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Kammerer gives a detailed account of a bloody affair which occurred on the streets of Greenville on May 27, 1830. It seems Dempsey Eason, a saddlemaker, was being verbally abused and physically threatened by John Cherry, a merchant in Greenville. Eason was driven to violence and shot and killed Cherry in the street. Eason was arrested and eventually acquitted at trial for self-defense. Eason turned to drinking, lost his business and ended up living with his sister in Wilson County, NC. She died and he went to the Wilson County Poor House, where he died after a blighted life.
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