Campbell-Anderson County TN Archives News.....Joseph C. Strader murdered April 16, 1903
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Self Owned April 16, 1903
Killing Near Clinton



Joseph C. Strader, on of the most substantial business men of Clinton and 

Anderson County, member of the livery firm of Wallace & Strader, was found 

murdered by the public roadside six miles south of Clinton Tuesday afternoon 

about 3 o'clock by a passerby.  Life had fled, but the body was yet warm. A 

deep fracture at the base of the skull silently told the tale of an awful crime.

Railroad Foreman Hammond, of the Eubanks, Underwood & Co., railroad camps, is 

now lying in Anderson county jail charged with the deed.

Hammond confessed, but claims he killed Strader as a result of a quarrel in 

self defense. He his his victim with a piece of railing.



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Powell's Valley Courier

LaFollette, Campbell County, Tennessee

Thursday, April 16, 1903

Vol. 1 No. 4 Pg.2

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