The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-13

the middle room. The front room 10 paft't'oheo OH,
and coffee is sold there. Tho deceased occupied
the middle room, and the business OF selling coffee
was carried on by Mr.. Turner'S slave Elza.>
believe it was the slave Eliza who rented the room
to Eliza Phillips The witness here took from
his pocket receipt for one weeks rent-nIne dol
lars-signed by Eliza Turner, and purse which
be onged to her and vas taken out of her dress,
and gave it into the possession of the Court.] All
the persons that were arrested were in the house
when went for the Doctor. | knew Catharine
Shay, and two or three other persons, Eliza Tur-
ner the slave. Nancy Mayfeld, and there were
others did not know. The only persons who
lived in the house were Eliza Turner, the slave,
and Jim and Margaret, who sleep in the kitchen,
and they were present when went for the Doctor.
Cross erqmined Il was born at Pensacola. hu
do not know my age. think | am twenty one.
have been ia New Orleans three four years,
but have been absent part Of the time. | have
spent more than half my lime here. l work as
blacksmith when am able and when can get
it. have not worked at my trade for the last six
months. have been living in New Orleans, but
have no estate or property in the city have
known Eliza Phillips three or four months, and
became acquainted with her on P-rddo street.
She had been living on Gravier street two weeks
For the last three months lodged mostly with
Eliza Phillips. had bed Of my own on Girod
street, with colored woman named Aunt Dinah.
| kept it month and then gave it up and lodged
with Eliza Phillips. l have been sick, and done
no kind Of work for six months. l worked at
blacksmithing with Homes & Bennett, on Gironde
street, last summer and the winter preceding.
l left their employ about six or seven months
ago-but cannot tell exactly. started to go to
| that house at IL o'clock at night, where Eliza
Philips lived was not SICK that day, nor drunk,
nor was sick, or drunk, or at work, the day be.
fore. l did not know who was in the house.
Eliza Phillips told me there was a gentleman in
| the house, raising fuss, and she could not get
him out told her l could not do so, and she had
better get him out as well as she could. ! then
said to my friend, he might be some one know,
and can get him out, perhaps, quietly. heard
some one-I think Wm Crane-say, 1t is Parker
in there, drunk" / heard this as was going in.
side the gate, and thought, if told him his friends
wanted him, he would come out l have a room
now on Poydras street, but before, used to stop
with Eliza. l had then FRIEND 10 whose room
| could go, Mr.. Rufus Hunt, on Poydras street.
| room with him now The door was not closed in
the yard, and / walked into the room where Par.
| ker was. His clothes were on the sideboard, and
saw the clothes taken into the front room to his
friend. l saw the watch fall, and cursed her.
was in good humor. She was in passion, on
account Of Mr.. Parker making fuss in the house.
did not curse her in the street, threaten her.
did not pretend to leave the house in rage, and
return and curse her. l told Parker would slap
her face, if it was my watch, and I should no,
have spoken, if he had done so. Parker struck
her, when he gol up from the setee. l am not q
strong man. / do not think I and Eliza coult
/ oh hnIJ 6 H..
| pulled the pistol out on me. did not seize Par
ker's arm before he drew the pistol. Iseized hin
as he drew the pisto-told him not to be quick
in shooting, and said if she had got his money, she
| would give it to him. / asked her for the money
She said she had not got it and he raised the pis-
| tol, deliberately, and shot her. don't know any
thing OF the ten.dollar bill. She was on the ban.
| quete, when went down, and he was in the back
room, and she might have had chance to steal il
| before. | never remember her stealing, since
| knew her. l had no knife in my hand, neither
before nor after the pistol was drawn After she
was dead, l lent my knife to cut her lace or stay
| strings.
Re eramined-She previously lived on the cor
ner of Philippa and Perdido streets, and told mt
she was married.
T. r. Lemonier, M. D., saddle had made
| a post mOrtem examination OF the body, and the
certificate producsd was the one to which he ha'
sworn before the Coroner's jury He then swor
that the contents Of the following certificate wer
true.
"This is to certify that at the request Of 6v
Jurors, was this day summoned by Coroner Rob
ert Spedden to appear as a witness at the inques
held the body OF Eliza Phillips aged twenty
. five years, lying the floor of the front room
, house No. 211 Gravier street, Second Mum
cpali'y.
"Appearancs Of the Body Eight Hotrs afte
Death Neck swollen in the lower part Of chin
: powder encrusted in the chin burn correspond
ing to the right side of the chin, in the centre
, round wound with trnged edges as large pea
, | two others OF the same appearance below on tn
front and side Gighp OF neck, placed exactly on
above the other; probe introduced through tn
| first wound took its course downwards, passe
through the two inferior ones, and came in contae
, | with the larynx.
"THe Post mortens examination showed-Ths
4 | the wounds were caused by bullet go to ID
which struck on the chin, then followed its cours
downwards under the skin, came out and re-enteret
striking and perforating the thyroid cartilage on tn
right side, then passed through the arynx and phi
rynx, continued its course as far the tuberosty
II the first dorsa vertebre where the bullet was oun
: am of opinion that said Eliza Phillips died from Il
:, effects OF the gun-shot wound received on the fro
part Of face and neck. The larynx and trach,
10 contained fbruic, (clot Of bloody
l Elgneu, Il. n. LEMON1ER. M
q New ORLEANS. May 8, 1851.
,. Robert Spediden said Il am Coroner of Il
d Parish of Orleans. On the Sth of May
in held an inquest on the body of Eliza Phillip
ct which was lying at No. 2l1 Gravier street. tt
t. verdict Of the jury to the effect that she died
lp the wounds found on the chin, neck and brea'
n, which were made with pistol shot, by one Abr
k, ham Parker. also produce the ball which W
ID taken from the body on the post mortem exam
lis nation.
to James Cullen Arledge said Il live in Gravi
en- street. On the night of the 7th of May, neg
ne woman, who keeps the house in which live, car
lis and knocked at my door and said: "Mr. Jim, 6
IN up; somebody has shot Miss Lizza." In two
II three minutes after Lieutenant Hughes, and othe
M came and raped at my room door. l was tn
'e' putting on my clothes, having already got out
Us bed. l opened the door, and Hughes said
~ ~ wanted to search my room said, there is
w. one concealed here" and he told me to come o
I,r l then went into the middle room, and saw
ha body lying there, with the negro woman, ant
nd man holding the body, with one finger on I
ha wound on the chin, and another on the wound
"a the breast. l was locked up till FIVE o'clock
bs next morning, Lieutenant Hug hes saying he wo
cd take all of us to the Watchhou
nd Lieut.. Hughes recalled, and examined by
,ld counsel for the defence.-When Suzett entered
ad. Watch-house, Parker recognized him as the per
is who attacked him, but he denied having done
ton Napoleon B. Heller sworn-I reside on st. P
I'd: street, and between IL and ~ o'clock was go