The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-12-14
More About the Oconee Murder.
uu{hulid Gbfirier.

1t seldom becomes the province Of any
| journal In South Carolina 10 record o
murder more brutal than that which or.
| CURED near West Union on tho night OF
the I'd instant. Mr.. William John Hun
nicutt. IL worthy citizen Of our county, by
| trade a mechanic and farmer, loft his
| homo. nine miles below Walhalla, last
Saturday and brought TO market three
bales Of cotton. Ile was accompanied hy
his little son, aged ten to twelve years.
After selling hiA cotton and max ing some
settlements he left for home wo presume
| about dark, "a he was seen to pass the
shop nf Mr.. Willis Moore about sevon
o'clock, whore lie had a mule shod He
! was then sober and one mile on his way
homo. About IL o'clock Mt night tho lit
tie hoy arrived ut homo and on going in
30 the house informed the family his
'nther was hurt. His body was found OH
| tho hounds OF the wagon dead, the head
| swinging SO as nearly TO touch tho ground.
| His skull had been fractured by blow
five inches long, which must have pro.
| iuceG death almost instantly. 1t was
| also found that tho little son had been
ing hia skull some three inches. He ro-
| membered but littlo Of the night, but
| claimed bis father was struck by negro
with All axe handle and that he could
! identify him. He stated tho negro asked
his father whore he had been and where
~.
been to wAlhalla and was going home.
| he struck hia father, who said "Get up.
Kit" and never spoke any more. Tho
boy never knew his father was dead and
In anme way got home with tho mules
and wagon.
The murder was evidently committed
for tho purpose of robbery, as his pock-
| othOok WAS gone, while some fruit trees
and other articles were either on tho
wagon or found on the road. 1t Is known
he had some money on his person by the
statement OF persons With whom he traded
just before leaving Walhalla.
Mr.. Hunnicutt leaves helpless family,
youngest an infant Of year or 80 old.
The little son, 1t is said, will die and has
lost all power to talk and recollection of
what he told Sunday morning.
The killing was done, as located by the
statement Of the child and by two pools
OF blood. one from tho father. the other
ground where the child fell, on tho
Schroeder hill, within the incorporate linn !.
its of West Union and within about one
hundred and fifty yards Of the dwelling
Of the late Jacob Schroeder. The murder
whether instigated by Ill feeling or mo-
tives Of robbery did their work zoo
cfectually.
An inquest was held on Sunday, the I'd
Instant, over tho dead body, the jury after
hearing the moagre evidence returning
q verdict that the deceased came 10 bis
death by q blow with a stick or other In
strument In the hands Of person to the
jurors unknown.
since then two negroes, Adolphus
Richardson and Frazier Copeland, have
been arrested on suspicion and ere s::!,
detained IN custody. Whethe, the evil
dence will justify their continued deten-
tion or the issuance of q warrant ngainst
them or either Of them. we are unable to
cay. sits
II ever n case existed which called for
q liberal reward for3Es arrtAt OF the gull.
ty PARTIES this is on8 II efSr . taso' OK.