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News article in Herald & Torch Light, 1864 - "Murder of a Negro"

On the evening of the 9th inst. a negro named Jim Baker was decoyed from his house, in the neighborhood of the jail, and shot by two men whose names are unknown. Dr. Dorsey was summoned to dress the negro’s wounds, and finding him in a dying condition he enjoined upon him to make known the facts pertaining to his injuries. He stated that he had retired to bed and was aroused by some man who in a familiar manner told him that he had something to tell him.