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The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Murder of a soldier in Memphis, Tenn (search)
Murder of a soldier in Memphis, Tenn
--The Memphis Appeal, of Tuesday morning last, says:
On Sunday afternoon two soldiers of Capt. Jackson's regiment of heavy artillery, now stationed at the fort at the foot of Jefferson street, entered a drinking place near the railroad crossing on the Raleigh road.
One of the two, named Owen McCarty, finding that his companion had become helplessly intoxicated, took from him for safe keeping twenty-seven dollars he had about him. Three men who were in the place saw this, and after the soldiers had left the place they went up to them and demanded the money.
On being refused by McCarty, one of them with a pistol shot him. The ball struck the heart and death was instantaneous.
An attempt was made to take the money from the dead man's pocket, but two mounted soldiers coming up, they fled.--They were pursued, and one of the two, Chas. Philips, was arrested.
Another of the party, James Barton, was arrested yesterday morning.
The two men
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Lincolnite Plans an insurrection, and is hung. (search)
Execution.
--A man named Cotton alias King, known to have been the person who stole several horses from the environs of Memphis last winter, stole two valuable horses belonging respectively to Mr. S. Turner and K. Underwood, of the Helena Shield.
This last theft was committed during the sunshine of last Friday, at Helena, Ark., and in it Cotton was aided by one Cain, now in jail for the offence.
Cotton or King was tried by a committee and hung on Saturday.-- Memphis (Tenn.) Argus, July 1.
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lost their Market. (search)
Man shot in Arkansas.
--On Friday last a dispute arose between Nat Bettis, formerly of Memphis, Tenn, and a family connection of his named Miller, in consequence of the latter having spoken of the former as an Abolitionist, in which Bettis shot and killed Miller.
The affair took place at Aberdeen, Arkansas.