The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-14
: NUMBER y39.,E
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nay Ape Won rseady PtS yserton s9e nj din1oGn1iirrsd. 1G1iird
s'I, am ready,n Dickinson replied,
and Jackson reiterated the words y
Quick as thought nOverton shouted,
with his old country accent, ''FereGi1i
Dickinson. as quick raised his pistol
and fired. Oyerton saw puff of dust
fly from the breast of the Generals
coat. < jackson raised his left armand
placed it tightly acress his chest. II He's
surely hit, muttered his SECOND, .ssand
in a Bad place, too; but, no, he does not
FAM" Jackson, erect and grim. with
teeth sen firm, raised tl{sF pistol Over
ton glanced at Dickinsohl sIAinazed at
theiunweHted failure OFF ihis aims and ap-
parently appalled, at the awful face and
figure before him. the lawyer had nm
consciously recoifed d pace or two.
I" Great 60dF ne faitered, "have ]
mlssea il1 irl9im n1 m1Is-E,,;e7sg sHjwalIoi aHT
Back to the mark. ,sirr roared
Overton, with his hand upon his pistol.
Dickinson recovered his comp posdre
and ltoedi the scratcHpa He averted his
eyes fom.his antagonists e5acksontook
de dssliberatet aim and pulled. the trigger.
The pistol neither. snapped nor went
of. tt Stopped at half Cock Jackson
drew the lock back to its aptfAce,, took
aim the second time sand E1redg oDick-
insoR,s face blanhhedaoiH reeiedssHis
friends caught. him in their ARM. and
gently seated him ON the ground against
bush. His trousers REDEEMED. They
stripped off his clothes. The blood was
gushing from his side in O. torrent. The
ball had passed threagh the Body below
the ribs, and 'ioaged Just under the skin
above the opposite hip. Al the doc
tors IN Christeniom could not have
saved his life. General OVerton went
forward and looked at him. 10 A glance
was SUFFICIENT. BE rejoined Jackson,
saying :a't He II want nothing more OF
you, General. 's They walked ,to, where
the. horses were tethered, ,is sOYerton was
on one side: OF jackson and the surgeon
on, the other, Neither spoke a, word.
The surgeon saw that one of, Jackson's
shoes was full of blood. "My God,
General, You are HIT he exclaimed.
pointing to the, blood be- esd IN
yes, I believe he has, pinked me q
little" jackson replied. Let's look
at tt but say nothing about II. ''ihe al
foil He opened mis- oeat.i Diekfnson's aikn
had .Hezhad sent the ball
precisely where he supposed Jaekson's
heart was heating. - The thinness of his
body and the 1ooseness of his coat de-
ceived him. It was a bad d-foo king wound.
Two ribs were broken and the, breast
bone: :wassraked. .ax iJackson monsed his
herse and rode to the itagernasBp
approaching the house he went mp 20 q
asked 'whethet the butter had Come.
She said It WIS JUST coming He asked
for some bdttermiik5o. While she was
getting it for him be furtively opened
his coat She saw I, that, his shirt was
soaked with blood, While, she, was
gazing at the sight, dipper III hand, he
Caught her eye, and hastily buttoned
his coat. She dipped poHt tap quart of
bnttermilk and tgaze:fit sto him. gHe
drank it off at q draught, and thenwent
into the house and had his wound
! dressed. He sent, a friend to inquire
\ concerning Mr. Dickinson s condition,
and 10 offer the services of his surgeon.
DIR. sCatlet replied that Dickinson case
was past allsurgery, 81 General jackson
then sent a bottle of wine, to the .physi-
clan for the use of his patient. Dickin-
son bled to DEATH The flow OF blood
-eoald not be stopped. He suffered ex-
freme agony, and uttered distressing
cries all day longas AT nine O'Clock that
night he asked zWhg=they-had put out
the lights. The end was at hand. Five
minutes siaftefward ohe9 died cursing
with his last breath the ballnthAt had
entered his body His wife had been
summoned. On the way, to Harrison's
Mills She met a procession of silent
horsefneh, escorting q rough efnfgrant
wagon that contained her husband re-.
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ta jackson gave as - ReasoHif for conceal
ing his wound that, as Dickinson con-
sidered himself the best shot in the
world and was certain of killing him at
the first fire, he did rh0t want him to
hayessthe qualification of knowing that
;he had touched himd i;ttI Should have
hit him. he said e if heihad sheteme
Jackson was taken fia to the Hermitage. Ell ttaig,e
His weund proved to be even more Sc
we're than was eatiifirst anticipated. fE It
was q month before hencpuld; leave the
house The wound lhealed falsely.
Some Of the Yiscera were displaced and
50. remained. ~ 2 Sun. = - eae.. 80. 80.
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