Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-12
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Rots't s. Feids. charged wiz sno Killing )
iinoers E:i;hat DiZ9n, cn F,!d.Y, tho 23i
,iay &c I, plil lSG8.
The W.,n,G$cs G0. Tia unsn!son-tslth Il
aiiswcTed, VII. tho exception al ,.ho OF txo
who afterwards appeared.
Tia wiIuasEes f.. The defence srsHersd
wit!! .ie exception of George ". Thomas
George &. yssl, Jsm:a McD,nald, II. "
r;ncr, J. L. Rsalur, Willism Preston John
siGn, John G. MoeG, A. II. Garland. j. q
Torment, Goo:ga Is ucdgc.
M-sH:g. Rand ilph AID QfrIuf, Tho Geuass
fIT The dcianra. doRirsl that tia casa he
D5a'p ,uod til Thursday, in oEdor that The
sit:."7ecs rH:ght be fGuaI, but tko court
unanimously .deaidv:s ;r So1n with tho case
WsshingtoG Goodrich. seorn-Oa tie - h
Of .Ap:ii sas standing on lo oornar Of Msir
ALL Tenth otraota, talking with Ho;ns cnc
When Dixon called me a3'dc aid told n!a o
The !5tter that Fo,ds hia written him, ErC
said be had discharged him, and would hay;
TsiEis;el him If ho had rot wfi.taa tht
thfe.i. Eirg la!!or. ] Elri:Gd Dr. DiScn t:
30 up ,iil ilan2a lEd Cd to -..Tt, W.
vcnt IL sU!!. !"oke drink: SoE.o one els,
;.,l,i te af.efna'dI took Gn0tho? drink. Wca1
up ;c O'Donnei.'s, aud Mr. Dixon iasistsf
oa mg taking a10i!ls. diink. told lin
hs.l eaoagl; snd had businas3 10 attend to
Ho atil insisted, ami went in With blu tc
Mr. oDnnusil's ard took another drink. -
Wo csruo OFT, and l WAS standing looking
doETE atrea:, when Reao oaO said, lock ONT
Wash, rD- /. get shot" turned round 10.
whr'is 'ts S'lusIo, sni Fsw h,T. F6rda stand
inr With Navy p.atO pointed towe7ds ua
rru towards him aai cslIsi out 's,ar;'
hut iker uou'iI.': stor, Si,;i KEEP. 81 ii .,nG
D,n't kuaa' how many shbls wara y
changed. niEau'g pir!o! ananped. VIXEN he
;h:s;e il dawn ard dias- 4 Derr,nger, bui
psi..e 10 iitel II nc aih.gesea nu. IN tb.
a'rf"t ard fell. .
Cos rxsmmcl t. csrnscI far dsfsnce.-
Il wa about t:TsIya G:0ck, so nearly AZ
r.r 7ccollec!; Dixon c,ms 10 ms and aal'
;int one Of tic p:ges had ccms aad told
lin tS=t 30, (GoGlr!ch1 M,j,r Harris
0'Dcnncli :nd Fur,ie Eero talking tarathc,
n. Ihc rornsr; hn Vsnted ra kncT II L r.s
-sa talking sh1ut hic.--Gai no haard ths.
To:ds wss looking frT rim tDixon), md ht
vas prepared n meat him. TIC thing Ecrnd
M nv U.x3:.'a arYiac ''lst' q tako drink
Sa :: FGTde fire the frat ehot, and then Dig.
on ana Fario Ievalcd their pi8roia and ccm
,aauccd firing IT aa:h o.hs-. NavaT said IA
c55vo'Sa:i0n directly sf.e7 the occurrence
.h,t D X0n fred li:c llrs. shot CANT sSy
hjr many shals zero fired. ! wfs busy
tryinr 10 save each gnrtistnsn from bsine
Nnt., E,r,! could nave ,;ore so, but evorybodY =
.an swnr.. pidn'i hssr Fo; de make nny 10
.na,k--bn nigh. haYo dcno &C; but | was
fusT ;ioigi6S to keep then from being sho
;.i,i to stop tho difficulty. CAN'T Say whsth
eT Digan saw Forde coming or rot. S,sno
roiy Rsid, Fo-io, ycrhsd hsttar get assy.'
