Campbell-Anderson County TN Archives Obituaries.....Strader, Joseph April 1903
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Powell's Valley Courier   Thursday, April 16, 1903
Killing Near Clinton

Joseph C. Strader, one 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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