HUNTER, J.W. – (d. 1916)

Title: Kingsport Tragedy

While working on the Federal Dyestuff and Chemical Co.’s new handsome Club House last Wednesday Walter SCARBOROUGH of Johnson City became involved in a difficulty with J.W. HUNTER of Montezuma, N.C., with the result that SCARBOROUGH struck HUNTER in the head with a pipe wrench, rendering him unconscious. He died six hours later without regaining consciousness. SCARBOROUGH was arrested and was bound over to court without bail.

Source: Kingsport Times, March 25, 1916

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