>"The late shooting Affair."
--Several allusions have been made to the fact of one of the Kentucky volunteers being shot by a comrade, and the effects thereof.
Capt. L. H. Fitzhugh, commanding the
Kentucky Davis Rangers, to which the soldiers were attached, thus explains the circumstances attending the shooting in question:
‘
"The examination of the soldier
G. W. Bowman was not postponed in 'consequence of the absence of a material witness,' nor 'was he sent to jail to await the result of the wound inflicted on
Wilson,' which statements plainly contradict themselves, as either was sufficient without the other to remand him.--Neither were both parties drunk at the time the affair happened —
Wilson alone being intoxicated.
"The
Mayor, after hearing the evidence, concluded he had not jurisdiction in the case, which opinion was confirmed by a consultation with the
Secretary of War.
He therefore turned
Bowman over to his
Captain to be kept under guard until a court martial could be convened to examine into the matter.
"
Bowman was one of a guard detailed by the
Captain to arrest and bring to the camp
W. D. Wilson, (the man who was shot,) and several others who had absented themselves without permission.
When first seen,
Wilson was endeavoring to retain a musket which had been handed him by a soldier to examine.
The soldier threw him from the sidewalk to the street, and tripped him before succeeding in retaking his musket, which it appears he wanted in order to resist the guard.
At this juncture the guard was ordered to take him. One of them advanced and assisted him in rising, when
Bowman advanced towards him. He drew his knife and rushed at him,
Bowman retreating, commanding him at the same time to halt, which
Wilson did not do, when
Bowman fired the shot which
wounded him, from the effects of which he died on Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, July 20th. An inquest was held and a
post mortem examination, the result of which you have doubtless been apprised.
"His remains were encased in a mahogany coffin, zinced on the inside and made air-tight, then escorted to the cars by a large detachment of the Kentucky Battalion, where they were placed in charge of a member of the company, who will accompany them to his parents at
Louisville, Ky.
‘"The above is a statement of the facts of the case."’
’
