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The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tunate accident occurred at the corner of Twelfth and Main streets about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by which Lieutenant B. E. Hawkins, of the Confederate service, was so severely injured that his life is despaired of. Some difficulty having taken place between Lieutenant John J. Furney hough and another person, Furneyhough drew a pistol; whereupon Hawkins, his friend and companion, persuaded him to put up the weapon. In doing so, however, the pistol was discharged, and the ball, after cutting a piece out of Furneyhough's hand, lodged in the abdomen of Lieutenant Hawkins. Justice John F. Regnault, being contiguous to the scene of the accident, took Furney hough in custody and committed him to the lower station-house; the wounded man wa wounded man was carried to Seabrook's Hospital. Subsequently, his case being considered critical, Lieutenant Hawkins made a formal deposition before a justice of the peace, in which he entirely exonerates Furneyhough from any blame in the matter.
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
e watch, which has been recognized as the property of Rourke, with a female acquaintance of his. Hermann was remanded back to jail, without examining any witnesses, yesterday morning and his case set for the 5th of January. The same disposition was made of the case of Elizabeth Dawson, charged with receiving a silver watch, valued at $1,000, the property of Michael Rourke, deceased, she knowing the same to have been stolen from said Rourke. John F. Ferneyhough, charged with shooting B. E. Hawkins, on Monday afternoon, near the corner of Twelfth and Main streets, was held to security in the sum of $3,000 for his appearance on Saturday to answer the offence. The wounded man was much better yesterday, and his recovery is not now considered so doubtful as at first supposed. Henry M. Hurst, charged with drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and threatening to assault William C. Barnes, was required to give security in the sum of $300 for his good behavior, and additional security in
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], House of Representatives. (search)
Died from his Wounds. --Lieutenant B. E. Hawkins, who was accidentally shot, in this city, by Lieutenant John F. Ferneyhough, on Monday afternoon last, died about 9 o'clock yesterday morning at the Wayside (Seabrook's) Hospital. Before his death, he reiterated the language contained in the deposition given before Justice George W. Gilliam on the evening of the occurrence; and in the presence of his own father and several other friends, he said, just before dying, that he left no better friend on earth than the one at whose hands he had been accidentally shot and was then about to die. The deceased was a young man, about twenty-two years of age, and was a native of North Carolina. His remains will be taken home for interment. At a late hour yesterday afternoon an inquest was held over the body by Coroner Little; but the substance of the evidence elicited substantiated the particulars which have already been stated, and therefore the verdict of the jury was, that the deceas
The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1865., [Electronic resource], Five Hundred Dollars reward. (search)
f by His Honor. The following list embraces those of most interest to the public: Lieutenant John T. Ferneyhough re-appeared, according to postponement of the case, to answer the charge of shooting and wounding, on the 26th ultimo, Lieutenant B. E. Hawkins, who has since died. The same witnesses were examined, whose evidence was heard and published on a former occasion, with the addition of two others — viz: Dr. Richardson, assistant surgeon at Seabrook Hospital and Mr. Robert Davis, a cie accused was. While on the way to the cage, Ferneyhough expressed the deepest regret at the occurrence; said it was an accident, and the victim was his best friend. Dr. Richardson attended the deceased. Before his death, he conversed with Hawkins relative to the affair, when he stated, with a consciousness of his approaching dissolution, that Lieutenant Ferneyhough was an intimate friend of his, and the wound from which he was about to die was purely accidental. The deceased informed wi