New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-07-11
CIT ITEM 8.

the GentIy Ridge heard groaps OF in distress
distance on. They hunted around for time, bu
were unable to find the source Of the sounds After
wards other persons made SEARCH and at distance
Of about fifty yards from the railroad they found the body
Of man who had evidently bean fouly murdered The
body brought in to the Third District guard house
and the Coroner sent for The body proved TO be that
man named Henry wood cutter who had been In the
employment Of Mr. Beile He bsdbeen beaten TO deatf
the skull being badly fractured about Reven blows on
the breast two Of the upper ribs being broken and severa
vloent blows the back The inquest was not finished
owing 10 the mpossiby Of finding Witnesses but there
ia doubt that the ASSASSIN was man named Francois
fellow woodcutter with the deceased The two had
discharged by their employer Monday evening they
drinking together in coffee house In the back part
Of the Third District and yesterday morning early
which he started outin the direction Of the Ridge
which he has mot been heardof The Ooroners nyesga
ton will be concluded to-day.
CAPT. DOUGLASS SURRENDERED. Mrs Johanna
the particulars of whose death have already been pub
ished yesterday made sfdavt predicatsd upon the
verdict OF the charging Capt Douglass, o.
the ship Cochis with thsmurder Of her She
that the Captain cruelly battered him all his head
and body, and kicked him and dragged him about, pur
ing him badly that he died in an hour aftsrNards
Issued and the Captain hearing of it volun
tarly surrendered himself at the police office in the
afternoon and was looked There are widely different
have no doubt the ia not half quarter bad
as interested parties trying to make 1t appear The
deceased
inquest there were marks bruises on it beyond
skindeep, and DR. Ssbaser, after post.mortem exam
nation, pronounced death to have been caused BY
stroke and by nothing else We wish the public to kecI
these facts in view because the friends OF the deceased
and downtown paper are trying to make the case
appear the most diaboca murders of the present
century. VI
SUNsTaoKE.-The Coroner yesterday held an
inquest on the body Of longshoremau named PetaI
Thompson who died Of sunstroke board ship at
the evee Verdict accordingly This deceased was
tive of Denmark, thirty years of age. -
HopsFuL BRoTHER.--Daniel Shea, lad Of
thirteen arragned yesterday bsors Recorder Bright
by his sister Mary Shea charge Of having solsn from
her house No. 90 st. Thomas street on Monday, gold
brooch of hers worth i've 6Sars which he sold 10
tain ewelsr Tchouptonas street. where It found
By officer DsGruy Not being able 70 give ball for bis
to have him sent to the House Of Refuge yagrsnt
AssAuLTNG FERRY BoAT.-Michael Dowd
and Owen Donney to be examined before Recorder
Bright the 18th charge Of having bornbarded the
Canal street ferry boat with bricks eleven O'Clock yes
terday appears there was to be prize FIGHT the
river and rabbe-rout which included Dowd and Don.
nelly acquired great contempt for tho ferry boat be
cause she wouldn't give free passages that occasion
one Of them committed nuisance on board The officers
objected rather plainly and then came the brickbats
The accused stated that their bricks only in return
for coal which waa thrown anthem In default Of BAT
they went to prison ''Fts' 5,-5t
CUTTING Abraham ARRAY occurred last
evening" between Ave and six O'Clock sbe corner a
Rampant and Gravier Streets in which Mr., James 0ld
n,
his arm or side by cabdriysr named Reeves who made
bis escape. The wounds, learn are not dangerous
man named Lutrel Was arrested accessory In thu
affair. I
BREACH OF TRUsT.--Amand Bertholon yester.
day complained to Recorder Ramos, that during biz
absence from his In Mrs. sehmidts house on Roya
street, between Toulouse and st. Peter his trunk was
broken open and several articles taken from the room
and that having paid Mrs 81 all be owed her she refused
70 give him any satisfaction about his missing property
This he considered breach Of trust and warrant
was Issued. - :
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. The following cases
examined yesterday before Recorder Bright and the
accused committed for trial In the First District
Thomas o'Brien, caught by Daniel Landrigan In the
act of robbng John Knneys trunk in Patrick Irvine
premises on the night of the ID having sealed
fence In order to effect entrance into the house
In default of bail, he was sent to prison
a. Fillmore, for an assault and battery upon Cattle.
rine Farrenback In her house. at No IA Circus, Ram
part street. on the night Of the Sd inst. Bail 300
Archibald Boulwair for breaking into the pound on
me night q the soth ult and taking thsrero his cart
Of city ordinances. Bail $500.
