The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-07
shoeI.ing TragedY in s.. Louis.

Shocking Tragedy in st. Louis.
The steamboat Osceola arrived from ST. Louis
last evening. We are indebted to the poteness of
the clerk, Mr.. John McLarsy, for copy of the ST.
Louis Republican, of last Wednesday, from which
we gather the particulars of a mysterious and
shocking affair, which took place at the City Ho.
tel, of that city, on Monday evening.
Two Fsnohmsn vino registered themselves q GonzhIye
de MontesquoIe and Raymond dc MonesquioIs or Mon.
tesquon1 from Pans, arrived at the City Hotel Sunday
which place they have siTnIey travelled overland each &C.
eupying buEgy and furnished with guns and other appa
Al he Hotel they occupied room No 49, the entrance to
No II. Immediately opposite the entrance . which Is from
sS s 0 dRs M aG 20 4S Sp Sa SfcpSa
HGbbsl and room 81, the back window Of which opened
Snm. 5eDbs ana 5e Ss 6oGSa H. MsSom5s
About halfpast eleven while BeEnum was preparing 70
dow asTn aside they were startled f by Sad tapping a
es having gan his hand the occupants became alarmed
simultaneously with this alarm the man with the gun rsd
through the wad9w the contents Of which ook effect the
M1fom6s r. me T dhs e q mgs ~ sHa a 1' oPS
who had RETIRED prsng 70 the door and opened is
light being In the at the lime sooner bad the door
Tie window 70 room 81 fred al HIN ths contents d The gun
a%sS @ S aaa bod. bs @
Jones s inside the room against the door and Immediately
proceed from room 49, occupied BY he Eranehmsn, to
the window Of ol 81 which ihe alaIm was mt made ne
add ths window % ST. al opening apon piazza po1e
Of these, 90 we lsah was any elo mRds ~ as assaaH1
these rooms excepting Bapum was ght . besssn fem
yi0us 70 The alarm attempt was made % enter ths room
from the outside bq Hpo9 alarm Pslng gysp hs peIsoR a.
lie f snI Ss 9 ss sas to s
som where Lhsy wsls aIIsslSe " 9s 9lieaIs = sppsAs
WRs shol and iaeomhsi ssss thsl ho were smst WITH
sPn6 and both RIsdaEee BEtRHm Che ether al 0Hsa
aegTp maR who naaI b., sesRihE bpa and Whe had
aii ylsW " hs whole lsnsseoR ttse7 - eeRHssege g
sos sbe Il he o s' ooesp y he saS ~ sg
se0b barrel suns, both bsfTsa IL pas aad one haIIsl e
atey Il Gan be positively sslqhshsa lbst both Of k6s
~ so6eaue1y saRsS blaze any Plea 81 INSANITY.
The Pogsttaion Of this o1ase sIa men sgsd a5Sst ,Hsn
they perfectly sober the eldest lahonng under some lit
sne IL fps syis being provided win large waidfobes SBd
every necessary for theiL eomioI aad az qssmsat Ths
nothing but gentemens paaphemaa, and 81, 49, in gold
They claim 10 Be family Of some distinction in France
the eldest Of the 1--WE bearing he TUE Of Count The lounges
last February aud IN consequence Of Their e"nnsxOn with
COvenment they wee compelled to fl their couny THEW
arrived in the United States June asl, since which
KEY bnn NJ S sno oI yySSb fbsy manifest IeSt fondS
and for which hey amply provided with the proper
cOuements The OF the two states that his brother
and but few evenDg while they in the
Alton, made demonstration attack penOn,
timely prevented by his interference The elder brother
appears to be sensible OF his having done wrong excuPas
the younger brother from all blame and that he alone
should be made suffer for the consequences Of his act He
states that powerful feeling which he could not resist took
that while labonng under this feeling he zed (doube
baeed) gun and rushed from the room, and fired at the first
two men he saw his brother followed the purpose pre-
venting him from doing injury but before bis interference
what CLEAN history of these men, and far
supported by other facts and circumstances we give h for
A Coroner's inquest was held the next day on
the body of Albert Jones, at which testimony to
the above facts produced.
His remains were buried the next day, followed
| by large concourse Of citizens. Young Barnum
was alive late on the evening of the Both, but no
hopes were entertained of his recovery The
others were recovering.
BY the Tuscumbia, last evening, we received ad-
dtOnal papers, The Union contains an account of
an attempt to "resCue" the prisoners, by which
we suppose is meant, an attempt to take them out
of the custody of the law, in order to inAct sum
: mary punishment, according to the Lynch code.
The crowd was very large and very much excited.
The Mayor sent out the whole police force of the
city to guard the Jail. The same paper contains
an account of a previous affair of violence, in
3 which one of these parties were concerned, al
. | Alton:
e The COUNTS MoNTEsQUIoN-We received last eve
ming from gentleman direct from Alton, statement
of the conduct of the above persons Saturday night
while stopping at OF the Alton hotels.
well the other inmates of the hotel, had RETIRED
everything quiet, the Waterman connected with tn
establishment seated himself the stOye Soon
the counts came raining down salTs with his d0nbebaT
relied in his hands, with both locks cooked. Seeing th
Waterman, the stranger rushed towards him aad preseute
his gun at his breast at the same time crying What is a
1t this noise about III will shoot you-wbat thi
IS noise P' The waohman Informed him that there N
at least be heard none and then slipped aOUnd tn
other side OF the stove and this he careful 10 kee
!. between himself and the stranger The Frenchman the
asked for the landlord The watohman pointed e the and
lords room, and told the that he was in there. Tn
Count ran into the and after threatening to shoot tn
landlord said they wanted their horses haTnessed and hei
baggage placed in their vehicle they intended tO eav
the hotel This request complied with, and after every
thing was ready Tor their departure they concluded the
it would remain and asked to have their horses put again
and their baggage taken back TO their bat the aud
lord refuse TO receive them into the house again. and e
remaining several hours about the premises they commence
their journey for this city,
The Reveille has the following paragraphs:
We hear stated that the two Counts natives of Ca
neda and not OF France. One Of them his way Lh
jail, cried ont twice, God the Queen" Tn
II would tend TO confirm the belief OF Their Canadian OngiI
One OF our citizens who speaks French, paid visit III
MonteSquOns at the Jail yesterday morning. OHe OF the
refused 70 enter into conversation, aud maintained Suie
silence throughout the whole interview. The other h
CONTRARY, spoke freely subject and readily
sWeIed all questions When asked what could have pomp
ed him to the baIbaOus deed he had committed he replied
H. was merely fulfilling a mission. One year ago two
my relatives were killed by mob in Paris the idea hs
often occurred to me that their death should be avenged
Knew It was my duty to ayenge them. Now is done an
am satisfied. l have fulfilled my destiny, and ha,
D. nothing to repfOach mys self"
q STEAM ON CANALs,-Thomas N. Harris is Il
B. name of the gentleman who has entered into a sp
III cial partnership with the Chesapeake and OH
Canal COmDanv for the p,,rposa IF testipo the ous