Unnamed Witness 1

Character Key Number: 
2524
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Unnamed Witness 1
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Unnamed Witness 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

The older of the two men who discover Lonnie's body in "Hand upon the Waters" is described as "a man of about forty" (72); his dialect - "Him and Joe" (67), "Yonder's his boat" (69) - indicates that, like most of the story's characters, he's a "country-bred man" (78).