Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1863., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for James Hays or search for James Hays in all documents.

Your search returned 6 results in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Averill Raid. (search)
onor--that is Yankee paroled prisoners — who gave their names as Henry Jones, James Hays, and Charles A. Gunn, were arrested by the watchmen last Tuesday night, and be direction of the stable, and seeing a man standing there (who was proved to be Hays) was told by Jones that was the man with the money. When the party reached the stable, however, Hays remarked that the man they wished to see had gone off to get his supper, and Hays started in pursuit of him, but returned without finding him. -Hays started in pursuit of him, but returned without finding him. --Jones then said he would go, and on his return said the man was then in the stable. --With this Hays opened the door and walked in, and Regan started to follow, but Hays opened the door and walked in, and Regan started to follow, but had only made a step or two, when Jones, who was behind him, levelled his pistol at Regan's head and fired, the bell grazing his left whisker and the powder burning h the other parties. Allen remembered that on going home that evening he saw Hays standing near his window, Jones then being in the house with Regan and Steel. H