Hamp Waller
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.