The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-04-22
NEW ORLEANS:
TUESDAY MORNING.. APRIL ~. 1881

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TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL. n, 1851.
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md ue.t ,yeek will ,ya d.d h Devoted Inv ,his Can't
In the hearing of nch d,;.a aa... ~ ~ sadv for trial
p,oc,ors ,yon,d do ,.o, -, 80 -. ~. o.s..
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THE MURDER AT THE VERANpA.-The of William
H. Evington and William r. Little, who CHARGED with
having murdered r. p, Byrd in the bar of the Veranda
Hotel. the 18th of January called for trial
day morning, in the First District Court. Judge LaIue
presided.
On the opening of the case the PANEL of the Jury was
called, and great number Of challenges made Out of
the first only jurors obtained the Others being
either excused or ineligible. of having formed
opinion ohe case Under these
one juror who was was attached and one aesmau ON
of twelve was sworn, which completed the jury
The 70 lowing gentlemen were sworn upon the trial. Messrs
II, Hamburger, p. Mchou, j. Bachemin, l.. Parodi, G.
Jacquet, J. Davidson J, Tbompson. g. WoosIslI + A.
Price, F. Prados, Alex Bopneyal and J. Sbean
The District Attorney, Mr. M, NJ REYNOLDS, conducted
the the part of the State and Col Field appea,ed to
defend he prisoners.
Dr. Lemonier Das the first s,oorn-He said ass;s,ed
holding the inquest on the body of By,d on the h or
January found two wound, on the lower mart of the chest
the right and the other nm tho loft side a.o fonnd
buise on the low or lin both wonns ne,fo,,sd the cb,
and were made itb ,barp instrument They one
inch length pccod,ne tn and one of them nor
forated the 80, 7 r. ~ -, H., -, - -
osused the 60 o NJ ' Al, '' nus "ounus
left of the ,,eronm mr. hone tn which tho ,v,s
pointed to explain himself The one on The Taft cu the
It'd 7
body on the 9Th of Jannarv but il had been al, ~
tw .n,v bou,s dead vben ,.;a !, NN ee' 'h"'ee VI
Coroner S,eddsn so;d I hold nm ;n,o., nm tho ha
I f,,nd ,,uo -" -, -. L.. - , 4 ue oou'
an ,L Il; ~, - - ~ AZ ,n -, ~ a,p NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
M q NJ R,tb,rCorJ so;J ;. 7 Ia a rThaaI n p1
The deceased / s,v hin, On sund,u ,h oeth ~ I. -,
the V.randa Hotel about thee ',ooL 4; ts .ca.uaa
aaw Evpgon and Rv,d en,,,sd IN oonh.t - 80 -
aon t,i.d n n.,s, r. g.. al ~. .'J D. ~ SUM pei
dately after and said" Pm stabbed Pm s,.hhsd -, II.
81 r. n - = ~ "oeu' ~ ''ooosu ne
hold of Evinv,on hv he shon,d, "a s 80, ;s
an officer said no; bu, told him that bonld ars, him
he then ssh-"I am ready tn On IN n,.on lola H.
that he had killed that man. Yes he said az s,uct
him. We then went out upon the pavement and M
Lumsen came out and as rcd him yhv he Aid az bo ..; M
had reasons 10 Justify him in what he Ind done and ba
pnIed scabbad be ongng to dagger and gave IN
Mr. Luusden after this returned to the Verapda and
dagger picked IN by some one the IooL L N
Spanish dirk and was about sir inches Ionu in Tho
he thought that the knife he saw at the Recorders Conf
the knife saw the person pick IN that knife
taken away by the person yipgton said he would nbd
by the laws of his country one tried to part them
when they fighting saw the nstrum ant fall from
Evingtons hand and then tapped him on the shou der
Byrd look pale and retire: asked Evnron who /, wa.
and he said Byrd, and also told me his own mama IT,
scus did last long and but two persons took part with
it. several tined separate them but did not recognize
Evngon the here present. and think the other
present also.
Mr. Rutherord snorr saw the knife fall bpt canro,
it fell from Evington's hand saw blood On Ei
toms hand after the falling of the knife took Evnyon n,
tn taI1t Ill
committed the act but did not allow him tn do 49, ~
eve Little the man who picked mn the kr;c br, a. h.
dsap cared, | cannot positively swear IN him rThs =,
1nander OF his evidence xb, had bssn n
vonsy stated.l
Exam Th0mGs sdid knew Byrd: he was in INV ar
yment and q or % years old In examination
he sad Byrd had knife like the one prodnced in CONT
hut never saw him with n nis,o ~
Mr.. BOiisdu said saw the ARRAY and heard Evins
ton he struck Byrd went to the Watch honse IN
he arrested.
Mr.. qlI SAID saw the crowd round Byrd and Ev;n,
ton when they were fgbtng and saw them catch a, .,cl
others hair saw the blade Of large knife in tho had =
person. and il was held about as high ss
bat he did rot know whose nd il was :. ,emsrksd IN mo-
by my that some one would be killed and then a.,
blood on the floor man picked mn knife and ,,ind H.
blood from il md then wen, auav =. / r,oosiz -
as the man who had the semitic with Bvrd and s a. ~
man who wiped the knife
Mr. w. b. Beudv sand I me, Rv,d abop, 10 o,o,ocl =,
the morning of the fatal day. and was with him at ffsn
had my cane and he handed il to me and then tnrned
Evrngton called him id punnv. tbsv ,han co,ed ,n
began to fight and tried to separate them hut was ure
vented by Liue; saw Evingon strike Byrd but don,
know who struck first.
Mr.. Smith sad. picked up the knife prodnced In TN
Veranda after the ARRAY This is not the knife that wa
wiped with the handkerchief This knife dropned ont
Byd breast when assisted to raise him up and the blad
covered with blood.
This closed The the part of the prosecution Durn
the hearing, Col. Field was several times stopped by tn
Judge attempting to get from the State witnesses fact