Per Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas: Burial Index 1843 - 1993 compiled by Sybil F. Crawford and Mary Fletcher Worthen, he was a son of William and Jane Juliet Fulton Shall. He was killed by a concealed gunman while speaking with a friend on the street during the waning days of the Brooks-Baxter War.
In 'Forward From Rebellion' by John I. Smith, he writes of the confrontation that killed David Shall:
'Colonel Rose, commanding the Federal troops, rushed up and asked White if he intended to charge the Capitol. The evidence as to what happened thereafter conflicts, but apparently the horse Rose was riding stumpled (sic) into one or two of the musicians. White criticized Rose for this behavior and some observers said Rose then drew his pistol to strike White, and White struck the weapon with his arm and the gun fired into the air.
A black on the sidewalk then shot at Rose. The nervous men responded by indiscriminately firing an estimated 200 shots. David F. Shall, a Little Rock real estate dealer who was standing near a window on the first floor on the Anthony House, was hit in the back and killed. Around ten others were wounded.
Many years later, a son of Baxter, probably quoting his father, said the bullet that killed Shall was probably intended for the governor. Others believed at the time that the killing of Shall was an attempt to assassinate Baxter. During the war, Major Shall was a Confederate cavalry officer under General Hardee. After the war, he became a prominent real estate dealer in Little Rock.'
J. G. Fletcher's 'Arkansas' tells a slightly different story:
'Rose's free hand now made a threatening gesture towards White, and White, it is said, knocked it up in the air. At that moment, someone on the sidewalk, probably one of White's Negroes, fired point blank at Rose. At the sound of the report, firing became suddenly general. A volley from the Brooks men in the Metropolitan Hotel, raked the balcony of which Baxter had just been standing. The United States flag, above the balcony, was pierced in several places. D. Y. (sic) Shall, an old and respected citizen of Little Rock, owner of a large estate, was standing at a window. A bullet struck the side of his skull and he died an hour later. One of Brooks's "colonels," Dan O'Sullivan, got a bullet through both of his legs, and it was at first thought both would have to be amputated. A chambermaid jumped from an upstairs window in the Anthony House and broke her leg. Windows were shattered, and people were cut by flying glass.'
Later he continues:
'After Baxter's proclamation, the war languished in Little Rock, though peaceable citizens kept their windows barricaded with mattresses against stray bullets, and took other precautions. D. Y. (sic) Shall's body was given a fine funeral. Business houses kept their doors closed.'
In 'Forward From Rebellion' by John I. Smith, he writes of the confrontation that killed David Shall:
'Colonel Rose, commanding the Federal troops, rushed up and asked White if he intended to charge the Capitol. The evidence as to what happened thereafter conflicts, but apparently the horse Rose was riding stumpled (sic) into one or two of the musicians. White criticized Rose for this behavior and some observers said Rose then drew his pistol to strike White, and White struck the weapon with his arm and the gun fired into the air.
A black on the sidewalk then shot at Rose. The nervous men responded by indiscriminately firing an estimated 200 shots. David F. Shall, a Little Rock real estate dealer who was standing near a window on the first floor on the Anthony House, was hit in the back and killed. Around ten others were wounded.
Many years later, a son of Baxter, probably quoting his father, said the bullet that killed Shall was probably intended for the governor. Others believed at the time that the killing of Shall was an attempt to assassinate Baxter. During the war, Major Shall was a Confederate cavalry officer under General Hardee. After the war, he became a prominent real estate dealer in Little Rock.'
J. G. Fletcher's 'Arkansas' tells a slightly different story:
'Rose's free hand now made a threatening gesture towards White, and White, it is said, knocked it up in the air. At that moment, someone on the sidewalk, probably one of White's Negroes, fired point blank at Rose. At the sound of the report, firing became suddenly general. A volley from the Brooks men in the Metropolitan Hotel, raked the balcony of which Baxter had just been standing. The United States flag, above the balcony, was pierced in several places. D. Y. (sic) Shall, an old and respected citizen of Little Rock, owner of a large estate, was standing at a window. A bullet struck the side of his skull and he died an hour later. One of Brooks's "colonels," Dan O'Sullivan, got a bullet through both of his legs, and it was at first thought both would have to be amputated. A chambermaid jumped from an upstairs window in the Anthony House and broke her leg. Windows were shattered, and people were cut by flying glass.'
Later he continues:
'After Baxter's proclamation, the war languished in Little Rock, though peaceable citizens kept their windows barricaded with mattresses against stray bullets, and took other precautions. D. Y. (sic) Shall's body was given a fine funeral. Business houses kept their doors closed.'
