New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-05

FIRE-A fire occurred last night on Piety
street. between Greatmsn and Craps Streets at about l0
o'clock which resulted in the destruction Of cooper
shop. No other damage m4.- ..m
MURDER.--On Tuesday evening man named
Jacob Kuntze who boarding house near the corner
of Morales and Spain streets in the Third District
stabbed in quarrel with one Of his boarders,
named Adam Slater The difficulty, understand arose
from saters refusal neglect to pay his board and
from insulting language towards deceased and his wife
when spoken to upon the subject. Kuntze had or
dered him in peremptory to leave the house,
shortly afterward Slater retired his and pro-
vided himself with dirk dagger and meeting Kuntze
stabbed him in the right side the wound penetrating the
lung and producing death in few moments. Slater has
been arrested and is at present the Third District police
Jail awaiting examination. ,".
RECORDER WINTERS CouRT-Figst District
Mrs Diana H. Baker, who days ago assaulted and
severely wounded Mrs. Smith with an ak or Ratchet,
yesterday sent by Recorder Winter before the First
District Court under bond Of 5000. ~."@m.@a.
DARING BuRGLARy-At one two O'Clock on the morn
ing of the 10th of last month the jewelry store No lis
Circus street belonging to Lieut. Petre of the First Dis
trict Police broken open and robbed of small
of money and jewery worth abeut $1,000 The Leuten-
informs that he left his store at late hour the
night of the robbery but that several policemen
in the immediate neighborhood he at the time appre-
hended danger in leaving his property alone When
he returned in the morning he found that the door had
been opened with false key the premises thoroughly
ransaeked and turned upside down and inside out and
such property gone the thieves could conveniently
carry away The enterprng and sagacious individuals
who thus performed the exploit of robbng Lieutenant of
the Police his back turned, and immed-
ately under the of three four watchnen,
have watched their opportunity very closely and
upon their quarry in the very nick time man named
Charles Wilson, notorious they say for the dextery of his
dgts and his application and in his peculiar pro-
fession is at present under in the First District
lockap for operation in Algers and is strongly
pected of having been concerned in the above burglary
and robbery he has been known to dispose of articles
of ewey within few days which it is not at all proba-
Bile he possession of honestly He was arrested
in Agers on charge of having broken open trunk in
boarding house in that place and stolen watch and
chain and small sum OF money. His examination
garding these matters is fixed for the 18th inst There
appears to be popuous of these sharp and danger
gentlemen the river, and we recommend
citizens and police to pay yigant attention to that
quarter, or they may find that
Though the name of the town be All-issrs
IT'S no joke to fall in with its cme'
| And to take all it's rogues by the ears
May cost somewhat more than dime.
| DANGEROUS WomAN.-Mr. Richardson made afida-
Wit that woman named johanna Carroll had assaulted
with dangerous weapon Magazine street. his daugh.
ter Eliza aged six years. The affair will be Investigated
| on the 9th inst.
FINEp-A man named Reed mate of the ship Chaplin
yesterday fined five dollars and placed under bond te
keep the peace having abused and severely beabored
| one Edward Brown
sAvAGE.-Jsnes Bremen, Onward O'Brien VIM Boyer
and Cornelius Council arrested upon the complaint
of John Lafrque, who deposes that they attacked
him in st. Mary's Market New Years day, knocked
him down and beat him severely of the party being
armed with bar of iron, another with club, and the
others making active of their hands and feet The
examination of the case is fixed for the 18th inst
RECORDER RAMOS COURT Second District
Martin Caaby arragned before this court yesterday
charged with having attacked and beaten with club OIL
He required to give $500 security to appear wher
| notified.
ASSAULT INTENT TO KILL-A. H. Kerr mad,
affidavit that the night before last Jacob H Mark
attacked him with bowie knife the corner of Cana
and Leyee Streets and attempted to take away his life
Jacob sent before the Criminal Court under bono
of $500.
LocKEn-uP.-A boy named Edward Sweeney. who il
supposed to have committed larceny on board thu
steamboat Anna, when she was last in port has beer
locked up in the police jail of the Second District to avail
the'return of the aforesaid boat. Wv
LARcENY-A warrant was issued yesterday by Records
Ramos for the arrest of Charles Ke charged upon thu
affidavit of E. Goyon with having entered his house
Toulouse street between Royal and Charres and stoleI
articles of clothing and ewery valued at $780, togethe
1 with some silver coin.