Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-21

SHOOTING AFFAIR-An affair of this kind
occurred, yesterday. at half past o'clock ?.
NJ, on d street at the corner of Third, which
excited considerable commotion. Bob Tur-
ner and L. w. Thomas were walking down D
street together, and had reached within hity
feet of the corner above mentioned, when j.
w. McGee, who was sitting on box, arose.
and. remarking you d-d SIS Of BIS, you.
would murder me. would your" felt for his
pistol. (These are the facts as narrated to US
by an eye witness) Thomas, Ito use the eX-
preston of the witness) Slowed around and
lodged through China house. Turner
started across the street in half run, looking
back McGee stopped down under an avn
ING. and fired at him as he moved across the
street, missing him. This was the last seen
Of Turner by the witness. The next he saw
of Thomas, the latter was coming around the
corner near the St. Nicholas, with derrin-
ger in each hand. Witness then saw him go
over to gunsmith shop and heard him ask
for shotgun. The gunsmith refused to let
him have it, Thomas then started across the
street with his derringers cooked in his
hands, when Leman, Il private policeman,
arrested him. He was afterwards taken be-
fore Justice Ashford and discharged McGee
in the meantime had been arrested, taken be-
fore the County Judge, and bailedin the sum
of SO 900.
Thomas says that he and Turner were arm
ed with small derringers only, and, satisfied
as they were that McGee was armed with a
large sized navy revolver they did not think
it fair fight to stand and take the chances
Thomas says, further, that he jumped into
the China house Tor whatever house it was)
expecting McGee to follow him, and, fMcGeo
had followed, he (Thomas) would certainly
have shot him as he came
McGee says, as we understand from an ac
quaintance, that, as Turner and Thomas ap-
preached, he thought he heard Thomas say.
There's McGee let's shoot him." and there
upon he sprung up with his pistol and pre-
pared to fight 1t is reported to us. on the
other hand that Thomas said, There's Ne
Gee. he's going to shoot us"-a remark which
might very readily have been mistaken by
Mc;ee to mean There's McGee, let's shoot
him"
In reference to the character Of weapon
used hy Niece we are informed that he,
himself. says that he had only small derrin-
ger pistol and was defenceless after it was
discharged
McGee has but recently risen from a sick
bed, where he had been confined by severe
wound received at the hands of All. Turner
in the difficulty in which the late Mr.. Simp-
son lost his life.
Bob Turner is the man who was scufflina
with Simpson at the time that Benjamin
Turner, now in Jail, shot him. Thomas is Il
brother of the Thomas who was arrested on
charge of being in the same difficulty, but
was discharged upon the preliminary ex-
animation.
p. S.-Oflieer Leman says that, as he was
taking l.. W. Thomas towards the Station
House, he (rhomas) saw Judge Haun and
said, There's another one of those d-d -
- that want to kill me-" A bystander tell:
us that he understood the remark to be that
there was one Of those id - - that h,
| (Thomas) was after"
How the affair will yet terminate it woult
be hard to say, but the peace of the city
ought to be preserved at all hazards.