The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

Msrdsr Of aSsidior by Sslf C0xssienscd afes1<y
= &c .as rrooost Gaard-A private soidter. named
S lines n Armour, belonging to company A. 19th
ueofg'a regiment, was carried to the CITY Hall yps
.eEdsy and arraigned before tho Head OF Police on
sne enAIse of having, about o'clock on Saturday
1s,lDefateiy murdered Edward Dunn a meruter 81
Whtiingtons W Artillery, by shooting him tfroue},
tne pody, after assuming, Of h;s own molten -
tase upon hmseif to discharge the duties Of the
fsosost guard In arresting deceased The evidence
given before the Coroner 4 jury ON Snndar Iii
sadw that 1t was causeIess and brutal murdar
Tae same evidences was repeated substantially ves
terdsy before the Head Of Police. The only adj.
tioDal facts shown were that the deceased was en-
deavoring 70 get ont Of his pocket his permit of ai
sence at the time, wheD under the pretence that Re-
WAS laying hold of pistol he was so unceremoni.
ously sent cut Of the world; that the party who
gave him authority to act as q Provost guard had
none 70 confer, and lastly, that the ball that killed
Dunn, after passing through hix body came within
an ace OF killing another person. The sitting
magistrate said that in bis opinion, the deed was
deliberate murder, and that though he could not
conjecture what wontd be the result Of his action
ne should commit the accused for examination on
that charge befors called Court 0: Hastings ne xt
Monday The following is the evidence elected In
ike
Catherine Doyle, having been duly sworn de-
posed-Afera o'clock, some time on yesterday even
ing, heard a picket call out, Immediately under
my window, Halt you man with the pistol The
deceased turned around and Sas Ia the act of put.
ting his hand in his pocket when the guard again
commanded him to halt, and Immediately thereafter
nred upon the deceased, who fell instantly Saw
nothing more CT it. Withdrew from the window
a man shot q =.
4 John WAfse sworn, deposedz "a jsmes C,ifyoxd e..
deceased, and myself, were sitting dewn IN nv
house about3 O'Clock yesterday evening. sDece ased
was speaking to my wife about the city Of Dublin
and the old country. James Clifford and deceased
left my house, and thought that they had pona
home After q while they returned The deceased
went into Mrs hollands, and Clifford came into my
house. Soon after l saw 4 man come out of Mrs
hollands house with pistol, and soon after Edward
Dunn came out also with pistol, followed by Mrs
Nolands daughter, who was going in quest Of a
guard knew nothing Of the quarrel Mt Mrs No
lands house. The deceased, think was sober. He
had not taken more than glass of whskey. He
was shot about half an hour after he left my house
Win. ). hutchings, sworn, deposed-Was sitting
at my boarding house. Heard a man halt another:
THIS drew my attention to the street. Looking out
saw the deceased ahd the guard The deceased
had pistol in his hand and was in the act of pre.
sensing 1t at the guard The guard commanded
him twice to put his pistol up, and he failing to do
it, the guard leyelled his gun at him and fred when
INSTANT about thirty yards. Knew neither of them
before. Do not know whether they were under
the influence Of liquor or not
Catherine Summers, sworn, deposed-Was in my
house heard an alarm in the street. went to the
door aud saw Mr.. Walker coming out of Mrs No.
lands cellar, looking quite excited. Mr.. Clifford
came on: of the cellar and asked where the man
was who cooked the pistol ut them Dunn came
out into the street and asked also where the nan
was VINO cooked the pistol at him. He tbs walk ed
across the street with pistol at his side Mrs. No
lands daughter went down the street and said
something to the guard. The guard then com
manded the deceased to halt. The deceased stopped
and went back towards the guard, without drawing
pistol. Or taking it froiu his side. When he had
gotten about balf way to the guard, the guard
fred upon him and he fell.
Lieut.. Becker, Assistant Provost Marshal of the
Western District, sworn deposed-Th8t it was
customary with all military guards to hail at lie ast
three times before firing and in the city firing il
the last resort My orders to my men are, TO use
the hayonet in preference to firing No guard has
right to arre st man without the consent of one
of the Provosts, which consent is always given in
writing. There ars great many impOsters going
about the city, claiming to be Provosts guards I
always send an officer with my guards to make IN
arrest. had no guard out yesterday afternoon
Capt. Geo. 4. Whittington, of the Whittfngton
artillery, sworn, deposed-The deceased belongs
to my company, and enlisted in Alexandria, about
the 25th of April, 1861. Before he entered the com
pany he bore good character in Alexandria, and
AS soldier he was the best, the mos. faithful and
obedient had in my company in fact, he was as
good soldier Us any in the Southern Confaderacy
The deceased left camp with permission.
The Jury rendered verdict -"That the deceased
came to lis death by gun-shot wound fred by a
maa supposed to be acting Provost guard
without authority, ON Byrd street, near It's inter.
section with Seventh street, about four O'Clock on
Saturday evening the 10Th day of Jnly 1862"