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Fort Mill Times
Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina
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In Lancaster County, SC, Constable Hall shot and killed Jim Reid, a Black man resisting arrest for unpaid taxes with an axe; Reid's body lay unburied for days until the Black community intervened to prevent it from being left in a field.
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Fort Mill, Dec. 29. -The body of the negro Jim Reid, who was killed by Constable Hall a few miles east of here in Lancaster county a few days ago, lay for several days unburied, the negroes refusing to have anything to do with it. Finally they gave in and took charge of it when they found out that the remains were to be deposited in a field nearby. Reid resisted arrest with an axe and was shot through the heart. His offense was moving to Mecklenburg county and leaving some unpaid taxes. He was caught on the Bailes place, where the tragedy occurred Charlotte Chronicle.
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Lancaster County
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A Few Days Ago
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jim reid shot through the heart; body lay unburied for several days before negroes took charge and buried it
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Jim Reid resisted arrest with an axe for unpaid taxes after moving to Mecklenburg county and was killed by Constable Hall on the Bailes place; his body was left exposed as negroes initially refused to handle it, fearing it would be dumped in a nearby field