...d. Watchman Hicks pursued Edward, who, getting to a secluded part of Council Chamber Hill, turned on the watchman and fired his pistol at him, the ball passing through his coat and grazing his side Mr. Hicks then knocked the prisoner down several times, but the latter finally managed to escape, leaving his coat, pistol, and hat in the hands of the watchman. Some papers in the coat led to his identifica...