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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource] 6 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource], Serious assault. (search)
Serious assault. --In Albany, N. Y., on the 2d inst., a lawyer of that city, named John Percy, entered the premises kept by John Canfield as a porter-house, on Broadway, and committed a violent assault upon him, throwing a handful of Scotch snuff in his eyes and then beating him over the head with a heavy cane, making three b upon him, throwing a handful of Scotch snuff in his eyes and then beating him over the head with a heavy cane, making three bad wounds. Canfield drew a revolver and shot Percy twice, both balls entering the stomach. Percy cannot survive. The quarrel arose out of a suit for the possession of the premises occupied by Canfield. upon him, throwing a handful of Scotch snuff in his eyes and then beating him over the head with a heavy cane, making three bad wounds. Canfield drew a revolver and shot Percy twice, both balls entering the stomach. Percy cannot survive. The quarrel arose out of a suit for the possession of the premises occupied by Canfield.