Background
Saint Clair-Abrams was born September 1865, in Georgia to Alexander Saint Clair-Abrams and his wife Joanna.
Saint Clair-Abrams was born September 1865, in Georgia to Alexander Saint Clair-Abrams and his wife Joanna.
In addition to being a lawyer, Saint Clair-Abrams was also the editor of the Tavares Herald
In 1896 Saint Clair-Abrams was running for the Florida legislature as an anti railroad candidate. Saint Clair-Abrams was defeated in his election, and he believed that West. Bailey Tucker of the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad had brought about his defeat by unfair means. On July 26, 1896 Saint Clair-Abrams went to Tucker"s home, confronted him and shot him in the head with a shotgun loaded with buckshot.
Initially it was believed that Saint Clair-Abrams shot Tucker because of Saint Clair-Abrams" anger over the election, however it was later reviled that Saint Clair-Abrams shot Tucker because Tucker was having an affair with Saint Clair-Abrams" wife.
After a long illness, Saint Clair-Abrams died at his home in Tavares, Florida in May 1915. He was buried in Jacksonville, Florida.
