New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-02
THE DAILY CRESCENT.
CHARITY HosPlrAL.--The report of the CHAIR

CHARITY HoSPlTAL.--Ihe report oil the Charl- |
ty Hospital for the last four days is as follows;
Admissions 100 o
Discharged 90 %
Deaths "'
of which Is Of yellow fever
The report for the month of October shows the follow
ing totals
Admitted l5Sl
Died 'V
OF which 2ss were Of yellow fever
GRAND JURY.-The Grand Jury yesterday
presented the following true bills
Against james Dyeire aud Philip McVeght ahas Pat
Rodgers for entering shop in the day time with intent
TO steal.
Against j. Cunningham for harboring runaway
slave.
The bills against the following parties were ignored
J. o'B Miller, charged with bigamy WIN Charlottne
f IN C nanss lighter Edward Bosblanc mauslanghter
Dan Rice creating and accidentally shooting
boy Francis Sander, forgery; r. + Nichols and H. H.
yenn oyerdrawing a bank account.
EXAMINATION FOR MURDER.-The examination
of John Melvin and Hugh Ferguson, charged with hay
ING murdered Bridget Russell the night of the 2ls of
ctober by cutting her in the left leg closed yester
day Messrs Field and Orchard appearing for the de-
euse and Mr. j. A. Roberts conducting the case on the
mart of the state The testimony for prosecution was as
follows
III vas called in to see woman Delord street; she
WA speechless and i'll dying condition from hemor-
raUe she had four two below the knee and two in
The lower part the thigh each of the wounds was cut
to the bone the femoral artery cut in the wound
above the knee theSe wounds caused the death OF the
vo,rnn they were Of nature to produce death
held the INST ,orr examination Mt the request OF the
Coroner and the wounds made with sharp cutting
inHrument appeared to have Teen recently 1hcteu
James Lynch for the State sworn.-1 am police Off
and on the night of the 2lt was on duty IN Poydras
street. Heard the cry of watch y between IL ana IL
o'clock that night The proceeded from the corner Oh
Tchouptoulas and Deord streets, anu proceeded rom
.Ivn one of the persons the bar In company with
officer Londergan, to the place. and We inquired OF
Melvin what was the matter He replied there Is wo
in an alley who been stabbed Officer Landergan
myself and Melvin then went into the house, anu iouna
" lying on the toor cut anu sose ere; S WI j ot
1r that he kent her aud wanted to keep her asked
him Who cut her, and he sad he did not know never
heard The woman speak then went Tor physician ana
b saw her again she was dead Officer Landergan
and myself arrested Melvin and brought him 10 the Watch
No one was present at the time, except deceased
- nrisnaar The prisoner. Melvin laughing all the
+i,a and said that deceased was drunk anu Wouiu "
Ill, ,rajn in the morning l searched the premises Ill
ny rant under the mattresses whore the deceased
was wing found nobody else III the mouse louh Jul
instruments weapons on the premises eaM sso W
in The room the next morning during the eofoheis ih
quest. ,,,;t,, a. -,
James Landrigan for the State sworn-Was Wlth ohce'
zvncb when he heard the cry of watch found Melvin al
statea nv LYNCH who said woman had been cut IN tt
5ovn there: asked Melvin if he knew her he replied
he aid asked him if she was his wife, he replied, NO
~. T intond to make her my wife y that he had liveG
nth her for eighteen months previous to that time
4hen followed Melvin through an ahey-way heo ot ~
onm where found welterng IN hef bleou On ~
a fem vonnds in her leg Officer Linden came ii
hafare The doctor did asked the deceased before u
dan came in who cut her but she made no reply oee
Ifa in nv presence after in, asked her name
she ranlied it was BRIDGET he then asked VINO cut ef
s,d she renljed, 1t my husband John man
,,nt know.
nretty thing be annoyed by drunken women III l
way 81 saw no weapon there eScep' an aAs' en" s'"
blood on it. ,., :;
Ms Mary McAyoy, for the State, sworn reside il
yord sreet the upper part OF the house IN wheh ae
asoa was found. About o'clock on the evening IL
QUESTION went down stairs and met the prisoners Ne'Fi
ard FERGUSON coms3s in. The deceased was IN compah
-, - n,he mr.; soners visited my room twice durin
L;ht s;raine songs and drinking went down an
" - Il uaI I'd washed dsGeased's face with u I'M
poe fine last time went down Ihefe were t"o ine ~
one in the deGeaSens ,'o 9 ont in search of
lotchmap The deceased speeehless an eouu NJ
act any thing out of herr she dla noS spt rnon t
49, time the prisoners had been up 10 shI d ctnu
,The first time saw the deceased was .oGb bb
y. ttinr srnnk and was very drunk that night Too
aha candle out of her hands lighted IT. anu pun " IL m
hands again after 1t was hghteo'
rhor4as linden sworn was my beat in Tchonp
IN the night of the 21st of October, and abot
~ ,cloek being informed that woman had been cut
4 III
no,nra street repaired to the place designated an
So, two or three watahman and a couple OF ctzei
there / saw woman, with her leg and thgh cut lynn
Nv oo,,nle of mattresses the noori asked her WI
On, ber She replied that it was her husband. ms w
rnhahv nfteep minutes before she dea; ehen ass
M snnetators who was her husband and melvin cane
d aid he was not husband but was hslhg win he
~, MOI remember to have seen Ferguson there'
Gross Examined-I washed tha lips OF the aecPaSt
NTH cold water, and my face was close TO her ihou
srhnn sbe smoke not more than eighteen or tweh
5nrhes distant She could not SPEAK diselhcuyi p1.l
arv weak Melvin. the prisoner also ASKED Atf VIM Ia
ont her hut she made reply seeming not 70 oe
~ him Melvin spoke loud enough to be heard aooue u
~ I'M and il was Immediately after had intefroSat'
her ,..a, IF tb q E;r
stanben spellnlan sworn am Waterman OIL the T II
,iet. asked Melvin why he had killed ms wi'e Il
,a5 that she was oftentimes drunk, and haa peeh II
aaent,v in the Work house, and that she mgne MS '"
"a M N The world. This conversation took place
~. nnrnur of the 22d while was bringing the prison
I'm theu TO the lower wateh.house - ,
axainined The prisoner, In answer TO my w
tSSs5 a;thar denied admitted that ne had kieu
n MT made the above answer
r9~ n;s ncAyov sworn reside on Delord street,
ri me house with deceased, up stairs IN Vhe eve
,S3be night OF the murder, the prisoners came 70
where reside, few minutes after mad enter