Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Prieur, William June 2, 1882
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Public Ledger, Sat., June 3, 1882  


Death of Mr. William Prieur-Most of our readers will remember that on the night 
of the 21st of February last, a shooting affray on Main Street near Church, in 
which William Prieur was shot and desperately wounded by Andrew C. Elliott. 
Prieur was at once conveyed to St. Vincent’s De Paul, where he has been under 
treatment for the wound until last night, when he died. The case was a somewhat 
singular one, the wounded man having been ever since paralyzed, from the waist 
down but the strong constitution of the man and the absence of any symptoms of 
pyemia or blood poisoning, enabled him to survive for that length of time a 
wound of which the surgeons in attendance deemed necessarily fatal.
Elliott was arrested the night of the shooting and remained in jail for some 
days, but was finally released on a writ of habeas corpus, and bailed in the 
sum $5,000 for his appearance to answer the charge of shooting with intent to 
kill. He appeared at the term indicated, when the case was continued, and he 
renewed his bail bond and is still at liberty. The death of Prieur, however, 
puts a new phase on the matter, and he will now go before a grand jury to be 
indicted on the charge of murder.
City Coroner Dr. John M. Galt was notified of the death of Prieur this morning, 
and directed Constable John B. Cotton to summon a jury of inquest to view the 
remains and to inquire by what means the deceased came to his death.
An autopsy was held by the Coroner, assisted by Drs. Newton, Smith, Rose, and 
James D. Galt, which ascertained that the bullet in the upper part of the 
breast had severed the spinal cord, and shattered the bone, and also that the 
wound in the right thigh, still unhealed, was a very serious one.
The entire course of the ball could not be traced from the first incision made 
in the body, and another in the back was determined on. The autopsy was still 
in progress when our report closed.
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Public Ledger Mon., June 5, 1882, pg. 1.

Funeral of Mr. William Prieur. 
The funeral of Mr. William Prieur, whose death at the Hospital of St. Vincent 
De Paul we noticed Saturday afternoon, took place yesterday, and was quite 
numerously attended by his acquaintances and friends in this city, none of his 
relatives, we learn, being present. The services were conducted by Rev. M. 
O’Keefe, of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Mr. Prieur having embraced that 
faith to his death. At the conclusion of the services the remains, followed by 
a large number of friends, were conveyed to the Catholic Cemetery for interment 
the following friends of the deceased acting as pallbearers: Messrs. Joseph 
Bonfanti, J.I. Morrisette, L. O’Neil, John C. Howard, D. Baum and M. Ryan.

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St. Mary's Cemetery

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