Recorder Ramos examined Lawrence Clary on charge
OF having committed an assault and battery upon Barney
uarhan with intent to murder him. the evening OF the
ath ult on Derbgny street. between st. Louis and Tou
louise The testimony sustained the charge and the
cused was sent before the First District Court.
The CAT Our. 1t is now explained what
District Vegetable the other night with cooked
pistol and bag Of money In bis hands He being under
arrest on supeOn OF having stolen that
made affidavit before Recorder Ramos charging five ind
Fiduals with keeping gambling house md the BANKING
game called monte in house ST. Philip between Condo
and Old Ltyee streets. The indFidualsof whom Hypo
lite Juan Gonzales and Ignaeo Coutina are accused
rncipas and Louis Paoheao and Pepe Toca as alder
and abettorswere all arrested and gave bail appear
when notihed Pardo's accusation taken in connection
with his stampede with the money the other night seen
to show that he detected the artists In the game Of
open-and-shnt,n which he headed OF with the prah
game.n
+ LARcENIEs. Catherine Smith accuses Cath.
crime woman living in the house. with her on 81
Philip street between Royal and Bourbon streets Of lar
eeny in having failed to account for purse containing
49, which she entrusted to her safe keeping on the
pt Recorder Ramos Issued his warrant yesterday upor
hearing the accusation. ~ =
y Joseph W Hart accused q free eolored man ra,nsd
Waken OF having stolen three rabbits nine chickens and
two pigeons from his premises at the corner of st. Ann
and Roehebano streets eighteen days ago he nav
ing identified his pigeons Raisens house at tine eor
issued "s
YOUNG ,RAsoALs.-Three lads named George
McMann, VIM. o. Wade, and Joseph W Reese alias Bou.
some bread from bakery on Girod street on Menaa1
night Their are respectively lo H. and IL years
default Of $500 bail each their
they were sent to the Parish Prison.
DIsoHARaED.-Louis Selyids was yesterday
examined on charge of having stolen $3.50 and watch
canal and Baronne Streets and discharged for want o
evidence.
Joseph MoGraw accused by John sMolIey OF highway
robbery was also examined and discharged for simiar
reason. - " '
WORK HOUSE AND FINE.--Geo. Wilson. a John
Smith and John Wooster were sent to the WORK hons,
yesterday for month by Recorder Bright Henry smith
sick and supposed to be insane to the hospta
Hagh Ward for KNOCKING down q man in St Mary,s
Market was ordered to pay $40 go to prison James
Douns for getting drunk and threatening to kill his fam
ny on Girod street subjected to $40 or PRISON. and
s % Connolly for drawing knife on Tom somebody on
Ut. Charles street, similar penalty. =
ASSAULTS, ETo.--Afidavits lodged before Re.
corder Ramos yesterday:
BY Josephine Devlle charging Gaapard Jaley with
grossly ABUSING her and her daughter Marie their resi-
dence NO 2sS Orleans street, Monday evening and
drawing knife with threats to kill her % -
By john Hoffman, charging Jane German with ab,,.
sing and threatening his wife and children while sitting
in the doorway of his resdsee 2e7 Louis street ana
afterwards repeating the nuisance while thew ware
a walk !; all on Sunday evening
By Josephine Latour charging Rose Lambert and
Louisa Meyers with giving her Burgundy street alkne
CO. a, At her residence on burgundy street. =
FIRST DISTRICT CoURT.-ITiaI of a Negro
Jor RGpeMrs Hale's slave Green was tried yester
day by special tribunal of shareholders on charge Of
having attempted to commit rape on two little Whta
girls on the 2lst of May last in house on pbippa
street Only one Of the girls and her mother however
appeared against him yesterday. The testimony was
conclusive, and the jury gave verdict of guilty and
sentence to the .penitsntiary for life.
RELIABLE PROTECTION AT SMALL COST.
THOUSANDS, or TENS, OR EVEN HUNDREDS OF THoI1
SAND6 INSURED BY THE OUTLAY OF FIrTY FIVE nnf