The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-23

[CHMOND, SATURDAY,
come down and see Alexandria, and said at
the same time that she had learned who was
to marry, and asked II that was the lady. l
told her it was. Gave her some portraits apd
letter to bring TO Richmond for me. She
returned to Richmond, reaching here
on Saturday night. I followed q week or ten
days afterwards went to Manchester, and
came over to Richmond in day or two. She
proposed to me to take the room up stairs over
the place she was then occupying for the
purpose of opening q drinking house.
agreed to do so, and she spoke to Mr.. Bar
rett. He consented, and I opened the house.
1t passed on in this way for some time, and
one day when asked when she thought she
would 60 away. She replied that she was
going as soon as she could make her arrange
ments, and that she wanted to have some talk
with me. A day or two afterwards she told
me a gentleman had made a proposition to
her to 60 to England with him. asked her
what he meant she said he was q sergeant
In company "I,' Third Pennsylvania regi-
ment, which expected soon TO be mustered
ont. She said he proposed to marry
she knew he was not q married man. She
made inquiry among the members Of the COM
pany, and some said he was and others that he
was not married. She then told me that
Sergeant Blackburn had proposed to her to
take a hack ride, when he would satisfy her
all about it. The hack came, and she went
with him. She came back and told me she
was satisfied and would have nothing more to
n wifi h Sho hov fo1A hot Mr. In
seph McCoysshad made proposals Of marriage
to her, and that they had been corresponding.
One of his letters she read to me, and asked me
what thought of it. She said she had found
out that Mccoy was a single man, a good
mechanic, with a good reputation. A day or
50 afterwards she got a letter from Mccoy ask
ing her to visit him at the city Jail, where he
was confined. She went to the commandant
of the Jail, got pass, and went to see him.
She came back and said she was going to write
a letter to Mccoy, and asked me to assist her,
and did so. Things went on in this way un-
til Mccoy was released, after which he visited
the place regularly. Invent home again about
the lst of September for a niece of mine to
wait on the young lady whom was to marry.
Returned to Richmond and found Mr.. Mccoy
at the restaurant as usual. On the day
that was shot, the 22d of September, went
to Chesterfield Courthouse; returned between
and 7 o'clock in the evening, and found the
place shut up. Thought probable that Mrs.
Ould was out attending to some business, and
went to Mrs. Redding's and inquired for her.
Mrs. r. said she had not seen her. Went back
to the place and went up stairs, and continued
up to her chamber and went in. Thare
was small single bedstead in the room,
with a counterpane, blankets and pillow on it.
On this bedstead I found Mrs. Ould and Mr..
Mccoy together. She was leaning over him,
and both were apparently asleep. Seeing
their position, I tried to retreat without being
observed. Got ont and started down stairs.
Got down a few steps, and met a young lady,
named Alice Gill, and a young girl with her.
Miss Gill asked me where Mrs. Ould was, and
told her she would find her in her chamber.
Got to the pavement in front Of the house
and started up the street. Mrs. Ould followed,
and insisted on my going back that she would
explain all. Went back with her, and she
asked ME why left SO abruptly; did
not know that this man was going away
with her? I remarked that I thought q
chamber was very unfit place to receive
gentleman whom she expected to marry,
and that the bar-room and hall were large
enough for them Ito sit in and converse. She
asked me to forgive her, and I told her that
she or myself must leave that night. She said
she would leave next morning, but had no mo-
ney to 60 with. offered her money, and gave
her some eighty or ninety dollars. She then
asked me if I would be her friend no longer,
and told her that when we parted we parted
as friends, and should we ever meet we would
meet as friends. Told her was going back to
Manchester, and started. To prevent me from
going, she caught hold of me, and said she would
follow me wherever l went that must come
back and overlook what had happened, and lei
the arrangement stand as it was. Went back
to the bar room and went behind the bar. Was
there for an hour and a half or two hours
when put ON my coat and started down
stairs. She followed me, insisting on
my return. continued on down the
street, and got in front of the stable near
the corner of Fourteenth, and she asked me
again if I was not going to forgive her and be
her friend, or was going to leave her without
giving her any satisfaction. I told her
would part with her as friend then bade
her goodbye and gave her my good wishes
On turning to leave her, with my back to-
wards her, she fired. turned round to see
where the firing proceeded from, and saw her
with the pistol leveled at my breast. /
snatched at the pistol, and then found out that
I was wounded. She then snapped the pistol
at me again. reached to get a brick; got one
and threw it at her. Reached to get another
and my wound became SO painful that
fell. She approached, and I said, /" For
Christ's sake, don't shoot me any more
you have killed me now" She tried
to shoot me while was down, and AS
raised seized a brick; tried to get away
from her, and she still followed, trying tc
shoot me. Iagain fell, and was arrested by
some person whom 1 do not know. ASKED
him to carry me to a physician, and he did so
In the meantime she was arrested, and at hel
own request was carried to the Doctors shop
where was, and asked my forgiveness. Tolt
her would forgive her for all, and asked hel
why she had shot me. That is all can re
collect.
Cross-examined by the Mayor.-After wa
carried to the Doctors shop, was told by
the policeman that Mrs. Ould was brought
there at her own request. then asked hel
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