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The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tly assaulted by a soldier, on Saturday night, with a bowie-knife, the blow being given with such force as to penetrate through his hat and remove a large portion of his scalp. A second cut made a gash in Mr. O'Neil's face. A neighbor, named O. G. Thomas, hearing the noise, seized his double barrel gun and repaired to his assistance. Thinking that the two were sufficient to master the son of Mars, Thomas unfortunately gave his gun into the hands of a negro to hold, when it was seized by the dThomas unfortunately gave his gun into the hands of a negro to hold, when it was seized by the desperado, who made several attempts to shoot both men with it. Luckily, the caps would not explode, and they were saved from death. After slashing around for some minutes, the fellow went off with the gun. Mr. O'Neil was made an officer for the purpose of aiding in the due enforcement of law relative to parties leaving the city in an unauthorized manner, he having full authority to arrest and send them back. The soldier who behaved so badly was on a canal boat, making his way towards Lync