Hamp Waller

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2020-01-31 11:32
Character Key Number: 
3053
Display Name: 
Hamp Waller
Sort Name: 
Waller, Hamp
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

Identified in Light in August as a "countryman" - i.e. a farmer from the county of Yoknapatawpha not the town of Jefferson (90) - Hamp Waller is the first person on the scene of Joanna's murder. Riding to town in a wagon with his family, he finds Joe Brown in the burning house. He also goes inside the house, where he finds Joanna Burden's body and brings it outside.

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