Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-12-05

LAG SoA4AGE VINO ElFe1 tue SHOT, IN j ala
Great Exeitement in Camp---The Soldier
want to Lynch him.
We made brief mention in last evening
edition Of the shooting Of Orderly ssrgean
John G. Fay, of smithnight's Battery, BY
soldier. The soldier is Malcolm Thompson
Of Captain MerriIl'l Company, I25th regi
msnt. Thompson left camp on Wednssda,
evening, and came to the city. Heremainet
here until nearly noon, yesterday, (gettinl
quite intoxicated meanwhile when he return,
ed to camp. According to the report il
camp, he went to the quarters Of the 2OtE
Battery, where he had no business, and wal
noisy and quarrelsome. He went to Captain
Smithnight's quarters, and was ordered away.
He refused to go away, and said he could
whip any man in the Battery. Orderly Ser
geant Fay, of the goth Battery, took hold of
him and thrust him into the guard-house.-
As Sergeant Fay was in the act of fastening
the door, Thompson fred his revolver, the
ball passing through the door and entering
Fay's breast in about the center just above
the stomach. Fay hardly knew that he was
hit Tor nearly minute, when he placed his
hand on his breast, and said "I am shot %
A surgeon was summoned, who advised that
he be taken to his friends, as it was prOba-
bic that he was fatally hit. He was imme-
diately conveyed to the residence Of his
sister, on Huron street. At five o'clock in
the afternoon he was alive, but his recovery
was considered hopeless.
Doctors Meyer and sehenck and other sur
geOns are attending him. The ball has not
been found. Seine suppose that It Is in his
lungs; others that it has passed through his
lungs and is lodged in his back. He raises
blood constantly. Sergeant Fay is single
man, about SO years of age. He had formerly
praeticed law in this city. He served three
years in the service in Germany.
Great excitement was created in camp
when the occurrence became known, espe-
cially among Captain smithnights men.
There was a disposition to execute summary
vengeance on Thompson, by hanging or
shooting him, and it became necessary to
post strong guard around the guard-hou
in which he was confined Sheriff Craw was
sent for to remove the man to the County
Jail, for fear Of his being lynched by the mad
dened soldiers. Sheriff Craw and Deputy
Sheriff Frazes went to camp and brought
him to Jail about four o'clock P. N. The
soldiers did not interfere, although they ex-
hibited strong inclination to do so. The
decision and cOOlness of Capt. smithnight
and his officers, and the frmness of the Sher-
if and his Deputy had much to do with pre-
venting any serious outbreak.
Our reporter saw the prisoner, Malcolm
Thompson, in Jail, last evening, and con
versed with him. His history, which he re-
lated to our reporter, is interesting. He is
twenty-thrse years of age, and was born in
osmpbeltOwnt Argylshire, Highlands OfSoot-
land, sixty miles from Glasgow, where both
his parents still reside. His father, AIexan-
der Thompson, was for many years sea cap
tain, but is now road contractor. At nine
years Of age Malcolm came to New Orleans,
on board his fathers vessel, together with
hismother. Malcolm and his mother went to
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time. She afterwards returned to Scotland,
but Malcolm has always called Little Rock
his home, although he has been away from
there good deal. At twelve years Of age
he went to sea, and has been a sailor eight
years of his life.
He was at little Rock when the rebellion
commenced and enlisted on the 25th of Feb
ruary, 1881, in a battery belonging to the I'd
Arkansas brigade. He was chosen Orderly
Sergeant of the battery. He served for twen-
ty-two months in the rebel army, during
which time he was in FIVE important battles,
viz: Springfield, (whers General Lyon was
killed. Belmont, Fort Donelson, Pittsburg
Landing and PerryviIle. In the retreatfrOm
the field of the latter engagement he gave
himself up to Brigadier General Smith, in
command of division Of Kentucky troops.
He was taken to Louisville, where, after
taking the oath of allegiance, he was released.
he went to Cincinnati and there enlisted
in the l25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
came here about two months ago.
WIN EeBaTu 70 Lue huOoLlAB u ray ne
says he had no intention of shooting him or
anybody else. He acknowledges firing
through the door, but says he didn't wish to
hit any one. If he had desired to shoot Fay,
be says he could easily have done it before
being shut up in the guard-hOuse. He says
he was very much in liquor.
Thompson is a stout built fellow with dark
hair and a most resolute and fearless eye
He looks as If he might be dangerous when
intcrfered with in any way. He expresses
sorrow that the Sergeant is shot, and hopes
he will recover. He don't appear to be much
troubled BY the occurrence, and speaks of 1t
as piece of eRrslessness" on his part
BE viii probably be tried by military law,
whether the Sergeant lives o. ,;ss.
We learn that a soldier wES was in the
guard-hOuse at the time Thompson fred the
shot, says that after the latter knew that he
had shot some one, he (ThOmPsOn) began to
reload his revolver. We know not how true
tits.
The LEoTURE.-There was a good house
st Brainsrd's Hall last evening to Hston to
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