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    1. Claxton/Hughett feud
    2. HUNTSVILLE, Tenn., June 3.— Esquire Wm. Claxton, of Campbell county, was shot from ambush and killed by some unknown party yesterday afternoon at the foot of Braden mountain. Constable Pollmore, who was with Claxton, is reported to have taken to his heels. The affair, it is understood, grew out of a feud between Claxton and the Hughetts, of that neighborhood. Claxton shot Elsewick Hughett from ambush in the same neighborhood about two months ago. Claxton was indicted and under bond for the murder of Wm. Murphy by lynching, and was under bond for killing Hughett. The Claxtons,it is thought, will acuse Henry Hughett of the killing of Wm. Claxton and more trouble is expected. Source: Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana June 3, 1897

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