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Multiple Local Homicides and Accidents Reported
A sweep of brief items notes a family child’s death after swallowing a grain of corn near Chester. a quarrel in Chester County ends with a shooting and two men jailed. a white man steals about $8 from a negro home near Conway. a negro is killed in his own home near Aiken, with an arrest for a white miller. Capt. Foster’s Union home burns, with major losses but a Washington portrait saved. five Confederate claim reimbursements authorized for losses after surrender. Greenville area magistrate Cox dies after being shot by unknown Negroes, with a pursuit leading to arrests and transfer to the state penitentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News and Courier
Greenville
William J. Cox
Simpsonville
Cox
T. M. Austin
Moore
Gilreath
Hall
Laurens County
D. J
Fletcher
Manning Byrd
Greenville County
Mauldin Station
Jeff Hughes
Spartanburg County
Charleston and Western Carolina
Woodruff
Columbia