New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-22

The LAST OF \ FATED FAMILY The follow
ing paragraph and letter we copy from the Ba-
ton Rouge Comet Of the 10th inst The Dr.. Bird
spoken of had two brothers. One (Orrin Bir(l)
was killed in 1877, on Common street, in thi,
city, in fight, in which he was the aggressor.
Another Theodore Bird) was killed in the bar
room of the Seranda Hotel, in 1851, by n man
whom he had slapped in the face The third OF
the family, DR. John G. Bird, came to his end
IN ii like tragieal manner, as will be seen bv the
following extract The brothers were all young
men of intelligence and Of progressing man
ners. The two first had been married but a
short time previous to their deaths
The Last .4ct Of the Tragedg.-A few wears
ago there lived on Lafayette street, in this city.
u family whose multiplied misery and mister
tune is without a parallel in the history of Lou
isiana The recollection is yet too fresh in the
memory of our people, the grief too poignant,
and the footprints Of the cruel fiend too fresh to
admit Of Il detail of the heart-rending scenes
which our people were called upon to witness.
rs they followed one another in quick succession
under the roof of that tated family. A daueh-
ter, IN the morning of her existence, with the
rose tinge ON her check hliahted a brother
butchered IN his manly hearted effort to ayenoe
the wrongs Of his sister-and an honorable and
high minded old man, who had weathered the
storm OF life to the frosty period Of four score
years, cut down with the mtddenipr evidences
Of his daughters shame and broken heart 10
the grave. all this was stern reality. with tLe
most aggravated details, and took place but a
few brief years ago, to stain the fair fame Of
our quiet little city, and add another page to
the volume Of crime. lie who caused it has inst
finished his infamous career
We knew hlm-mQSt of nup citignps yvara ~,
terms Of intimacy with him He was afable
aud courteous, and readily won his way into
favor After the tragedy on Lafayette street
he was aided TO escape the ignonnous death he
would have met at the hands of our infatuated
people, had lie remained an hour longer He
He'd. The following private letter, which has
been kindly furnished us for publication, win
show how the author of SO much misery ended
his existence
ALBANY, Baker county, Ga, May +.
Deai Sal promised to write YOU the result
Of DR.. Birds trial. He was tried at the fan
term OF the Superior Court Of this county. and
found guilty of voluntary manslaughter When
the jury rendered the verdict, he requested the
court, by his attorney, for delay of his SEN
tence for II few hours Our Judge being n man
OF anna lie disposition, granted the request
without hesitation. Bird was remanded to Jail ;
there We're other prisoners in the dungeon who
stated that after the door was locked, DR. Bird
shaved himself, put on clean linen, clean
drawers and socks, hung his boots on a peg
where he was accustomed to hang them-all
very quietly, and, the prisoners state, with
the coolest and most imperturable sang 6.oid
lie then took out his pencil and wrote duite nm
aftectionate farewell to his aged parents, both
of whom were at the hotel,) in which he denied
that lac was guilty. After folding and address
ing the note 10 his pariuts, he took phial from
his pocket, poured the contents into glass
placed himself on the bed, locked his hands
upon his bosom, and was in eternity in two
miuutes-he had swallowed o. OF prussic acid
The scene in the dungeon cannot be described
or imagined There lay, in that dismal place,
on a htcoR bed, the inanmate form Of DR. John
6 Bird, a man who had been raised in the very
hest circles Of society, who was the darling Of
his parents, and therefore had every advantage
of education In that gloomy room was
strange nssemblage of character the physi-
clans, busting and busy in the fruitless effort
to rekindle the spark that had forever ted-the
curious crowd that had instantly rushed Into
the prison when the alarm was giyen-all, with
one exception, yielded to the effect of the har-