New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-06
A FORAY BY MASKED MURDERERS
| FROM The NEG Orleans Deita

We regret having TO record another bloody chspte
in the history of NewOrleans-a chapter, too, which
is perhaps with ut an origin, 50 Tar ~ tho vlcomeo
the story are concerned. About 9oocck Tuesday
night when the reporters for the press were generally
in attendance at the sitting Of the City Council, or had
gone to their respective homes, without dreaming u
further duty before them, one OF the most iessioi
tragedies in human crime was actually beng enAcsso
in the neig hborhood Of 81. Thomas and Auauncisncn
Streets in the upper portion Of the city, Though some
f the reporters had not retired TO their homes a. the
hour in question: yet they rema'nedtotsly unspprssd
of any d, ecs of murder, nor were any generally
known save perhaps, 10 the actors IN their execu-
ton, to the victims or the Police, till an early hour
yest.r dsy morning, when the public mind becsms
wild witt the consequent exccmt Mt, and every one
was at loss 10 account for strange an attack ~
was made, without any apparent proyocaton on un-
,nerg persons throughout the localities ment oned.
The assalants, It appears, were divided into tnres
separate squads one OF which took down the CENTER
and the others along the bsnquetes on either side Of
the street, all being mask or backened, aud Tned
with knives, pistols and sluug shots, and executing
wherever they passed. without utteriog word, save
in low, muttefinR tohe.
The first place entered BY the nurderous parties was
boarding house kept D. John Culberts at the conner
of Thala and st. Thomas stIects, where, without .
word Of warning, they stacked the inmates, chiefly
Irish dray men, with knge Aud sung shots, In fear
ful manner. The nmatsS being totally unsrmsd, and
the results of The attack, necessarily
highly tragical- ole An, Jshn Esgan, being killed,
and others badly wounded The latter are lhomse
Donshue, stabbed in the lett breast with dirk, and
severely beaten the heao with clubs, though not
considered MORALLY injured; John Culber, skull vio-
lenty fractured, and probably MORALLY stabbed 10 the
back; Richard Coleman, q Gray man, dangerously cut,
in the breast and battered about the head j. branne-
gan, knocked down with rock and stabbed 10 The
thigh; James Smith and John Riley, severely wounded
with slurgs and clubs; James Murphy and John
Devaughan, shockisgy wounded by the same means;
and T6omss Buggy and Thomas Dsyioe, slightly
wounded. ,
of A pistol which grazed his neck a. he ran back
through the Mrs. Peter Rhoda, In the store OF
whose husband some of the scenes occurred. Ihs
store was adjoining the coffee house, ana me osn
which MIs. Rhoda was lying. The pIemises sboutthe
stos ard cohee-house stained with blood, where
ever the inmates who fed were overtaksn- 80
After the asssants thus finished their attack, they
were pursued by Sergeant Dryden, with posse
watchmen but without effect. They next formed into
a body on New-Levee and Tchoupitoulss streets, along
which they committed q lew rLhing assaults. lney
also mace rome demonstrations upon acoes house on
81. Charles street, but no one was injured.
According to the accounts Of Brsonegsn, who was
taken to the Charity Hospital, there wa no quarrel or
ence which We have detailed. AS the ssssAnts were
all naked or otherwise disguised, there is no clue %
their identity and the sa must consequently, ior the
present, ZEN ain my stery.
UoRRIp MuRpER.--We learn that two men recently
discharged from the chain gang IN this cty-B Swan
and William 7 Morrison-recsnty committed most
srocious murder in the Town Of Sunfsh, Ohio, the
particulars of which transpired ON FRIDAY. spPosu
they were engaged in pasterpg house in thas place.
and within the isst few days, became scqusnted WITH
a poor girl whom they decoyed to an Obscure section
OF that town. and in order to prevent detection dsng
erately murdered her with large stones, Win ynico
thew mashed in her skull and horribly mutilated her
face and other portions of her body. Toe unfortunsN
airl Vas missed several days before she was discov
cred and when she was at last found, on fnoay ls,
the " as weterng in blood with her clothes over her
head. and the instrumen ts Of her death lying AZ
around. In the mean tine, the Villains had msde
good their escape, but it 10 stiu hoped they may %
CHARGED from jail On the 9th Of October: .