New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-16
City Intelligence.

thigh which penetrated far the hip bone and from
the two the suferings Of the poor man were dreadful
The instrument with which the wounds were inflicted wu
a sheath knife, one inch and quarter wide
An inquest held on Mr. (irfins BODY at his res;
on the corner of Poydras and Magazine streets
the jury in their verdict charged his death upon Rena
han The deceased aged 81 years and was natiy,
Of Pennsylvania
Charity 1fosPITAL-The following are the returns O
this institution for the week ending with Saturday even
Ing: Admitted, 1855 died 80 discharged 321 remain
ing 1884
FIFTH DISTRICT CoURT.-A petition filed on Satr
day by Joseph Damont. claiming from the NcwOrlean,
and Carrolton Railroad Company $2 as damages fo
injuries received by the daughter of petitioner by being
| thrown from the cars, drawn under the wheels and
crushed in manner to render her cripple for life The
accident occurred the 9th October last Grcenyc
mile this side OF Carrolton while the girl referred
was descending from the The petition states that
though the conductors and other agents of the cars saw
her thrown down and over they did not stop but
continued and she was left lying in the road without
assistance. whence She taken by persons who came o
the spot afterwards and removed cart to her father
residence She was thence removed to the Charity Hos
pita where. to her life it found necessary Ia
amputate one OF her legs and the toes Of her right foot
The petitioner AYERS that the injuries caused his daughter
great suffering for long time-haye finally rendered her
unable to procure livelihood and ruined her prospects, in
life and that all these injuries sufTerngs and losses
caused solely by the gross neglect want of skill and
want of the part of the agents Of the company
u. s. DsrRrcr CounT-The jury Saturday rendered
a verdict of guilty against William Davidson who was
trrd charge of having frauduently taken from the
Post-oce letter containing the halves of $500 in bank
notes Davidson much distressed when the verdict
| was rendered, lie had evidently expected acqutuI
TIE LAKE MuRprn-Two of the boarders at the house
of Mrs Smith in the pontaba Buildings Yesterday bro
ccaded the Cypress Grove Cemetery with the Coroner
when the body Of the murdered again exhuued
and examined They recognized it the body of the
Californian who had stopped at Mr. Smiths during satur
day the It'll inst and stated his to be Milton Rand,
belonging to Lancaster Fa They state that it is their
belief that Rand had with him nearly $1,000 in money
Henry Lewis Joseph W Colson and boy Dougherty
who arrested in First Municipality were on Satur
day sent before Recorder Caldwell who will soon proceed
to examination Of all the suspected parties
Two other persons suspected of being concerned in the
murder arrested yesterday in the First Municipality
William Clark who was arrested carly in the day was
by Recorder Genois to the Recorders Court of the
Second Municipality, The other named Robert Walsh
had been on Saturday in II cab with Henry Lewis
and another supposed to have been the victim of the
lake suspicious fact about him is his denial of having
beer in cab with Lewis during that day and of having
the officer who distinctly remembers the circum-
stance and who addressed by him
Tur IioMcrpH IN IIE,lA srREtr.-The examination of
Kelly, Conlin lartgan and the fynns for the hon.
icle Of Cuian Cunan the LIST instant in IIcyia
street resumed before Recorder Caldwell on Satr
day. The principal witness brought forward was Henry
McQuad, who was badly wounded in The aIray and has
only recovered sufficiently allow of his removal To
the Recorders Court.
McQuaid states that the evening of the atFray he
informed that his brother Patrick and Jeremiah 1To
had LODI tyhi ln
other persons, to Mrs Ryan's grocery He found that
the report false and after quarrene with The
people about Mrs Ryans door he and his party of which
Cnnan was one. turned back to go home crowd from
the house following them, When opposite Mctiran's
place, where dance was going Cuinan received a
blow which knocked him down Mike Flynn then struck
him with iron bar and at the time he was seized
by Coniu and Hargan two Of the accused and the latter
struck at him with something that witness thought was
knife. The deceased WAS dragged the street by
Comlan and IIrtigan Conan beating him with his fist
Hdrtigan alone had knife. Witness cried out For
Gods sake don't kill him when Michael Flynn turned
and struck him (witness) with the iron bar He heard
Flynn cry out Stick him. stab him, give it him
Witness stabbed in four places but by whom he does
not know.
On the part Of the defence witness stated that one of
Mc'1uaid's party had knife and it they who got up
the disturbance.
and the postponed until this morning
I>quEsT.--Thc Coroner held an inquest on Saturday
the body Of Horato James found dead at the corner
Of ncva and Marais streets verdict-dicd Of fits in
tanmation. etc, produced by intemperanco
Mock AucTIoN.-William N. Cook states that he has
been Swiuded by sundry Peter Funks in Lcyee street
These fellows have need of invention the fool killer
has much neglected his duty that streets are daily
walked by people who never heard of mock auction tricks
and who allow their pockets to be empted in fashion
that leaves them little ground for sympathy man that
does not read the newspapers ought to be cheated
Cook says that he stepped into auction shop when
man came in with watch which he said cost sloQ-the
gift of his father, and it mast be sold The watch was
passed around and gentleman expressed an especial
desire to purchase it, His money at home however
and before he could have time to 20 and bring it the
watch would be knocked off Under these circumstances
he applied to Cook to bid of the watch fifty dollars
Cook did and walked with his friend who stopped with
him. in another establishment where purchases to the
amount some fifty or sixty dollars made Cooks
friend soon after sloped, when he found himself with
watch worth five dollars. and little more than hundred
dollars worth of experience.
We have not heard that any thing has been done to
help Mr. Cook in the premises and we do not know that
any thing be done for him
Observation-Disclosures Raulion was arrested on sutur
day charged with having picked the pocket of Pierre
5aptiSte, who was lying drunk in drinking shop in Phil
ippa street.
MnAN.-Solomon's Lumber Contractor and California
agent King Hiram may have been every thing that the
jews represent, but he has very Il very ras
cay representative in age and city And the name
of Taylor, which is synonyme of hcrosm and honor is
sadly degraded by that individual Such is certain
" the case if Philip Schneider (Which by the bye the
Dutch for Taylor) is to be believed Mr. Schneider saws
that King Hiram Taylor to his shoe store in Canal
street and stole tereirom pair of shoes worth only S.
when there plenty of patent-lcather gaiterS and
boots lying around that worth from 50 to SD pcr
pair Ills Majestys grovcns propensity was y checked
by policeman, who took him in custody and subse-
Iueny by Recorder Genois who sent him before judge
Larue for lecture.
FAILING SrAGE.Thc stage erected around the New
Market in Saraparu street, Lafayette gave way on Fri
day evening last and two persons precptatcd to the
ground Ono of them was Mr. Tracy, the contractor
whose injuries probably fatal
Observation-Disclosures Genois on Saturday sent John
Foster for trial before the First District Court on charge
of having stolen piece Of cotonadc from in Ca
nal street
FmE.-A fire occurred on Saturday night about nine
o'clock in Esplanade street, Marais The damage
was confined to wooden building of story, which
was destroyed.
DANGEROUS CHARACTERs-JOhn Leonard, James Reed,
and Michael Smith the names of three young gen
tenen who brought IN with n round turu Iy tIe