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The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1862., [Electronic resource] 8 0 Browse Search
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The murder of Jewett. --The Petersburg Express, of the 23d inst., says: We have obtained some further particulars regarding the murder of William Jewett, late engineer and conductor on the Clover Hill branch of the Richmond and PetersburgWilliam Jewett, late engineer and conductor on the Clover Hill branch of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, which, though they do not throw much light upon the affair, may yet be read with interest. A man by the name of Ferguson, the fireman of the train on which Jewett ran, was arrested on suspicion of committing the deed, and after a preliminJewett ran, was arrested on suspicion of committing the deed, and after a preliminary examination was sent to the Chesterfield jail for confinement until such time as further trial may be had. Jewett was shot and instantly killed, at Clover Hill. He was struck by six balls, two of which passed through the body below the breast, tJewett was shot and instantly killed, at Clover Hill. He was struck by six balls, two of which passed through the body below the breast, two entered the lower part of the abdomen, one passed through his thigh and the sixth through his left hand, enough in all conscience, to have rendered him useless through life, if they has not killed him. While he lay upon the ground, Mr. Morris, the