Edgefield Advertiser

Murder.

A murder was committed in the upper part of this District during the Christmas Holiday: by --- Dozier, upon the body of John Petigru, the circumstances attending which, as we learned then, are as follows: The parties had, some time previous had a quarrel, and on the day of the murder met on the public road, when Dozier, who was somewhat under the influence of liquor; and without any provocation on the part of Petigru; drew his knife and stabbed him in the abdomen, cutting a hole so large that a part of the intestines fell to the ground, which he raised & supported in his hands until he ran to the house of Mr. John McKinney about 150 yards distant. This is the statement of the affair, made by Petigru himself previous to his death (there being no witness present) and concurred in by Dozier who is now confined in the jail of this place. We also learn that Petigru had retreated to the house, he was followed by Dozier, who entered the room where Petigru was lying, with his knife still dripping with blood, and with oath, declared that he had come to finish what he had begun, and was in the act of again stabbing his victim when Petigru told him to go away but he had already killed him; Dozier replied that if that was the case, he was satisfied, and left the house. Petigru lived till the next evening when he expired.

—Camden Journal