New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-22


permanent home, and wishing to become acelimated,
were willing to take their chance as soon as the fever
came along. So they staid in the city; the fever
came and here is the result, copied from the pub
lished records:
Died Aug. 23-Kpnrad Fubri aged A.
.. S-pt. p Miss Anna Fuhr, aged IL.
Sept 23--Mss C,roline Fuhri aged l8
:. Sept. 2a-8f4s Harriet Fuhri aged Is.
The widow and the four youngest children remain
here, but are not friendless. As the father was
scholar and man of refined tastes and once we'll off
in the world so his daughters that followed him were
educated, amiabe and accomplished. All would have
been valuable to society had the yellow destroyer
spared them.
Double FrNERAL.-We saw an Immense funeral
procession passing through the Third District yester
day evening. There were two hearses; the foremost
one in black, and the other in white We did not
learn who the deceased were but from appearances,
Judged them to be parent and child.
Almost double funeral was that of two brothers.
Vasin FOrtier and Adelard Forter Boudousquie; one
of whom died on Sunday and the other on Wednes-
day. Both were estimable young men-one aged %
and the other 3l-and both were followed to the
tomb by long coreges Of sorowing friends and rela-
tiyes
SHOCKING AFFAIR.-A Little Boy Killed By a
INan--A little boy named James Matthew Callahan,
about years old, had his brains blown out on We'd
nesday evening by shotgun in the hands of Mat
thew Caher a man. The dreadful affair took place
in front of Cnhers residence, on Fourth street, be
tween Fulton and Chippewa, Fourth District. Cahe
was Immediately arrested by Lient Newland, ant
locked up. He admitted having killed the boy, bu
claimed TO have done it accidentally.
The circumstances of the case, as eitited BY
Coroner Daanoy upon his inquest, yesterday morn
ing, were these; Ataboat haIfpast o'clock in tbt
evening CAher had a difficulty in the street with
man whose name was unknown but who was sale
to be from the Third District, and was intoxicated al
the time. Caher went into his house. The drunker
man attempted to follow him but Mrs. Caher KEEP
him ont and fastened the door in his face aud afte
trying awhile to getiu turned about and went away
Gaher wanted to get out again but his wife, having
kept the drunken man out was now bent on keeping
him in, Whilst all this was going on, little Jane.
Callahan, the deceased, was playing near by witt
another little boy named Charles Roostuf, II years
old Seeing the fuss, James said, " Charley, let's g
and see this fuss =
With that they went in front of Cahers house tt
look in at the window and whilst looking in, saw
Caher appear with gun in his hand. Both imme
diatey started to run; Charles got out Of the way
safely, but james not quick enough for Just a
he turning to fly, Cahers gun went of, and tht
load Of shot struck him the left side Of the head
blowing of nearly the whole top of his head ant
scattering his brains about in the most sGkenin!
manner,
The principal witness was the boy Charles Roos
tuf, He gave his testimony in the most clear AM
straightforward manner He said that when the gul
went Off Calier had it in his hand, his wife being a
the door to keep him from going out. Theroom wa
a small one and through the window he could Sc
the woman at the door. Mrs. Caher, on the col
trary, sw0re that the gun went off whilst she wa
struggling with her husband to get itaway from hin
Little Callahan was only six or eight feet from tn
gun when shot. One barrel only of the gun was d
i. charged. The drunken man was just then nearl
. twosquares off,
The Gtroner's verdict was in accordance with IL
above facts that is tosay, that James Matthew Ca
ahan came to his death from gRn-shot wound
the left side of the head, carrying away that ent
i side of the cranium; the said wound having bee
inflicted with a doublebarrel shotgun, in the haut
5 of Matthew Gaher, etc.
+ Acc1ngNTs.-Chare5 Rias, Spanish sailor, W
: badly hurt yesterday by falling from the main ya
J of the ship Caroline. He taken to the Chari
a Hospital.
George Frisby, free colored boy, five or six yea
old was run over by Pierre Ferran's milk cart Ia
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n evening" III 'ne eg'He' VI 0'aS'St s.iu Ls'inlts
I Streets The boy was taken to his home IN t
8 vicinity and Ferran was taken to the lookup
!. officers Grafton and McCIosky. The bow was u
n -, l, :l,,t,,, - 10 mt i,,f5,,s1
IL houneeo Dy ooe'os " oe noe dangerously llJutea
e Edward Hogan teil OF his dray, on Fulton sire
last evening and the dray being loaded with
J. sacks Of cffe the massage of one of the wheels a
Il hir,, ,i,,i,ro3 hin, ,oortoIl,, il was snnnosea