Bio & Incident Details
Age: 32
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/13/1906
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Officer Bailey was shot and killed while searching for a suspect who had just murdered Officer Charles Blackstock and three other men without provocation. Officer Bailey ran across the suspect in the street and a gunfight ensued in which Officer Bailey was shot in the head.
When Officer Bailey located the suspect he attempted to take cover behind a utility pole. The suspect's shot went through the pole and struck Officer Bailey. The man fled but was shot and killed in a shootout with a posse two days later in a swamp outside of Asheville.
It was later discovered that the suspect was Will Harris, one of North Carolina's most notorious outlaws. He had escaped from two different chain gangs and had rescently escaped from the state penitentiary in Raleigh where he was serving a sentence for killing a man because he refused to share his whiskey with him. There was a book written about him entitled "The Will Harris Murders", by Bob Terrell.
Officer Bailey was survived by his wife and three children.
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