Garland Globe | 1908-07-25 | Page 2 | Preferred Suicide to Surrender to Posse

I Preferred Suicide to Surrender t Posse, nonton Harbor, Mich. Atigusl Gross, who Tuesday shot and fatally wounded James Kirk, an aged meal pcddlor, for no apparent reason, wai found dead on tho floor of his house when tho posso, which had surrounded surround-ed It last night, forced nu entrance Gross had shot himself during tha night Kirk Is still nllvo but In &fct1b leal condition. During tho night Gross and tho posso frequently exchanged shots. Tho body of Frod Oross, a half brother of August, was nlso found in tho houso by tho officials. It is not yot known whethor ho was killed by shots from tho posso or by his brother, August, or whethor ho committed sill-cldo.