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

HORRID MURDER.-The Coroner was yesterday called
upon early hour hold inquest on the body of
Mrs. Ann McGran widow who kept The coffee house
the New Shell Road between the city ogae and the half
way house, and about miles from the former On the
Coroner arriving the house, he found the woman lying in
bed saturated and the floor of the covered with blood
The right side of her head fractured and piece OF the
skull nearly two inches diameter driven into the BRAIN
There were also two sabs her left sde both Immediately
under the ann The verdict Of the that death was
caused by the fracture of the skull and that the blow was
made with some blunt instrument. Two persons named
VIM. Donnohue and Mrs Ellen Quinn living in the house,
were arrested and conveyed to prison the instance OF the
Coroner.
We visited the of this horrible tragedy in the after
and obtained the following particulars from officers
De Courcy and Mayne of the Second Municipality police
who were the spot at early hour the morning Mrs
Quinn and her child aged about or years. slept with the
the room in which the murder committed DonnOhue
who ta been employed in making some repairs on the road
had lodged in lie house and slept with fellow iaborer
named m carson IA the upper pait of the building for
murder, Carson did not sleep in the house, and Donno
hue slept alone The murder committed about IL
O'Clock. Mrs. Quinn says she was asleep when those
was lying, inside Ms McGran. She was awoke by the
drawing OF the bar and instantly after being awoke
person attempted to light match light furnished
for moment, by which she there two in the
room she cried murder and says she heard in few mo-
ments the man above moving upon which the two men in
house until about O'Clock when they the house of
the only neighbor within long distance, the house Of Mr.
Il
yards and they thei. for going alarm Mr.
Deven sooner that they afraid lest they
might meet the murderers the road Mr. Deven returned
with them, his being informed of what had occurred and
they remained in Mrs McGran' IS house until early in the
morning when the police arrived The police reaching
the place. found grubbng hos with the handle broke off
the eye in the bed beside the dead dagger lay
table beside the bed and string fastened the hook
OF folding door (Which the barroom from
oude with the end hanging outside if for the purpose Of
opening the door The handle of the hoe found the
road the direction city about yards from the house
The hoe had some fragments OF the moskeo bar mixed
he 1urua spnh nnhf
Committed The dagger Ms Quinn says belonged to Ms:
Mcran and was laid by her the table, attempt had
been made to enter the house Saturday psh, last and
anticipating the attempt would be renewed, she deter
mined to for protection On the Sunday morning after
the endeayor speak Of nearly pound of powder
ionnd on The soop the door, through the agency of
which Is supposed the party intended destroying the evil
dence OF the crime medtated
Tnus far the object of the murder mystery. Seemingly
not article OF property in the house lad been disturbed
and small sum OF money in The amOr, which found
locked was taken in charge by the poica Some ccum-
stances tend TO throw suspicious onnohue and Mrs
Quinn but as they both hands of Justice would
be improper TO prejudice ba public mind against them adj
Of the investigation which, presume will be had
to day before Recorder Baldwin.