New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-07-22
LOCAL MATTERS.

known Berthene Sweten in her days Of innocence but
since her lapse from virtue designated Eliza Love
alias Lizzy Phillips. found dead in her bed vt
Peter street near poydras with wounds upon her head
going to show that She had been inhumany murdered
Information of the fact conveyed the First Dis
| trct police by man named A NJ Bellew, who keeps
grocery store at the of Poydras and st Peter
| streets opposite the market He went to the Police
Office about two o'clock yesterday morning and reported
that fod play had been committed upon the
| girl Lieutenant Petric, being that Below had
been living on terms of criminal intercourse with her
immediately suspected Beew OF having committed tho
murder, and took him into custody Repairing to the
| house where the body was it immediately seen by
tho officers that foul murder had been committed The
body lay stretched bad. with brain oozng from
fracture in the skull while the beautiful form was
swollen aud dish.ursd rsetiug with corruption and
object Of lonthiug and disgust.
The Coroner called to hold inquest the body
witnesses were summoned and the inquiry proceeded
| dagu.IreotyPe likeness Of the deceased wa, shown
but would have recognized by the picture the
len and gangreeued form that lay in the sleep death
| sweltering in its own corruption
Witnesses testified that the eceascd had lived with man
named Belew in guilty commerce ami that lately he had
become jealous Of her Sh, to can him
by the familiar name of Frank He had pretended to
love her to an extraordinary degree, and she had often
| boon heard to say TINT he had treated her kindly
Il was in evidence that Tuesday night the daccass
udt slept IN inc where tbs body
was found. and that the next morning leaving the
apartment Belew had told that any inquiries
we're made for the girl say that she had gone the
river to Algiers where her mother lived aud that she
would not return any on tho same day the con.
duct Of Becw seemed rather and he observed
to indulge freely than usual in drink also sep.
several bour.in bed il the grocery been placed
there for boy who had hired by him porter On
wednesday evening Bclew and named Joseph Va
yarre and also brother to Navarro coicehouss
in the lower part Of the city and remained there some
hours Ga Lis return he had large trunk conveyed into
the where the dead body Of the girl lay from which
the suspicion thu be had intended place the body
in the trunk and convey it away knife aud
were found ia the which It is coujecturpi were in
tended to he used cutting up the body il otherwise
could not he slowed in an article small The trunk
The extreme heat the weather and the rapid d5conpo
sition Of the body causing most penetrating oder it
SUPPOSED rendered the moving If il liable to detection
whence the resolve Of E-w convey inf rnston to the
Police in order suspicion himself lie stated
to The Ulcers that something wrong his NE .hb1r
hood and That b. feared Eli had been murdered She
not having been for day tvoy and suspicious
looking Frsnchman had been in the habitfof ysu, hr
The wound the boiy OF deceased looked if it had
been Inflicted with iron b about three quarters of an
inch in Diameter The blow have caused instant
da1th tile girl uas not tn least noise was testified
to by woman yin. in tho next room divided from the
Neither her clothes at all larraugei Her dresses
were lying chair by the side q the bed neatly folded
| nv. Handkerchief was tied uul her head ana her
| NIGHT clothes were al in NE most perfect order
On the fingers Of the deceased found a ring which
it seemed attempt had been made remove for tn.
finger much iacerateI She hal been seen to wear
other rings, which found in thu possession Of g-w
when arrested Below also had gold watch belonging
1 t. her which recognized by Lieut. Petrie oas
which zhs had brought to h. shop for repairs whe he
was Engaged in tie j-gelry business box was 5uud
laying table in the room broken open, which was
/ known to have contained about Sl50 These circum
stances however should initiate against the accused
as from his intimate association with the girl he might
well have become possessed Of the watch an1 ring with
| out eriminality
The jury OF inquest returned verdict declaring that
the deceased to her death by blow blows in
hatrd with blunt Instrument in the bands Of A "
Brllev The accused committed to prison to await
his examination GU th- charge Of murder.
TIE BIESyiLLE RoAD.-We have been request
ed call the attention Of the Commissary CT these IN
authority the dangerous condition Of his road in con-
sequence q the shell, being allowed remain IN piles as
they dumped by the carts Several accidents have
already occurred This evil should be reuisJiyl
Sruool TEAcHERs ELECTED The following
teachers elected at meeting Of tne Board of
! School Directors fsr the Fourth District.
Egyg Het St'oai-Priuepsl i Parham, As'.-'an;
/ [. Ta-A6t
GUS TEsb S,tta{-P rrrpal Miss Churcbrpan As
.i.t.rt n : Lower Prafs.=Gr Of FreIrb p T,baI,'
/ Lsnael Sahom slide eI9tme0t-Priuaipal. II Bell
/ FIRST Assistant " Wooisan second ri II ~ Liul-
/ roth: Third Mrs " Woois.n- Fourth Nj. Nsrr
/ Wood Fifth " 4 Foster
land Sragal fg4l. j.i,,i,Hi- lrf1clp-l Mr. n r
! Potter First Assistant Mrs Nary LocH. second
1 Miss Anna Thur,tan Third tfi.s II NJ N8aI Faurtb
/ : Latter FINN Mr. E3rhart
L;-, Oh Sea3p rincr#l iapartr7rpt vacant Ffrst
/ Assistant ] " I.iam second Mis- II Naugrt
! Third Mis- Worlpcr
Fsl3tl- l1aug-princiral Mrs VI T. Duale.d
T,Lst ~, ~ ", f, ITey W Mfs loehrene
| ~, L. ~ G.,.,t,,,at. p-ncrsi ~ u r
4 chandler: FIrst Assistant + ] Baly second Mf.s 4
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! Authorizations. - The following sales were
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N' W We ~ .'''t - ''a " -
fr llFg'nE atrhr" on tla srA.Hps tnf 1enlhly 'oa1
o~rus at $40 rrr running acre
For repairing the MasFSiue street Market hoHse roof
ami FOSTERING To Ihnm2s ward az eItop taF the Who"
work
Fer digging bitches on both slde' Of NoutsEat Con't
oul Poland streets & janes o. ~ per running acre
Fire Company NJ 5 to Cruse 4 boyle. at $3.50
/ For paving Clio street from Prytans To Hercules