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The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
occurred on Saturday morning about one o'clock, and Gearing being aroused from his sleep by the noise which they made in the store jumped out of bed and pursued them through the back way of his premises into the street, firing twice at them as they ran, while they wheeled and fired three shots at him in return. The report of the pistols and Gearing's cries of "thief," "fire," "murder," &c, soon waked up the most of the neighbors and many of them turned out to investigate the matter. Capt. Wm E. Foster, residing one square above the scene of the robbery, discovered two negro men running in the direction of his house, and upon their failure to stop when halted, he shot at them.--The fellows returned his fire, but the balls did not take effect. The negroes Daniel and Dick resembled those two which were seen together on the night in question. These facts were substantiated by other witnesses, when the prisoners were remanded to jail for examination before the Hustings Court. There be