Alfred Soward, Esq of Dover Mason Co. Ky Shot
"Alfred Soward, Esq. of Dover, Mason Co. was shot through a window on Sunday night last, about 11 o'clock.At the time he was shot he was sitting up in his bed engaged in reading.Three balls took effect on his person, and a fourth was found lodged in his pillow.He was not dead at our latest accounts from him; but his recovery was hardly hoped for."
From the Licking Valley Register
Covington, Kentucky
Sat. April 17, 1847