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The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Murder of a soldier in Memphis, Tenn (search)
: On Sunday afternoon two soldiers of Capt. Jackson's regiment of heavy artillery, now stationed at the fort at the foot of Jefferson street, entered a drinking place near the railroad crossing on the Raleigh road. One of the two, named Owen McCarty, finding that his companion had become helplessly intoxicated, took from him for safe keeping twenty-seven dollars he had about him. Three men who were in the place saw this, and after the soldiers had left the place they went up to them and demanded the money. On being refused by McCarty, one of them with a pistol shot him. The ball struck the heart and death was instantaneous. An attempt was made to take the money from the dead man's pocket, but two mounted soldiers coming up, they fled.--They were pursued, and one of the two, Chas. Philips, was arrested. Another of the party, James Barton, was arrested yesterday morning. The two men were placed in jail. When the circumstances became known there was great excitement among the