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Prince, his sense of honor and passion provoked, slashed Bailey’s side and throat, killing
him. 50
Other murders occurred in more or less similar fashion. “Another act of violence
within our district—the murder of Joshua Hammond, Jun. Three men, a Father and two
sons, by the name of Green, are implicated in the murder. . .The murder, it is said, grew
out of a gambling spree.” 51 The murderers beat Hammond to death with a fence rail. 52
Britton McClendon was also killed by Felix Hubbard with a knife. 53
However, these murders pale in comparison to the conspicuous nature of the
murders that occurred between 1851 and 1860, involving some of the most successful
and respected families in Edgefield County. The first “melancholy affray” 54 is the
murder of Eldred Glover by Dr. Walker Samuel, a respected doctor in the Village and
later the county coroner. On March 2, 1852, Eldred Glover entered a bar where Dr.
Samuel was and demanded an explanation of a letter that Glover alleged Samuel to have
written. Samuel refused an explanation but challenged Glover to meet him the next
Monday saying “you shall have satisfaction with the weapons of warfare!” After another
50 “The Murder of William Bailey by Tho mas Prince, July 18, 1846,” Edgefield County
Judge of Probate, Coroner’s Book of Inquisitions, 1844-1850; Edgefield Advertiser,
July 22, 1846, ECA.
51 “Another Murder,” Edgefield Advertiser, September 12, 1849, ECA.
52 “The Murder of Joshua Hammond, Jr. by John Green, Jr., and Julius Green,
September 4, 1849,” Edgefield County Judge of Probate, Coroner’s Book of
Inquisitions, 1844-1850; Edgefield Advertiser, September 12, 1849, ECA.
53 “The Murder of Britton McClendon by Felix Hubbard, November 11, 1850,”
Edgefield County Judge of Probate, Coroner’s Book of Inquisitions, 1844-1850, ECA.
54 “Melancholy Affray,” Edgefield Advertiser, March 4, 1852, ECA.
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