In this condition he was found, when bleeding profusely from
his wounds and threatened with speedy death, by a young merchant of
the city, Resin D. Shepherd, who generously lifted him to his
shoulder, after stanching his wounds, and bore him, through brambles
and mire, in the darkness, to a place of security and comfort, some
miles distant from the scene of the fight. He never lost sight of this
friend. When he came to die, he made him executor to his will, and
residuary legatee, after disposing of some half a million of money in
other legacies. These were all immediately paid by Mr. Shepherd, who
entered upon the possession of all the property the deceased died
possessed of--consequently, the extent of his fortune was never
publicly known.
This man built upon his own property, on Gravier Street, fronting St.
Charles, and immediately across Gravier Street from the St. Charles
Hotel, a church for Dr. Clapp, in which his congregation worshipped
for many years. When the hotel was built, and business began crowding
around this locality, it became necessary to remove his church.
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