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The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
he house, and he did so, in company with Lee.--Meanwhile, a daughter of England had gone out to alarm the neighbors, and Mr. John Burns entered the yard just as Brannon and Lee were leaving. He was seized and thrown to the ground, and, it is stated, (though no legal investigation of this part of the difficulty has taken place,) while Brannon held him down, Lee approached and stabbed Burns in the shoulder, inflicting a severe wound. A short time after the occurrences above narrated, officer Perrin met Lee and Brannon in the street, and heard Lee, who was intoxicated, remark that he had stabbed three men. Having gained some information of the facts, the officer went to England's house, saw a pool of blood in the yard, and found a large dirk knife. He then ascertained the whereabouts of Lee and Brannon and took them into custody. They were arraigned before the Mayor yesterday, but it having been stated that Burns would not be able to appear in Court for a few days, the investigati