New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-24

hat she had not received q cent since forth 4
maintenance of the child. ...g t
few months after she first received the
,hiId, q man named James Grow called upon :
,er and inquired after it. She at first denied
having any such child in her possession, but
Crow informed her that he knew all about H. !
and that he had been sent by those VINO ieit the |
child there She then admitted that the cnilo
she held in her arms was the one he sought,
when he took IL, folded it to his heart and kissed
r. tenderlv. The child has since grown into a
handsome, sprightly little girl, and during the
whole of the intervening time Crow continued
To visit her, passing throughout the neighbor-
hood as the child's uncle When the little girl
was christened, Crow was present and gave her
the name of Louisa Crow. From his conduct
towards the little girl, and sundry inadvertent
remarks, Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzgerald became
tolerably well convinced that he was Louisa's
father Although from time to time he made
the child presents, yet he never offered to con-
tribute to it's support.
The foster parents became very much at
tached to the child, Mrs. Fitzgerald particu-
larly and SO fearful was the latter Of losing her
that she never applied to the person who placed
the little girl in her charge for the money
agreed upon. Two or three weeks ago, the
Fitzgeralds determined to move to Texas and
take Louisa with them Their intention was
made known to Grow, who advised them to leave
the little girl with him, and he would take care
of her This Mrs. Fitzgerald would not listen
to, and on the 18th Grow went before notary
public, and passed an act declaring that Louisa
was his own child, being the result of an Illicit
connection between him and Miss -, (the
name we suppress for obvious reasons,) fully
acknowledging her to be his daughter and heir.
| Under the laws of this State this act legitima-
tizes the child, and is the only valid evidence OF
parentage, the child being born out Of wedlock.
The following day Grow went to the house Of
| Mrs Fitzgerald, and under pretence Of pur-
chasing pair of shoes for her, he got the child
| in his possession and took her away with him
| Mrs E. was from home at the time, and as soon
as she returned and learned the loss of her little
pet, she became almost frantic. On the 10th,
she and her husband went before the Recorder
and made charge of kidnapping against Crow,
ane on the 10th he was arrested and informed
that if he did not at once produce the girl he
would be sent to prison. He then went to one
of the orphan asylums, in company with an
officer, where the child was found, and the Re-
corder placed Louisa once more in charge OF her
loving foster mother. Crow was then bound
over to appear and answer the charge Of kid
mapping, and on Saturday last the case was ex-
amined. Evidence to the above effect was in
! troduced, and the Recorder (rather -singularly
we thought,) decided to send Crow before the
FIRST District Court on charge OF kidnapping
binding him to bail in the sum Of $1,000 for hi:
, appearance there Mr. and Mrs Fitzgerald
were also bound over to appear and prosecute
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT.
HABEAs CORPUS CAsE.-An interesting hdbea
t corpus case was argued before this court Of
E Friday last The application was made by "a
/ chariah Rhodes, alias ohm Rhodes, Of the pa
j rish of Jefferson arrested and imprisoned on
$ charge of arson. The circumstances whic
, caused the arrest of Rhodes, as related to us, ar
t as follows: Some time since couple Of vagran
boys, known as levee rats, were arrested an
d committed to the House of Refuge While there
s in the course of their communications to tn
If other boys, they stated that they had bee
Il hired by man named Rhodes to set fire to tW
houses near Gretna, and had been furnished
him with combustibles for that purpose. Th
lie bows thought that perhaps Rhodes would M
h nav them the stipulated price after the wor
lie was performed, and so they hid the combust
le bles and came over to the city. day or tp
" after they were arrested. By some means tn
m | communication leaked out, and finally came
the ears of Mr. John Adams, the vigilant Fl
| rbo +ool tha hnUq To ETptDn L
at the purpose of testing the truth of their stor
a. The combustible matter was found in the sp
" where the boys said they had hid it, su
he enough. They also pointed out to Mr.. Adal
the house they said they were hired to bu
or down They were two unoccupied tenemen
=. in an almost tumble down state, situated |
~ tween Gretna and the Marine Hospital.
ba their return to the city, the boys designa'
Rhodes as their employer in the nefarious blu
a. ness.
~ A few nights after this these houses m,
-. teriously took fire, and one of them was burr
oi to the ground. As soon as Mr.. Adams heard
Nv it, he made inquiries and learned that Il
- were insured for $4,000. He Immediately eau
ise Rhodes to be arrested, and on examination
fore q magistrate in Gretna, he was commit
Ut for trial on charge of arson, Through
I'M counsel he applied for writ of habeas corp
Oh on the ground that the evidence adduced bel
the examining court did not justify his com
tai a.@
aae Messrs Cotton, Dorsey, Purvis and Du
1 II argued the case ably and at great length on
'te- part of the prisoner. They all endeayoree
NJ show that the witnesses, on whose testimony
WIN client was imprisoned, were unworthy Of CT
me- bility from their immoral character, and
resi- the crime of which Rhodes had been acc
was not proved with sufficient satisfaction
am deprive him of the privilege of ha6eas cor
IN The application was opposed by Charles DIR
each ESQ, District Attorney for the Parish OF Je
the son, who made an eloquent appeal to the U
Rosa in vndication Of the law.
e on After the conclusion of the remarks OF
the counsel on both sides, it was ordered by
sc Of Court that Zachariah Rhodes stand comm
have to prison until he furnish good solvent sec'
lton to the Sheriff of the Parish of Jefferson IL
! de- sum of $4,000, conditioned according to law
q ax- A MONKEYS REyENGE.-When monkeys
a of in captivity, they always endeavor to be no
- VI by visitors, partly for vanity g sake, and P
NC because they hope for certain donations DO OF
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