The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-02-07

THE SHE'LL Roam MunDER.-The case Of the murder
of Mrs. Ann Mctiran her house he shell road the
BALDWIN lor investgalon "A number Of Witnesses were
examined none of whom knew anything OF The muder
s snd Ellen
sept the house arrested the next morning. and have
been since suspicion OF being the guilty paes
The statements made by the prisoners we gave IN detail a
The time The nude came unds our noee and were briefly
in room frs floor Donno sleptin the
second stoy Thus situated hirs Quinn it is to BE- supHo
not know all the leading circumstances She SAID The mu
the time was commed and that she (Nrs QUINN
from somebody IN the room attempting 10
light match there was a momentary flash from phos
phoius b. which she lne in the Ioom-whethe
white black she did not know she cried murder and
men they fed, and Donnohue coming down stairs light
was struck and Mrs, McGran found dead. This was
the statement of Mrs. Quinn. Donnohue SAID he knew
nothing more the affair than hearing the cry of muir
der!" upon which he rushed down stars and found Mrs.
these statements the fact that Donnohue and Mr Quinn
did 20 the house Mr. Deven about l50 YARDS dis
tant and the nea neighbor of Mrs. McGran, until
O'Clock in the morning (two hours after the said
have been commtted) and the CONDITION OF the pemi
yesterday knew nothing having bearing upon the case.
Donnohue was discharged. Mrs Dunn was committed
for trial before the First District Court and bail declared
inadmissible IN her case.
Note By the Edt0r-Against Donnohue there was abso
uey nothing Circumstance went to show his entire
innocence Mrs. Quin committed for trial The evidence
against her amounted to nothing absolutely although
Of string being fastened to hook, and some indnc
remembrance of the witnesses about her saying that she
had hit by blow the night of the MURDER without
knowing it, That Mrs. Qun may have committed, or been
pvy to murder barely within the reach OF possibility
What motive could she have had! She and Mrs. McGran
were not enemes-hey living in the same house. they
had spent the evening social chat and they sleeping
in the same bed Vengeance hatred then. could not
have led to the act Nor could avace for she had taken
nothing and from the fact hat she gave the alarm
now be proved Donnohue being discharged before Mrs
Nicer IN was dead and appear Immediately after
the It se could have concealed nothngn fact there
article Of value missing from the house. The instrument
with which Mrs Mctiran killed. heavy, rusty
hoe with piece of dried and partially roed saping for
handle The force of the blow broke the hos off at the blade,
and left the ron in thu bed while the handle found
about 100 yards from the house. towards the city The hoe
was not which had been the premises OF
Mrs McGran. Now, seems most probable that
evil disposed personsfom The instrument probably
away negroehad believed that the house occupied by
single woman and entered it and killed her with the intent
commit robberythat they striking light to
summae the deed when Mrs. Quin crying murder, and
calling upon Donnohue. stairs. took them by surprise
and alarmed them aud that they made their carrying
the handle of the hoe with them for distance from the
house. The that they did not the next house.
small matterDoDnohue stranger the neghbOrhood
anu it is be supposed that who bed fellow
had lust been killed. would have had her under full
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