Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-24
VOL. 8---NO II
Tns BEAD INsvRasnTs.

Tns bad INsvRosNTs.
Soon after MIR. Turner wss shot bullet from q
Mimic Musket In the hands Of one Of tho citizens.
struck the malatto while be was on guard in front
OF the arsensl. Tho ball entered on the left side
OF the neck, passed through, sevsring the jsgulsr
vein. and tearing hole almost sufficiently large
to admit all the fingers Of . hand, It was q most
fr'gh'iul looking wound, and a the corpse lay on
tho ground ii gaped OPEN The body was allowed
10 lay just whore II Tell. while tho hogs which
were running at large turned It over snd tramp
cd upon it, This fellow was said TO be runaway
slave from Fairfax county. Virginia, where he
lett wife, and he was no doubt the one who fr-
ed tho shot which allsd Mr.. Burley ~
The body OF LeemAn, who was shot when he
was trying 70 cross the potomsc, In fostine z down
the river lodged on ledge OF rocks, where IL rs-
maned until after the Insurgents in the engine
house had been taken, whom Il was suggested by
some OF the persons who were standing on the
railroad platform that Il should be fred at, and
Immediately voley Of bullets were discharged
and the body was moved from the rock and star
ted down the river. In an instant almost every
man who had gun fred at the body. sndss Il
fioatcd on the discharges continued. ,ss8o
Thompson, who was one Of three brothers who
were engaged In the inshrrsction, tws Of whom e.
capped. had been taken prisoner, and when Mr..
Beckham was killed he was brought out on the
railroad platform, and four or Ave gans were dis
charged at him and he fell, apparently Dad
His body was picked up and thrown down frem
tho bridge into the river, dis'anae Of DFer 40
fee. On tonchihg the water he immediately,
commenced swimming. whereupou vellsy Of
bullets we're sent into HIM, and he turned upon his
back. hoatod between two Of tho piers, whero he
lodged and ut noon on Tuesday the body was
still lying in the same place. III
or those shot opposite tho rifle works On the
Shenandoah, four wore Aoated down the river
while the bodios of two lodged on the rocks, where
thoy were allowed TO bleach in the sun.
When the engine house was taken, the wound
cd and dead were brought out and laid on the
grass. Old Browne son was living whea first
laid out but In fsw minutes no gasped his last
breath, and lay there with eyes opon and glazed,
and mouth yawning Two of the other bodies
were cold and rigid. having died tho previous day
INCIDENTS. gHf
During the attack on the engine house by, the
Mnrtinpburg mon, on Monday afternoon, one Of
them had part ofhis coat tail shot away. tho ball
cutting II of near tho waist like knife As IL
fell to the ground he looked at it for AN instant
and then remarked to comrado that they will
have to cut my pegs of before they atop me. They
arc wasting ammunition in cutting oil my coat
tail"
Mr.. Dali, ono Of the imprisoned citizens, was
NO dsheartened during Monday night that he desir-
cd some one Of the insurgants to kill him and end
his misery. Capt. Brown requested hin, to wait
rsS s" %SF"ns ~. when o1s 5 he wsna be
hopeful, and did not remind Capt. Brown Of the
wish he had expressed during the night, and when
the engine house was taken he manifested his
thanks and gratitude To his delivorers by taking
n marine with each hand clasped d third to his
breast. Mr.. Ball is IN estimabe citizen and
warm hearted man.
A.negro boy belongieg to Mr. Washingtun, ,Iwho
was taken by the insurgents at the time his master
was when ho reached the Ferry was offered q
pike. which he refused when one Of the insnr-
gents told him that he ives free and should ihght
tho whites. The boy replied. II don't know any
thing about being free; was free enough before
you took me- @ and I'm not going 70 hsh. until unit 81
him. This boy was among the prisoners In the
engiue.house. $50