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Description: An employee of an explosives company murdered a fellow co-worker, barricaded himself in the building and threatened to blow it up if an attempt was made to arrest him. The standoff continued into the next day. As the deputies approached the building, an explosion shook the site, killing Deputies George Woodsum, Charles White, John Lerri, Gustave Koch and Daniel Cameron.
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