New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-16
Beastly Outrage.

One Of the most beasy ouragss that has perhaps
trsnspired in q civilized community, came to our know-
edge late hour last night The facts wo were en-
abled to learn them substantially as follows;
family residing in the of the city had frequent
IT, Of late been disturbed by the visits Of night
prower who at hours made incursons into their
premises Tracks had in the yard on the morn
iugs following and the ground generally torn up in
Numerous places Strange noises were frequently heard
about there mingled with deep grosas quickly drawn
So great did the alarm of the family become that finally
it was determined to call in the neghbors to assist in
Watching for and if possible Of apprehendng the intru
der. Accordingly several young men assembled at the
house last night armed and equipped with ropes and
thongs whips clubs aud bludgeons to capture the sbnox
ous individual and to administer to him some wholesome
establishment in the shape Of a sound drubbng.
mysterious circumstance that the yard wherein
the intruder made his incursions WAS enclosed with
high snceso high that it impossible to scale it, and
withal guarded with sharp iron spikes-snd the only
means ipgress and egress through gutter that
the fence for the convenience of conducting on
.opwaer Through this opening evident that the
midnight made bis ncursions and at this spot
the young determined to intercept hmon the very
threshold, as it were Of his field Of operations.
At this spot the nerceptug party waited several hours
and finally with patience worn out determined to give
the campaign not however, without putting over
the mouth Of the gutter bag with running moose around
the end OF attached TO long "uich lsst
was to be drawn tight whenever the intruder should put
his head in the bag to secure him efectusly The
plan worked we'll
Scarcely had the party completed their arrangements
and detailed their number attend to the slipping
moose when sudden churuing heard in the gutter
though of crawling through it on all TOURS
At the certain deep breathings and groan
ing were heard, il tho individual making his way
through had difficulty in doing and was suffo-
Gated by the filth and mud. All excitement amongst
the ambushed party when suddenly movement of the
bag indicated that the intruder had put bis head into
1.-THE cord jeked violently, and the nightprowler
cectually secured. So great was the excitement that
party Immediately set yell of trumph-which set
all the dogs barkingand then fell upon the unlucky
prisoner with clubs and budgeonsa the while keeping
up such din that the cries of the victim could not be
heard After beaborng the unfortunate creature in this
unmerciful for than half hour the party
sssted untyng the bag discovered that several Of
the poor fellows bones broken and that otherwise
he was q of blood and mud, When our informant
the miserable creature thought to be at his last
gasp
The most remarkable circumstance about this Affair is
that certain members of the Police declined to interfere
stating that the msussd individual (who goes by the
father before him, who native Of Berkshire, Eng
land quarered and hung for being of similar char
acter and Of the same bad habits
NIB. We have since learned that numerous branch
Of the unfortunate family last winter saught
cred In most bloody at Cincinnati and sailed
away in pork barrels Verbum sap