The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-23
Corresponlence Of the crescent.
Startling Scenes Of Crime and Violations Of
Lar ia Tsras = Murder of Capt. Brennan
md Ha1lqiag of BIZ Hardy.

Lar IN Tsras - Murder of Capt. Brennan
and Hanging Of BIZ Hardy.
BROWNSVILLE, Teras, July 10, 1850.
Afessrs. Edforss The scenes through which we have
Just passed have been truly shocking short time since
notorious highway robber arrested and committed to our
prison. insecure house. At the spring term OF Court
he succeeded in obtaining continuance Of his case Three
weeks by assistance of persons, he effected his es
cape; but Immediately caught and delivered to the
jailor On the way the Jail he broke from him, and,
cheeed by of the company, and jumped into
sk the foremost Of his jumped in alter him.
and r0wed him to Matam0ros. Here his irons We're
taken off, and four of our citizens furnished him with
and clothes This excited the community generally very
much, for revealed the fact that, midst was ban
d of men, foot loose that could and would prevent the
punishment of offenders.
The last vessel from Galveston brought by the
of VIM. Hardy an old offender; his expenses were
borne By two by the of Capt John Brennan
On Wednesday night there was fandango, and Captain
Brennan and Hardy both at IL and apparently irendy
AT about one O'Clock Capt B. started home As as he
stepped of the house Hardy followed and, at some hve
from the door, plunged his boweknite Into ms
breast. Brennan thirty steps and fell
dead. Hardy stepped into house, and, holding up ms
bloody knife in his reekng hand remarked he had LAID one
cold, and if he had friend he would do the same Tor him.
The crowd, in great confusion cut, andpn finding that
Capt. B. dead made signs Of intention to arrest
Hardy, but he escaped from them Next morning he was
arrested daylight and conveyed TO the prison but
the of Kellogg fresh in their minds and the clt
determined give him chance to escape At about
CLOCK he marched prison. 70 VI
city and hung He expressed regrets seemed to be lost
fear hope; his hand still bloody, and his knife,
which taken from him whene was arresed Is now In
of Sheriff. covered with blood the depth tour
inches. That evening o'clock public meeting was
called and nine men appointed committee investigate
the of the escape Of Kellogg. After some hours of
tent investigation they called public meeting and reported
that four of eitizenour city marshal among the
numberwere concerned in eectng his release and escape
committee of six appointed and in thirty minutes
they reported resolution to the effect that said four men
should leave city in forty eight hours from that time
Some fifty hundred of them in procession marched to
each place of residence and left notice to that effect
Last evening the time Of limitation expired. Although
attempt made to rally party to resist the determination
citizens little before sunset the last one left Ii isno
expected that they will make their temperance. An ordi
has been passed by council prevent the fuu
| holding of fandangos within the corporate limits =
Bill Hardy has been for time notorious character
1t is said that he had killed in St. Louis, another OIL
the Arkansafver and that he had attempted to take thu
lives of several San Antonio AUSTIN and Galveston
from which place Capt Brennan paid his passage He
sent in irons from Monterey during the but effected hi
escape by jumping overheard somewhere between Maamo
| ros and Reynosa, and swimming ashore.
The of his hanging, given by the Brownsville
| Flag, is thrllingly interesting:
1.-THE prisoner was unfettered and brought FORTH and
1t proposed tie him, but his assurance that he wou
not attempt to he suffered to go Tree and unframed
led On reaching the selected for the
he remarked hat he knew he had 10 die and ntelde
o%d ss w e Solemn wa qn
large but orderly and quiet with few exceptions. No on
volunteering shoot the guilty. hardened wretch, was de
ced that he hang. Rev Mr. Cravens then fol
ward and introduced himself and asked Hardy if he desire
any preparation, had statement to make He said
had nothing saw, except the disposition Of his effects
and request the writing of few letters his friends.
then requested Mr. Cravens TO for him. During all th
time and while the arrangements making ia
launching him into eternity, where he would meet NOR
dread tribunal than EARTH he evnced the most pereC
indifference his fate suffering muscle of his face
limbs betray the least emotion And took the
that hang him. and tied the hangmans knot, shoN
it done, without the slightest percepbe of tn
Those managing the NATTER fearing the knot
well tied, united il for the purpose OF relying, in whic
they failed, when he remarked gentlemen standing
him. that he would have tie it again This kind Office ii
doomed then got into cart, mounted on plank
ance, and. while the which suspended from bea
used for hosting beeve was being adjusted around his mech
asked have his hands tied behind him There he soot
high above the crowd his hands tied, the close aboI
his nsck death staring HIM in the face CALM cool and CO
ected. The cart moved from under him. and in this cond
ton he hurled into eternity Such spectacle we ney
witnessed before may never ag8n. IL evidently
intention to have eaped from the cart but was pevente
from doing attracting his attention star
which caused his feet to drag from the tail He died after
slight struggles and thus terminated the earthly career OF Il
notorious Bill Hardy, who has been the terror Of every
munlty in which he lived, He death with the
less Indifference with which he had meted out to other
May his fate be warning TO all who have heretofore
sdered themselves beyond the reach Of law and JUSTICE