Fugitive slashes stranger at a Hickory train station in 1880; blamed alcohol for bringing him to the gallows
Charley Pearson was a fugitive hiding in Hickory in 1880. While he was drinking, he stabbed a stranger in the arm. The stranger died from his injury days later, and
United States Al Iskandariyah George Feimster Alex Floyd Henry Williams Charley Pearson Joseph Johnston
Source: hickoryrecord.com