Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Murfree” in article 14 of The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...e 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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