New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-20
THE DAILY CRESCENT,

. ANOTHER MURDER.-Charles Greenhill was
murdered about 10 o'clock, on Tuesday night
by John Kinds, who keeps boarding house in
the upper house on the corner of Tchoupitoulas
and Notre Dame streets The lower story of
the house is occupied as coffee house, in which
Greenhill was bar-keeper. There was quar-
rel between the parties, the origin Of which we
did not learn, and Kinds assaulted Greenhill
with the butt end of carriage whip, with
which he beat him to death One of the officers
found Greenhill lying dead on the banquette at
! half past 10 o'clock, and Immediately sent for
sss<he Coroner, who proceeded to hold an inquest
on the body. The jury returned verdict that
the deceased came to his death from conclusion
OF the brain, supposed to hove been produced by
blows inflicted by John Kinds. The latter was
Immediately arrested and locked up.
Greenhill was native of Scotland, and was
about 30 years Of age. He was connected with
the Cammeyer gold dust swindle, and had passed
term of months in the Parish Prison. Deputy
Coroner Terrell yesterday made an affidavit,
charging Kinds with the murder, and the ex-
animation of the case comes up to-day. We
understand that the defence will endeavor to
establish that Greenhill died of apoplexy, and
not of the blows from the lend of the whip
" DIED SuDDENLY.-An unknown man fell down
and suddenly expired in North Market street
yesterday morning. Upon an investigation it
was found that death was caused by apop1exy
DEsTTUTIoN.--A poor woman named Made
line Finel was walking along st. Charles street
yesterday, with an infant four months old in
n her arms, when she was observed to stagger
and fall. Officer McCloskey had her taken to
the guard house, where it was found that she
was suffering from exhaustion oecasioned by the
heat and insufficient food. She was sent to the
Hospital, where she will be taken care of for
the present.
FIRST DISTRICT.
BRUTAL Conquer. Samuel s. Shouster, the
driver of furniture car, was yesterday fined
$40 for brutally beating and ill-treating his
horse. 1t seems he knocked down the poor in
offensive brute, while it was doing it's best to
gain livelihood for him.
DIsmssED.-The charge made by Mrs. Hes
ter O'Donnell against Thomas Coolighan, for
robbing her roost of thirteen chickens, was yes
terday dismissed after full examination, there
being no evidence.
F1NRp.--A man named John Lawson was re-
quired to q pay fine of So or pass thirty
days in company with Capt Powers, at the
"A Parish Prison, for entering the cabin of the ship
Mary, while he was drunk, knocking down the
=. steward and mate, and kicking up general
row.
Margaret Doyle, lewd and abandoned wo.
man, was sent to the Work house for thirty
days to recuperate her moral character, anG
Catherine Domingo, for making more noise il
the street that the law allows any one woman
was committed to the same institution for like
period.
SECOND DISTRICT,
M EXAMINATION FOR MuRDER.-Charles Jack
III son was yesterday examined before acting Re
81 corder Filleul, for the murder of John Bessie
IA alias John Welsh, by stabbing him in the RICH
~ side, on the 30th of June last, from the effect
of which wound he died last Sunday mornin.
in the Charity Hospital. Several witnesse
hi were examined ON the part of the State; whel
the Recorder decided to commit the accused fo
trial before the First District Court, on
charge of murder The following is the testi
mony
VI William Henderson, sworn was informed that tn
prisoner stabbed John Bessie, alias John Welsh,
being police officer, went to the prisoner, and
\ Defence This the night before arrested him
- took him to the Charity Hospital to be identified
Bessie identified the prisoner the who Stable
him. Officers Lenfant McGIrath and other persons
X present at the Identification.
8 P. Lenfant, went with Henderson and tn
prisoner to the Charity Hospital John Bessie ala
Welsh, identified the prisoner the who Stable
him. know nothing more about the matter.
VIM. Smith sworn | am a steamboat man was 81
ting outside of the door of the California Coffee hous
between the hours of II and IL o'clock during the ngt
time Jackson Welsh, alias Bessie, and myself ST
A ting together the bench. Bessie very drum
jackson Bessie began quarrel when Bessie struc
jackson and kicked him The latter sitting dow
when he received the kick he got up, and about
yards from the benchi they then clinched each 9TH
when somebody holloaed the watch is coming.' BE
sic then ran down Gaatin street. Icannot say how fl
W. he went, but in about fifteen minutes he returned
the right sioe and he said Jackson had cut him d
not see jackson inhiet the wound it was very ars
N jackson had gone when Bessie returned, and IL
Waterman took the latter to ap0thecary shop ha
u the wound dressed Before Jackson went away he hF
given me the knife (wtness was shown knife) that
the knife He did not tell me that he had stabbed Be
sic with the knife but told that if Bessie should
back he would cut him. l have jackson sin
be gave me the knife. l went to Bessie in the he
pital three days after he stabbed have know
Jackson for more than three years
, Peter johnson sworn L am employed in the Califc
MIA House to attend the bar on the night when Bess
cut between the hours of 10 and II oclOcn,
knife He said he had been and wanted satisfacto
looked at him and at the cut put some questions
him which he refused to and persisted in his
nand for knife He then went down Gsllatin stree
and shortly after returned with brickbats in his han
&# which be flung the banquette saying have be
cut and somebody in this crowd did it;' and walking
jackson, he said, :" You the man that cut me
jackson replied that he was mistaken; that he had n
cut him. turned around and saw Jackson running
hard as he could He through Gallatn street whe
lost sight of him. did not see the beginning of t
fight, Bessie was very drunk
THE HATING BUSINESS. Mr.. Riordan ye
terday had Mr. Healy arrested on charge
having assaulted and beaten him with a stun
shot. These gentlemen are both engaged in t
hating business, are rivals, and near neighbol
hence the origin of the quarrel. The case h
not yet been examined.
.E THIRD DISTRICT.
INTENT TO STEAL.-Peter Huber was arrest
on Dauphin street, at the request of Mr..
s Fagot, who charges Huber with entering
i house with intent to steal. -.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
STEALING BIRDS One of the police Office
of the Fourth District observed negro vest,
N& day afternoon with A. cage containing n cana