Clay County AlArchives Obituaries.....Hill, Oscar March 16, 1890
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Jacksonville Republican, among others. 
March 16. In Clay County, Alabama, last night Oscar Hill, a prominent farmer, 
died of hydrophobia, suffering the most horrible agony before he died. His death 
was the result of a bite on the finger by a negro several weeks ago. Hill had a 
fight with a negro, who bit one or Hills fingers to the bone, inflicting an ugly 
wound. The finger became inflamed, and finally had been amputated. The swelling 
continued up the arm, and finally that had to be cut off near the shoulder. 
Several days ago, symptoms of hydrophobia developed, and Hill rapidly grew worse 
until he died. The attending physician pronounced it a case of by hydrophobia.... 
The negro Davis is under arrest charged with murder.

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