The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrest of a Desperado.

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Arrest of a Desperado.

--Wm. D. Pearson, a hotel keeper at Osyka, Mississippi, was arrested on Saturday, 25th ult., on a requisition of Gov. Moore, of Louisiana, upon Gov. Pettus, of Mississippi, said Pearson being charged with the murder of Charles Strickland, in St. Helena parish, on the 10th of July last. The man has for some years been the terror of the peaceable people wherever he has located. He is the same man who shot at New Orleans men at the Bell and Everett barbecue at Amite City last fall, and was shot and nearly killed in return. Officers from New Orleans went up on Saturday, and with Gov. Pettus' warrant in their pockets, took him unaware in his own house and dragged him to the cars, which left immediately — the thing being done during a down ward halt of the train — and took him safely to New Orleans. When he was seized, his wife screamed murder, and some of his friends ran after the cars, which had started; not being able to catch the train, they drew pistols and fired after it.

The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 4, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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