Cumberland County NcArchives News.....Joshua Edwards: Attempted Murder August 9, 1826 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com December 2, 2007, 1:41 pm Aug. 9, 1826 North Carolina Journal August 9, 1826 ATTEMPT TO MURDER -- JOSHUA EDWARDS of Cumberland County, was shot in his own yard on Thursday night last, by some assassin, and though severely wounded, is alive. MR. EDWARDS was preparing to go to bed and stepping out of his door was shot at; he was wounded in the head, breast, and arm. We have not heard who is suspected of doing the act. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/cumberland/newspapers/joshuaed309nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb