Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Murfree” in article 14 of The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... her husband.
Murfree fired and the ball took effect in the woman's hand.
Young then rushed upon Murfree, and in attempting to wrest the pistol from his hand was shot in the abdomen; he then beat Murfree to death with the pistol.
Young has since died.
Murfree was supposed to be laboring under effects of mania-a-potu.
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