Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Morris” in article 11 of The Daily Dispatch: December 18, 1860., [Electronic resource]:
...e head with a heavy revolver, knocking him senseless to the floor.
On Morris' recovering, be armed himself and started out after Shannon, when they met, and each fired two shots, one of which, from Morris ' pistol, struck Shannon in the abdomen, from the effects of which he died in half an hour.
Morris surrendered himself to the authorities, and was acquitted by a Justice of the Peace.
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