Per Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas: Burial Index 1843 - 1993 compiled by Sybil F. Crawford and Mary Fletcher Worthen, he was a son of William and Jane Juliet Fulton Shall. He was killed by a concealed gunman while speaking with a friend on the street during the waning days of the Brooks-Baxter War.
In 'Forward From Rebellion' by John I. Smith, he writes of the confrontation that killed David Shall:
'Colonel Rose, commanding the Federal troops, rushed up and asked White if he intended to charge the Capitol. The evidence as to what happened thereafter conflicts, but apparently the horse Rose was riding stumpled (sic) into one or two of the musicians. White criticized Rose for this behavior and some observers said Rose then drew his pistol to strike White, and White struck the weapon with his arm and the gun fired into the air.
A black on the sidewalk then shot at Rose. The nervous men responded by indiscriminately firing an estimated 200 shots. David F. Shall, a Little Rock real estate dealer who was standing near a window on the first floor on the Anthony House, was hit in the back and killed. Around ten others were wounded.
Many years later, a son of Baxter, probably quoting his father, said the bullet that killed Shall was probably intended for the governor. Others believed at the time that the killing of Shall was an attempt to assassinate Baxter. During the war, Major Shall was a Confederate cavalry officer under General Hardee. After the war, he became a prominent real estate dealer in Little Rock.'
J. G. Fletcher's 'Arkansas' tells a slightly different story:
'Rose's free hand now made a threatening gesture towards White, and White, it is said, knocked it up in the air. At that moment, someone on the sidewalk, probably one of White's Negroes, fired point blank at Rose. At the sound of the report, firing became suddenly general. A volley from the Brooks men in the Metropolitan Hotel, raked the balcony of which Baxter had just been standing. The United States flag, above the balcony, was pierced in several places. D. Y. (sic) Shall, an old and respected citizen of Little Rock, owner of a large estate, was standing at a window. A bullet struck the side of his skull and he died an hour later. One of Brooks's "colonels," Dan O'Sullivan, got a bullet through both of his legs, and it was at first thought both would have to be amputated. A chambermaid jumped from an upstairs window in the Anthony House and broke her leg. Windows were shattered, and people were cut by flying glass.'
Later he continues:
'After Baxter's proclamation, the war languished in Little Rock, though peaceable citizens kept their windows barricaded with mattresses against stray bullets, and took other precautions. D. Y. (sic) Shall's body was given a fine funeral. Business houses kept their doors closed.'
In 'Forward From Rebellion' by John I. Smith, he writes of the confrontation that killed David Shall:
'Colonel Rose, commanding the Federal troops, rushed up and asked White if he intended to charge the Capitol. The evidence as to what happened thereafter conflicts, but apparently the horse Rose was riding stumpled (sic) into one or two of the musicians. White criticized Rose for this behavior and some observers said Rose then drew his pistol to strike White, and White struck the weapon with his arm and the gun fired into the air.
A black on the sidewalk then shot at Rose. The nervous men responded by indiscriminately firing an estimated 200 shots. David F. Shall, a Little Rock real estate dealer who was standing near a window on the first floor on the Anthony House, was hit in the back and killed. Around ten others were wounded.
Many years later, a son of Baxter, probably quoting his father, said the bullet that killed Shall was probably intended for the governor. Others believed at the time that the killing of Shall was an attempt to assassinate Baxter. During the war, Major Shall was a Confederate cavalry officer under General Hardee. After the war, he became a prominent real estate dealer in Little Rock.'
J. G. Fletcher's 'Arkansas' tells a slightly different story:
'Rose's free hand now made a threatening gesture towards White, and White, it is said, knocked it up in the air. At that moment, someone on the sidewalk, probably one of White's Negroes, fired point blank at Rose. At the sound of the report, firing became suddenly general. A volley from the Brooks men in the Metropolitan Hotel, raked the balcony of which Baxter had just been standing. The United States flag, above the balcony, was pierced in several places. D. Y. (sic) Shall, an old and respected citizen of Little Rock, owner of a large estate, was standing at a window. A bullet struck the side of his skull and he died an hour later. One of Brooks's "colonels," Dan O'Sullivan, got a bullet through both of his legs, and it was at first thought both would have to be amputated. A chambermaid jumped from an upstairs window in the Anthony House and broke her leg. Windows were shattered, and people were cut by flying glass.'
Later he continues:
'After Baxter's proclamation, the war languished in Little Rock, though peaceable citizens kept their windows barricaded with mattresses against stray bullets, and took other precautions. D. Y. (sic) Shall's body was given a fine funeral. Business houses kept their doors closed.'
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Killed during the Brooks-Baxter War.
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