The national Republican., 1862-01-04
Shooting Affair on the AvenUe--h Lieu
tenant OF Regulars shoots u Private.

Between one and two O'Clock yesterday after
noon, the avenue, in front of he National Hotel,
was the scene of OfcCnsidorabla excitement. caus.
cd by Lieut.. in the regular ararmy, u tmcl Thos.
Turner, (belonglng 10 the Fourth United States
Jnfantry,) shooting ono ui The mounted Patrol
Guard named John G. Halter, buglCr of Gem
rany Z, Fourth Uni'el states cavalry, with II
pistol.
From the statements mado to US by eye wit.
| nesscE "i The affair." it was certainly one of the
| mos, cruel and hl""d hirsty transact lions which
| We hay" !uLid ui tor many n day. The cir
| CT instances If lhc GAse were ;s follows: As the
pstr"in'it'', IL ~ II! any with about half dozen
| nf his u, N ',u'I"us. W're passing along The ave
nus IN the direc,i. Seventh street., the horse
| upon which he wlS mounted became frigh ened
AT one buiftn lob, y hanging in front ~ Hunt
NGn dwin'ss "ir, 4 lew doors below lhu hotel.
Halter, IN "r6cr t." train his horse to become
accustomed t' objects Of the kind, and to show
II that Ec tai I, come frightened AT nothing.
rode the :nm u 20 ards the robe. fie made
| several attempts before he succeeded IN bring
iUR his horse close ~ to tho object Il, which
had become frGh we'd, and was watched =,
quite large crowd -! pCrs ms TN lhr III
walk, who had c1iiUClc" i" "ir rsI' '','. ~ v
| ceedins. In doing 50, IA. h"..' w.h,'H II" was
riding jnstled against ana hrr ir,rS,. ,n,.; was
standing ir frcnt Of the store. ,tci un,rce
| man AZ this moment app, ,oa,'hrd him. and
| ordered HIM trtjd" IN and 20 about hI, hisi
ness, OF lie w.uId arrest nim; he al5u asked
| nim to produce his pass.
| The soldier refused Ia 20 away, tell z the
| Oiic II twlo wore No uriform) that he WAS n
:n"mt"r OF the patrol guard. nad WIS on duty,
| and alen that he had II" authority T. order him
| away. Ater some further birkerirg, tho sci.
| der walked his h"ise towards SIKH S;Ieut t.
1IH!r his comrades, who had gone ~ Seventh
street Wien rear The corner Of Sixth street
tho umcer called TO him twice TO stop, which he
| Sid not do, tu, proceeded along very sisurely
up the Avenue. The oniccr, as he ordered him
the third time T. stop, pulled from his pocket a
| revolver and hred, the ball entering the sol.
deI's back below the left shoulder. The man
convulslvely placed his hand upon the spot
where the ball entered, exclaiming, L" m
shot.' He Was he ped OF of his horse by some
of the by.standers. and conveyed into Stott'e
drug store, and from thence in hack TO the
| office of DR.. Dove, on Four.a,d'i. half street
who, at the time, was absent. From DR.. Doves
| Office, he was conveyed to tho Government
| h' opltal on Fifth street, VI here his wound was
| attended 10 by DR.. White. Upon probing the
wound, no signs of the ball, which, after enter
ing the body, pursued al upward course. The
| wounded man, with whom wo Conversed at the
| hospital several hours after he was shot. gave
| substantially the same account of the affair NJ
that rel tted u Us by an eyewitness Cf the &C
| currcnGe. His lieutenant, whu was present n
he hospital 1T the lime VITA ourheIi, said that
| Halter WAS one ,i IN" moot peacHtbi0 and re
| liable men IN the regiment, and tHat, iL Ii- h y
| young man, he had already hern n'he Years II
| SIrTiCe.
rne fiicGt WAS ar ns I'D Immediately by
RoundSmen Wilson and M"r:an, who happenct
| TO be passing along ut ihs time. and who wit
| messed the whole occurrence. He was taken L,
the guardhou,e, and ir1n lnere to the Proves
| MarsbaTs headquarters, on street, near Nine
tecnth. il is to be hoped that he will be turEet
over to the civil authorities for trial and pun
isome7t, which he so richly merits.