The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-13
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Davis, the Murderer Of Capt c. II. AxasH.
so many misrepresen tations Of the ;0air
which resul .ed in the death Of Capt Axson
have besn made, that 1t wonld b. mpoBsihlo
In hort commu unication 10 point them out
One OF tho Petersburg papers Is reversed
every fact OF tho case made d vie the owner
Of the fruit, Capt Az son the trezpasser upou
them, Davis merely -xpostuiating with Capt
VI der the mild rebuke This statement is put
,rEh, too, under the usual cover "We learn
from gentlemen who were present" Bnt a
comm u unicatiOn, over the signature If "W. A
5 :" in your paper Of the a ms =, besides b.
L. a tissue Of misrepresentatic and mali
cious insinuation, is so we'll calculated to dis
paraSa Capt Arson that 1t Is necessary TO ad-
duce the proof IN refutation of 1t We pro-
pose 70 tsst the frHth Of ths ,ohoIs statement
by -ingling out part npon which great stress
10 laid, and applying the dearest evidence in
d,sproof OF Ii. l. that be shown to be uu-
qusstionah,y false. what credit should be
given to the rest? Your corrssp 'ndent n. axes
the folio wir assertions from his own know
ledge, to wit: That ID tvi-' pre- vious charnc
ter has been unimpeachab!e that Ibis con-
duct at home M abroad has been that #
true gentleman :" that "Davis WIS the social
70 1ai OF any one - aud that he never dis
aracad his connection with most honorable
fami les in Georgia We append two state
menrs from gentlemen OF this ciEy, from
which it will appear what the "social post
ton" Of Davis was and ig, and how IA IN
ductad nimself abroad at least We should
Judge. 100. from the sta cement Of Capt. l. Alby,
that u wis could not have been mnch Eat
home" OF lats wears, TO give his friend Nv.
A. S." an opportunity Of Uitnsssins his con-
duct" there. T. G b.
CzARLesr.N. August 81 1861
knew A. Il DAVIS as early as 1852 He
sailed with me in the capacity OF second mate
in the bark Susan, from Charles ton to New
Orleans, and thence TO Trieste. l had occa.
sion several times to reprimano him for the
cruelty to them, which went 70 the extent Of
striking them over their heads wi b Delaying
pins and hand spikes. Wnea about thrse
days sail from Trieste, his neglect of duty
made 1t necessary to reprimand h N severely
He drew knife and threa ened ito use his
own words) "to cut my heart out and throw
1t to the dog " ! ordered two Of the men to
arrest him; which being done, tie him up,
stripped him and d oggad him till / thought his
evil disposition was pretty well conquered
had enough of this man and discharged Tim
at Til sts All ut year after wards met
him acciden tally in New York, and was as
sau ted by him without word O. notice or
warning. He got his reward. however, In
good thrashing which l gave han. IL my
limited aca naia tance with D .vis hs made an
impression uuon me SO unfavo-aole, that l
shou d not have been surprised to have heard
hung or put in a peni G ltiary for crime. H.s
nature was brutal. and am satisfied coward
ly His fordness fCE handing and using
deadly weapons was s. marked feature in him
H h I'd no SO than four perrInger pis tolls
with him on the ship.
signed SAIL HAwBs .Jr,
Capt kalk susan.