Fatal Shooting in Abbeville Aboard Freight Train
Conductor C. D. Swink of freight train No. 24 on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad was killed by a white man named Bunnie Brock at Calhoun Falls yard. Brock, arrested and jailed in Abbeville, fired once after a confrontation that began with insults and a fight over fare. Swink, 28, from Woodruff, Spartanburg County, was unmarried and recently assigned to the Anderson branch. Ted Swink, a State League catcher, was his brother.
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Swink
Calhoun Falls
Breck
Brock
Mr. Swink
Effer
Woodruff
Spartanburg County
Anderson
Ted Swink
Spell-bound Mount Pleasants declares a Bryan advocate
March 23 entranced Henry County Democratic Convention by a visitor who praised William J. Bryan as a liberator of the common people and a twentieth century Messiah. The speaker, identified as A T Mc, departed to a storm of cheers after an hour.
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Henry County
William J. Bryan
Quirk, Noted Davenport Attorney, Escapes Mount Pleasant Asylum
Former Davenport attorney Quirk escaped from Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum this morning after being confined for mental health treatment. The escape was reported by local authorities and follows earlier court proceedings.
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Davenport
Mount Pleasant Insane Asylum
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