New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-02

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FIRST DISTRICT COURT Application wa!
made In this Court Yesterday to admit n hai1 Wr,
II Sangster indicted for murder Tho Attorney Genera
stated that the on which conviction cou
probably be obtained and ssked the Court to lccid
whether II would grant bail under the circumstance.
The 1udes stated that he bsi held heretofore that
Discretionary with the States Attorney refuse
consent the sinsabity Of bsltEat he had held th
doctrine as long as no had set upon that bench,
should continue to hold it for the abort time ne oxpecto
TO remain there Memo .e7Dddiscsa'o, the prisoner wa
| admitted to bail in the sum Of 5000
MURDER OF BERTHENE SwETES -Eramina
| hor q H. NJ Balyp.--The Court q Recorder White
yesterday filed with vast una excited crowd draw
| Thither to attend the examination of a NJ Dallow
charged with the murder. the 10Th of July Of Der
theme Sweten, atlas Eliza Philips, a!Gs Eliza Love De
ceased and accused bad been living together in eci: in
tercourse The girl was found dead il her bed on -
Peter street ubcn the Goth of July with her skull bro
ken in and suspicion Of her murder having ia lien on Bal
lew be was arrested The deceased was native of Ten
aessee and Of great personal beauty and belonged to
respectable family.
Deputy Coroner VIM C. Terrell He testified to the pro
verbal of the inquest held the body of the de-
ceased showing that she came to her death from bow
inflicted on her head with some heavy instrument break
ing the skull bone and causing the brains ooze out
the fracture
Dr. j 5. Crockett sworn for the State | e,amined
the deceased and discovered three fractures Of the skull
made, think with heavy instrument similar to the
Ratchet exhibited in court. colt slung-shot might
have caused similar wounds The skull was broken en-
tirey through held the yest norton examination and
the physician who examined the body ut the inquest
The deceased must have been dead about "a hours when
examined her The death was the result Of the wounds
1t about O'Clock Thursday morning when saw
the body aud she must have been dead from "a to As
hours
two story house and the body was lying in room
in the second story There were several windows and
doors in the The entrance to the second story is
by stairs the outside Of the house Either Of the
wounds inflicted would have been fatal and it woud have
leen matter of utter impobity for her have uttered
a cry or to have made noise after receiving the first
blow There is door opening from the street into the
yard through which the entrance is to the stairs leading
u the second story and thence to the gallery and into
the rooms in the first story
Mary Thomas for the State sworr.I live in room on
the same floor Of tho house adjoining the of de-
ceased Accused rented the room and deceased lived
with him. thought she his wife saw deceased
for the last time on Tuesday evening. between and
O'Clock. She then alone. came from the back ward
and passed and my husband on her way to her room
generally 60 bed about O'Clock 1t was between )
and that night that heard accused and deceased
laughing and talking in their room | saw accused 20
ito hcrroom after she had passed US went TO bed
about 9a o'clock that night aud heard nothing more
from that room that night arose next morning about
or o'clock and went to market did not see Balew
out Of the room but returning from the market
Ballew in his store. Onreaching home went into
my room to arrange my affairs About 0< o'clock that
morning saw Ballew 20 into the accompanied by
deceased and remain about half hour. During this
time a coiored woman "a hair-dresser) came up and
knocked at the door and tried to get into deceased
room. Acoored woman from the adjoining yard called
To- the hardresr and told her deceased had gone away
She did not live there About 10 minutes after this Bal
lew came out OF the room. told him the hair-dresser
had been there and could not in He replied that il
hs or any other person came there to tell her or them
that Eliza had gone over the river to see her mother
asked him would she return again lie answered no .
not there. This about 10 O'Clock on "Wednesday
July ~ did not see Mr. Ballew again until the next
morning about 10 O'Clock when the Chiefof Police called
me up and found him in his own think if any
person had gone to deCeaseds should have seen
him or her as the person would have had pass my
70 reach Baews They might have entered in the night
without my knowledge Ny husband and both Sleep
sound. We heard no noise during the night When
Ballew went away at 10 O'Clock Wednesday morning.
he locked the door and took The key with him in hs
pocket saw no one pas into the until the Chief
Of Police went in Thursday morning On Thursday
saw the body Of Eliza or Bertheno sweeten taken out OF
the room
Cto,z-erauiuni-I haze been living at that house for
about three months and deceased the house only
about two weeks before her death | have frequently
accused and deceasel 60 ont together Sometimes
she has gone out alone have her 90 out with her
sister and sisters child l Mr. Tricou there only
once. 1t was on Saturday afternoon, and he with
another person man by the name Of william came
there frequently with Ball4w have known accused to
out early IN the morning and remain most Of the day
NheneY9r se went cut in the evening it always with
Ballew always thought Balew was very kind to de-
ceased and neVes heard them dispute with each other
know that my landlord bad given her notice to leave
Of July the trunk in Court or one like 1t was brought
by coorel man and put down before deceaseds door
lie laid is down without saying anything and went away
When Balew out at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing told him the har-dreser had been there and triol
70 get in He replied must have slept very sound for
din not hear her lie had gone into the room but ha
an hour previous.
Charles Perie for the State sWorn-I am First LIeute-
nant Of Police About one or two O'Clock on Thursday
morning July II WAS IN the Watch house at the Mpn
station leYia street when Mr. Balew the aeou -Ai
came in and asked for an officer ON being ask. what
be wanted he said that he believed that there was some
ming wrong in his nghbarhood on st Peter street On
being asked what it was he replcd about "A woman '
named Eliza Love he bplicyed Having seen BalIow
walking with that woman, thought n wa strange and
asked hin what made him think there something
wrong lie said because he had seen some blood on the
bed aud on the womans face on hearing this sent
the uhie who WAS close by and he came in and heard
the same statements The Chief ind went with Bulew
towards the house We passed Mr. Trcou- store
way corner Of Poy ira Circus streets end some Tc-
marks were made by Ballew in reference to him We
in her bed dead with wounds sj,nt nor hrnd on orr
way baltew remarked that he had had difficulty with
Two tEenohnen about brush, and that no hal been
truck by them on Tuesday evening the 10Th # July,
with brickbat l asked when he had seen Eliza He
aid about nine O'Clock Tuesday evening when he had
given her tho Key and that he had seen after that
until he found her lying dead In her room Tht Chief
ordered Ballew arrest On his person was found razor
ana the watch now IN Court have aecn the watch be
lore having repairetit in my shop for Eliza Love know
Tho watch we'll and believe it to have belonged de-
ceased Tho pair Of pistols and powder flask found In
the pockets Of accused The dirk In cOt WINS md in