7 .au oyer there, BIZ: F9tde was per
raa;;y raol and dill nat try 10 eo
away, bus said, 81 surrender" Do n.
know FoTde hy name, but knew hin
hv iho aescii ption to havo been the uur
that was ntaIding in the door when
yyn7 talking on ,Ia cornor of Iantn and msin
I trinh II Disnn iai fred al Foria at fist
ia would hava shot ms n tbs hsck af :hs
hssh doagsd vLen Fcrda iirsd. said
nj Iha CGconcs's Inquest, that thought if
20: katwann thetn they would nave stoprcG
firing fcr fear they would shoot 100. MIR
Dso1; said no hsd discharged Mr.. F5rda fot
acgiac. oi duty, tut warld hsys rainstnte &c
h;ra :.ad no rot otthre=tene1 him. Said iia lid
~: !!Sa to take tho ki,o.i Ct hia fe.o;y r,sn
~ something like thai, but he did nat wan
10 i'a7s rnr I..au tnko his bipod /; hs dacl1a;;
n h;va F"ris arrested did not l:ia H. h,v,
arvtting like thst donc. Ii ended BY Dizong
saying "!at's tsiso = drink" ro;clIao; tha;
vcrr vol Q.ughte7(
Ios>pa T. Gcrd~in, svoru-Os :he day
nj .ho smoothing had sIms Lusiaee; with Mr
p : jr, Ena 77r1. i-cia L, storo tu :hs aapi
tci 10 So, him, yas told worid find him q
Osvjrza,s ho1!:atars. ! won't doTn .Tt
s.w sit. Dixon at2Rdine m tdo corner BIZ
h.Dssss Hall. | went ever 10 him snc
tod tin t"a. gontitmen ct my housi
wGni:d to nee him IIo said ho Eouf
aoria np directly. ,He stksl ne 10 ga ir
ifaGt.. MIR, GnG!:ich, WHOM, did net lher
!:-f:r. % III. Dzan went il, ln:i .,s, sup
n-5r, t0".. : ir!nk. Nhen VIC c1mc out We
,iari fiC isr Tl,iiTaElS. v.s m iho cnr.
a.;: fs=' Mr, nIHE'aE ard Sir Forie con-,
l;ig0oga .!tc gatu cut u: tha Osniiol S1uara
I'D Mr. q ls.iHe, !u-rei 20 the T.hj end Mr
M F0Iju 70 the iti,, / nav iiT. FoTde draw
rns msvy yavoiSer. 1 kn5v what tha ris.
to-! wAs, for had been in tho navy. Fo1de
f1sI n cloak, Sud nn :Tow the pittol III, liT,-
dor his cloak. II dIoT riy attention did
not knov whist was going on. Mr.. Forde
SiTacrei 10 tia curhFoHo, placed ana foot
oa tn" tagging, and called ont: 'Dixor, are
pa reedY r" i.efora tfo words got out Of
l,;s m,vth h3 fed. Forie firei Two shots;
tlsn n.xGn iiTG;i. II wss iil1a the ticking ni
pcnduium, TEoH FoTia t:oa assin Fordc
trioi in i!.a his pistol again, and it snapped.
Then Dis2a iiroi sgair; after that, Diycn :;
p:S.5l -nsEpc1 t7ric': ho tb!ss it down clcga
IN snY f:st. lie lhen draw DerriEgor, bnt
islare he fred ii IL 6taggared and fell in IT,.
E.G:.er il frdnt Ct ;ho Ianng htou's Christian
..sGoo siion door. hea,i sap,o one Say
''Fhrle, got away from here" mr. Fy:dc
ei=-iU.l toward: B,iyir's Block. Ten. cyer
to ~ % atrp him, hut before got thcTc hl..
freeman hnj anoifnr gentleman Uhom did
10; snow I'D arrested hin. Fayio ssi,' Il 7c
doHc il: gi7s mysel! up
Grass examined by dcfoHca.-Am TIA
veiisI .E.H, .sri cnr'. I'D hnr:hugged By ex-
sm,naiion. lis.e EitrrEs 7ecspitTa:od seys.
1 al liitc1 LUZ !'ipi w l'.u
kn1T hog -ba1rc'ai rs7nlvor could
AMP tT;ar, ani fra tSico, snd haya thrnc
5s;rs's empty. F'e'o dropped his cost on
:0q sid .walk :itor &c ii-ei
~. J.7fos Blaie iePosai -Essmiaci the
body oi Nj. Dixon. The hall h.d oulef;
tie r;ght side, b.-=ca1 the fourth and dfth
riaa. pie5ciaE : i, -aot7ic!es ci Tho haa.t,
c:t,,inE Instantaneous doatb, and passing out
ofihe loft side. bctwosn the seventh and
eighth ribE.
Jnha d, Qaarles Gcp"scd.-Was coming
from m7 si0sc n my way to too bank.
pasSe1 through the Squa7s and cut of tho
gstc. Arataer sen;ism=n camo cut with
ne passed down tho street on the lsi,
side tavsrds Main greet. When got oppo-
sic tia etcps ,=hich 60 up into the Msusssa
Hall, heatd shot; turned rauad and saw
: centieU,Ea standing with cHe toos or the
tlseging e7d ors in th5 mud; say him fire
secnn;::, then third shot; then Inkn csns
cut i-rm hahind tho cnTrec snd Got between
mo sna the. gentleman wha VAC f.i5g-
haar.i another ehot, tAeu concluded was in