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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The execution of Dr. David Minton Wright (search)
, the ball taking effect in a vital part. They then clinched, Sanborn struggling to get possession of the pistol, which Dr. Wright retained, and, had it pointed at his breast, could have killed him instantly, but did not fire again, though negro bayonets were within four feet of his breast. So soon as they ceased to struggle, Lieutenant Sanborn, weak and faint, went into the store of Foster & Moore and immediately expired. The Provost guard then arrested and conducted Dr. Wright before Major Bovey, who committed him to jail to await trial. The above succinct account of this tragical affair, which has been derived from a close analysis of the testimony given by the leading witnesses, harmonizes with the account of Dr. Wright himself, and, I believe, constitutes the only rational and reliable portraiture of the whole transaction which has ever been given to the public. Who was Dr. Wright? Dr. David Minton Wright was born in Nansemond county, Virginia, in the year of our Lord