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Tillman feud escalates as wife seeks custody ruling
Mrs. B R Tillman Jr filed habeas corpus actions in the South Carolina Supreme Court to compel Senator Tillman and his wife to return her two children and refrain from interference. The petition cites hundreds of affidavits from Edgefield residents alleging brutal treatment by the senator, with a bitter court contest anticipated as lawyers for both sides prepare.
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Columbia
B.R. Tillman, Jr
Supreme Court
B. R. ‘Till
Edgefield
Tillman
Pass & DePass
Columbia Bar
Samuel McGowan Simpkins
Edgefield Bar
J. Williams Tourmond
James H. Tillman
N. G. Gonzalves
Henry Tillman
Greenwood
Shail
Washington
South Carolina
B. R. Tillman
F. W. Pickens
Douschka
United States
M. C. Butler
Senate
Tillmans
Lucy Dugas
Senator Tillman
Amon
Gary
Supreme Bench