Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-22

els 10 wonIer IL My torbcdfdnce. simply re-
piled, "iou know what you are, Mr.. sou'naii,
without my telling you"
On reaching my tavern, the rife, for The even
ing's walk, was put in order aud loaded. Whist
doiug So a friend came in TO transact business
when remarked 10 him, il take on. tina, rife
a,oic, which came up 10 DO, il would be thought
it was in consequence OF tina, attack either for al
tack OF defence, and Immediately thereafter sent
a boy ofi 10 Mr.. VIM. Ii. Parker, with The request
that lie would come TO me. When he had ar
rived told him how | had been abusei-;hat
| had Eoi sent for him 10 fight my batt!cs-bu,
in lie event oi Sou,halps making another al
tack upon ne, wanted him 10 see justice done
me-not lei Inc be inhumanly murdered.
proposed We should walk down 10 store where
had left Souihall abusing me, and see what
more lie would say-il any Thing would
tell him why VIVA! he said was not 10 lie re-
garded-ihat my practice was 10 disregard all
language, but 10 suffer no man 10 beat me with
impuny-at least, without making the lest
defence | could;-lhat should not touch him
unless he touched me- He said he would
see Justice done us boh and advised me TO
send down and request Mr.. Soulhal TO walk up
10 my tavern. This did by MIR. John R. Shei!d
when his reply was, he would come as soon as
he had dined Accordingly he came without
tack, as ] too had mine for defence, torbidiins
him TO strike. walked out OF The porch ard
met him face 10 lace, and asked mildly why he
had abused me in the manner he had twice done:
what had done 10 him 10 deserve it-when lie
answered, that had heard what he had said.
repeated what | had said 10 him before about
Captain Anderson, iha; he or any other man
were, in my opinion, towards, il they would per-
sis, in pulling down a mans fence without pre-
vious notice 10 him, and remarked that he who
had robbed the General Government OF thou.
sands Of dollars was the last man 10 abuse anoth-
err When reference was made a third time 10
his defalcation, he rushed upon me; struck him
slightly. think, with the stick in my hand we
closed in, and he quickly, by his superior weight,
got Inc down, beslrodc me, and was beating
me most numerically in my face, with bcIh
fists, VIXEN Mr. inc. r. SHIELD, my brolher-in-law,
ran out with slick lifted 10 strike, and was in
The act OF knocking him most severely on the
head, when Mr. VIM. H. Parker took The stick
from him, saying, iair play. Just then up came
Mr.. G. l.. C. SalIer, who, Ivy shove, finding en-
treaties would not do relieved me. When |
arose, | was badly bleeding the nose and mouth,
yet S. few 10 my stick, picked il up, ard was
coming al me to renew the attack. when Parker
stopped him, saying, "If you attempt 10 use that
slick on Nielsen, you have got 10 put il on me-
seizsd the slick and tick il from him; then con-
WINGED Soulhall, ard made him confess he had
acted his friend as well as mine, in shielding
him from the blow Of Shields sick. Alter this
he told him that he (Parker) WAS equally in
teres'ed with me in the land, and if he fought
Old Bob Andersons battles, he (Parser) fought
his own; and then said, what Nelson had said
10 him and Bob Anderson was Iue-,elling
him he was a damned robber, damned cow
-. 4 g. 80 Ia, ,,l l.
strike him, much smaller man than himself,
when Souihall bore il all, going of. When he
col some short distance he, called Parker black
leg; hereupon p. threw off his coat, ran and Jump
ed upon him, striking him at The same time in
his lace Soulha Immediately drew a pistol,
snapped it close 10 Parkers BODY, recockcd il and
fre1 is contents into his stomach p. cried out to
me Immediately, "Nelson, am shot, continued
TO sculiis, with many hanging on him 20 prevent
shooting. Shortly alter p stepped, opened q Con-
sress knife he had in his pocket took the big
blade, seized Souhall violently, threw him down,
and was in the act OF cutting his throat, when a
friend OF Souihall's jerked him Off net without
cutting him very badly from The corner Of his
mouth 10 the back of his head, rs have heard
When saw Souihali Standing, as though, IN
scratched or bruised, as far as saw and believed
(for | did not know p. had cut, or had used
knife, until he told me when on The Led to have
his wound dressed,) !, under the violent ex-
element Of all then before ME, thought Of his
rifle, ran in, seiz:d il and fired i, withcu,
reflection at MIR. Soulhall, lie ball, which
was large size bucksho,, striking The pailinss
some several feet 10 he riah, OF where lie was
standing More cool, | might have given Par
ker tie rife, when nothing could have saved his
lie from il. | had no arms, designed not 10 use
any, and would no, have used The rifle had have
known lie was hunt This, Think, concludes The
chapter ol these tedious and painful circum-
stances. The wounds Of Parker and Souhal
are flesh wounds; moi though, dangerous. The
other is badlY bruised, who never was SO before.
Yours, &c, WILLIAM NELSON.
York Town, June 10, 1877
So far as the above relates 70 me-, /, literally
;guc, and TIC Whole, so lar as know and believe
w. Ii. PARKER.