Onslow County NcArchives News.....Parricide (Bradham & Bradham) March 16, 1859
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The Raleigh Standard: March 16, 1859 March 16, 1859
The Raleigh Standard: March 16, 1859
        PARRICIDE
   -- A reliable correspondent, writing us from Onslow county, under date of 
the 28th ult., says that on Thursday, the 24th Feb., 1859, STEPHEN P. BRADHAM, 
of that County, killed his father, DANIEL BRADHAM, by striking him over the 
head with a fence rail. On Saturday, the 26th, an inquest was held over the 
body by Coroner ELIJAH MURRILL. The verdict of the jury was in accordance with 
the facts above stated.
     The BRADHAMS, father and son, both citizens and residents of Onslow 
County, lived close together and had been enemies for years, during which time 
they seldom met without a quarrel taking place. It was during one of these 
quarrels that the son, S. P. BRADHAM, seized a fence rail and killed the old 
man with one blow over the head.
     The affair occurred in Richland's District.
     The murderer has not yet been arrested or found, notwithstanding the 
vigilent exertions of SHERIFF HUMPHREY, and it is feared that he may be able 
to elude the officers of the law and made his escape.

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