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The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia. (search)
Murder of a Confederate officer--cold blooded Assassination. --On Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, Lieut. J. O. Withmell, G. S. A., was assassinated in an alley on Cary street, between 14th and 15th streets. The deceased was an English man of highly-respectable position, and is represented to have been a brave and efficient officer. At the earliest stage of the war he commanded a loyal company of soldiers in St. Louis, and resisted the rule of the Yankee Gen. Lyon, (who was afterwards killed at Pen Ridge,) for which he was forced to fly from the city, though not before having exchanged shots with the invaders. The particulars of this cold blooded murder are furnished in the evidence given below at the inquest held over Lieut. W.'s remains at room No. 218 Exchange Hotel, to which place he was carried after receiving the fatal shot. The deceased was the son of an opulent merchant in London, and leaves a wife and child in St. Louis. Charles S. Miller deposed, that six or
The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Resignation of Secretary Randolph. (search)
o the cage, as persons of evil name, fame, and reputation. The men gave the names of Wilson Williams, George Grase, Benedict Howard, John F. Peregey, Edward Lightfoot, John Harrison, and Frank Gillian. The women registered as A. E. Thomas, Mary Jones, Lissy Hodges, Maggie Clark, Lucretia Bywaters, (alias Sue Price,) Sarah Smith, Mary Davis, Emma Marsh, Nellie Porter, and Jenny Barnes. Early Sunday morning the cage being too crowded, most of the prisoners were sent to the city jail. The unfortunate man who was shot was known as Capt. J. O. Withmell, and hailed from Louisville, Ky. After being shot he was carried to his room at the Exchange Hotel, and Dr. Conway called in to attend him. The ball was found to have been received in the back, and was extracted from the surface of the abdomen, having passed through the body. After lingering in great pain for seven hours, Withmell breathed his last about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. An inquest was subsequently held by Coroner Sanxay.
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Yankees advancing on Fredericksburg. (search)
The late murder on Cary street — inefficiency of the police. --The jury of inquest summoned in the case of J. O. Withmell, killed on Cary street, between 14th and 15th streets, Saturday night, met yesterday at room No. 153 Exchange Hotel, at 10 o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, when the following additional testimony was giv to the jury unknown. Afterwards the jury drew up and signed the following paper as an addenda to the verdict: "The jury of inquest in the case of J. O. Withmell, a stranger, assassinated in the city of Richmond, on the night of Saturday, in view of the negligence and inefficiency displayed by policemen, who should hav the once orderly and quiet city. "The jury further resolved, that inasmuch as murder and robbery have become of daily occurrence in this community, as a step towards its suppression, the Mayor be requested to offer a reward of $500 for the detection and arrest of the murderer or murderers of the deceased, J. O. Withmell."
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Courtesies of War. (search)
Tuesday. Daniel Gorman, charged with stealing $74 in C. S. notes from Wm. McFieldy, was called, but the witness not making his appearance, the prisoner was put in jail until the 20th, and the police officers instructed to hunt up McFieldy. The parties, male and female, arrested at the bawdy house of Ann E. Thomas, Cary street, Saturday night, for being of evil name, &c., were sent to jail until Tuesday, the Mayor having determined to hold them as accessories to the murder of Capt. J. O. Withmell, and bail in such a case not being allowed. Patrick Haley was arraigned, charged with aiding and abetting another man in robbing Alpheus F. Daily of two silver watches, valued at $75, the sum of $60 in C. S. Treasury notes, $4 in Virginia notes, and a pocket knife of the value of $10. For want of the requisite witnesses the case was continued until November 20th, and defendant committed to jail. The case against George Drew, charged with stealing $60 from Wm. H. Major twelve
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Shoemaker (search)
ran, being arraigned and the witnesses not answering, he was discharged. Prisoner hauled from Baltimore; but on a former review of the case it was not shown that he fired the fatal shot though present, and in the possession of firearms. He belongs to the Purcell battery, and had been slightly wounded several months since at Mechanicville, in the first of the series of battles around Richmond. Ann Thomas was examined by the Mayor and acquitted of being an accessory to the murder of J. O. Withmell last Saturday night. She was however, required to give bail in $500 for her appearance this day week, when, as the Mayor said, he "would investigate Ann Thomas." She gave bail. Miller and Hiltzheimer, witnesses at the inquest, were recognized to appear and testify at that time. The girls boarding at her house appeared, but were dismissed. Hustings Court--Judge Wm. H. Lyons presiding--Thursday, Nov. 29th.--John Wall was arraigned for trial on the charge of stealing a gold watch fr