The Fairfield Herald

Murderous Affray at Graham's Cross Roads.

On last Saturday night, a white man, residing and engaged in the turpentine business at Graham's Cross Roads, on the Northeastern Railroad was assaulted and so badly wounded by a negro, that but little hope is entertained of his recovery. The two had a misunderstanding in which the negro picked up a brick and struck the white man on the head, felling him to the ground. While the latter was thus lying senseless, the negro went off, and having cut a tough stick and sharpened the point, he returned to the prostrate man and jobbed it into the latter's breast. The point entered between the ribs, just below the heart, inflicting a serious and, it is thought, fatal wound. A physician was called in and afforded every assistance, but he gave it as his opinion that the wound was bleeding internally, and that the wounded man could not live. The negro, seeing what he had done, took to the woods and made his escape. A strong posse went in pursuit of him.-Charleston News.