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Several shots were exchanged: the house was riddled with bullets, but the whites did not overtakecapture it. The standoff lasted long into the next morning, when Sarah and Sylvester Carrier were found dead inside the house; several others were wounded, including a child who had been shot in the eye. Two white men, C. P. "Poly" Wilkerson and Henry Andrews, were killed; Wilkerson had kicked in the front door, and Andrews was behind him. At least four white men were wounded, one possibly fatally.<ref>[[#Incident at Rosewood|Jones ''et al.'']], pp. 40–41.</ref><ref group=note>Arnett Doctor, in his interview for the report given to the Florida Board of Regents, claimed that his mother received Christmas cards from Sylvester Carrier until 1964; he was said to have been smuggled out of Rosewood in a coffin and later lived in Texas and Louisiana. His survival was not otherwise documented. ([[#Appendices|Jones ''et al.'', "Appendices"]], pp. 165–166.)</ref> The remaining children in the Carrier house were spirited out the back door into the woods. They crossed dirt roads one at a time, then hid under brush until they had all gathered away from Rosewood.<ref>[[#Incident at Rosewood|Jones ''et al.'']], p. 43.</ref>