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The Brunswick News
Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
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In Charleston, SC, a negro suffering from homicidal mania killed one negro and wounded nine persons, including several whites, near Ashley Junction on Saturday afternoon. Sheriff Martin and his posse are searching swamps for the fugitive, causing serious excitement in the area.
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AND WOUNDS NINE
Charleston Officers Scour the Country for Crazy Black.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 21.—Sheriff Martin, his posse and rural policemen are still scouring the country for traces of the negro who Saturday afternoon killed one negro and wounded nine persons, several being whites, near Ashley Junction, seven miles from this city, but thus far the searching parties have struck no important trail.
It is thought by some that the fugitive is concealed in one of the swamps in which the undergrowth is dense. The negro's deeds are charged to homicidal mania, there being no provocation for his use of the shotgun. The outlawry has caused serious excitement in the section where the crimes were committed. The sheriff will use every effort to capture the fugitive.
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Ashley Junction, Near Charleston, S. C.
Event Date
Saturday Afternoon
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killed one negro and wounded nine persons, several being whites
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The negro, charged with homicidal mania and no provocation, used a shotgun to kill one negro and wound nine persons near Ashley Junction. Sheriff Martin, his posse, and rural policemen are scouring the country and swamps for the fugitive, who has not been found. The incident has caused serious excitement in the section.