Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
An Exr.rIH. SH,orrHG AsrlIu-RoB,

An ExcirIHG Shooting AsriIn-RoBE.T
DIX NJ CLEaE OF TmE IIorss Of rErgE.EsTArlrRs'
KILLED An all ir occurred uh '-t.;d. y airrm:vn
about two clock, i!,J of Il srk nd frnth
Street, which ,osu:oi Ia tbs te III r Foot T.. nx1p,
Geek cf the Cur!c'trste H3u,' vt Representations,
WIN was Rlot 'hrcusb The h.sit ~ Rn*ert 7. s3i
until !e'eutiy j,urnalzing ,'ck for um ssIae Lody,
under Dixon From She e, en.sHts VI witrts'u- al6
Ie;s1Gs Intimate vi b the YtII's -Et c"Gnx:n; q:
The main f,ca toErac1rd with lrs # lr ws py's'ut
the following psIt 'uia O.
NJ. Dixon wGs = ciilLrn Of rtiun!tIs, Ca, where
bis family, r.isllng If vie and ih.cn q ito;.
leaite. I'll, age w:a skGut thirty Ole Yeas per.
SIN, lie WAS soma n,a'feut ftns inches 10 h-'xh. 81
muscu'n frame, dsIk com.lex'o', with bi."l h-ir
hn! Whistles. 10 marDcfs b, wts I"e, .ni Ia
hsLa some what retrt 4. ti"ngh s'!ii ant con:i'ai
om1ng ftiends. lPon tie meeting II lie re:nlhr
Corgess OF the Coptcderac t,tcs Et lis opnn'; es
sIon iu necember, ISL, MIR. Dxor elected CiGrk
of the Bone, and HI nsug tho sp:ointneat Of n'a as
slasnls be sslec.el % Journ s.,ng CieIk, E,rrt T..
70 d, Ia.Iv; { Ee1iuc ky.
Mt. Ford Is . ynung man If .c.rcGy Inos Than
twenty sevtu ysa,s Of sce. Er leg vile, now re.
4liing IN Amcll' copLty, vrg;' IL, ard in hi c"ni
ia personnel, NJ. Ford il sIsric some 70 f-et rgh,
achcs In heigh OF l!ght nll xon, light Gully har
AID wears light nous :he lie tAfe = .lfccr.d IN
company, en-: seeu.ed 10 r:Y aihta;ioh 10 III, Gu.
tieI.
S,rue recsu' delays ~ lhr wria, nl cf ia, jon
nalf, !. sppta-s, caused Mr. i'aCn - Inaks Inc
com plain. about III, In, and Wei.s5!ay evening"
Thursday morning he tisch.rse1 hlm from tho post
Durig the cay, ou huIsday,a letter Was received by
Mr. Dixon at bis de- 10 ,h, Hyuse, winch proved 10
b, firm Ford, II which he g!v' nve!v al his pas,
con net aJ ,urnazi clerk, sud closed ty jn;imat.
ing tha. If he were d relDsCeied by hvs O'clock that
evening Dixon might expsct an attack on sight.
He was not rsinst .rsd, a. lIa Presumption Ia, Mr
Dixon prepared hnso for tic e~crfeary. ksry
yesterday afternoon Mr. Dson, Will, walking down
Main street. understood tlot Ford uss looking for
him ia the vicipy, and taking the advice of isIis,
be went Into s1ra FOR tho iuIp.se Ct aToi:ug him.
A!.sr remaining seine time. l., went on: pssad rp
Tenth SIRE aud upon !eichDS the s"u;re'tcornr
lie encountered Ford. whO wns epproarhcg O: lie
moth side Of BaIk s:r,.l. Wtae,as s.o 10: po.livs
as to who dew the I! st 'Ion. Ford wa' sa;n =
draw lIrse Navy revolver, six shootcr rnt DIXON
WAS q: en- vi h DeTi1g-r Both weIe nring before
any fzcd st, lon could 70 b.stowed rpon eI her
one or the other. Ford GIai five shns. and Dixon
oue a=d I'd Dixon Was In he act u siDing second
Dorrneer, lie ladns: forward rID partly ac:1ts tie
street, towards Ford an fel; npon bis face, d.a:.
Ford was nsted en- tic spot hy Dete .tvs Coed
rich, wLo had .itbessel part II the affair sul vas
unable to put stop 10 1t ia ,ime the shooting ha"iag
neen re formed TO rapidly cad tespsfately 70 admit
of immediate ply slcsl interference. Dixon wss ts
Ken up and conveyed Into the passage Of ad,c
houte where Bis wound wss exhmlne:. The bullet
had entsed tbs right breast, stca. three inches below
the ripp.r L diagonal dr- ton 20 the left p:e,c!ag
the hssrt III .S course.
Ford Wa inmediaely .f,cr lo1gei in prison by
Btsh coh.ta'l 10 Fieeman. jury of inquest T1s
summoned ant sworn, ,ogs:Lss with wtressea, upon
the view Of ths body a! bali pset three ocotk, after
which tie investigation ~as postponed ului hVo
ocl,ck, when II was conducted at tie establishment
OF Balyin Atkin YOU, on lo street, whittier hs boty
hsd been conveyed 70 be prepared isr tho grave.
Facts substantially tho same as the above, were
thsfs elicitad.
II Ia statsd ths, during the firing b. tie ADORE par
ties, bullet hou Foid's PISTOL trave:sed Tenth,
crossed Main street. and sruck so,dIs1 In the g1oio
VINO wss walking along .Ls s,l tside q lie si;eet.
he wss hhstiy placed In carriage by comrates and
taken away before Any facts 10 his Dsme or the ex
act character Of bis wound could be ascertsinsd.