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The Daily Dispatch: July 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s and depredation upon the people. On a recent occasion a party landed at Cappadocia wharf, and proceeded after midnight to the residences of Jefferson Stubbs, Mr. Barron, and Jefferson Hughes, and took those gentlemen prisoners. Mr. Barron, being roused up at the dead of night, properly determined upon an effort to defend himseMr. Barron, being roused up at the dead of night, properly determined upon an effort to defend himself and keep off the intruders, and with that object in view fired upon them, according to report, with fatal effect, one of the Yankees being killed. The fire was returned, and Mr. Barron received a severe wound, which, it is reported, resulted in his death. Though his act was perfectly justifiable, he would doubtless, had he suMr. Barron received a severe wound, which, it is reported, resulted in his death. Though his act was perfectly justifiable, he would doubtless, had he survived, have met an ignominious fate through the sentence of a drum-head court-martial. Messrs. Stubbs and Hughes were taken to Yorktown, and what became of them subsequently is unknown. The houses of these gentlemen were searched, and at Mr. Stubbs's some papers found connecting him with the sequestration proceedings of the Gov