New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-15
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in the different precincts Of gaiety and social inter-
course.
FATAL AVFRAY.-At a late hour on Saturday |
night, at a soree at the corner Of ST. Ann and Miro
streets Second District difficulty occurred between
two creole young men, named Francis ULCER Dard |
and George earns, which resulted in earns stabbng |
and killing Diard on the spot Coroner Dannoy held |
his inquest on Diards body yesterday morning, and
did not take more testimony than what was Deces,
sary 70 show in what manner and by whom the kill |
ing was done.
It appeared from all we could learn outside, that
the young men were friends and belonged toa party
who had dubbed together and fitted up house at
the corner named, for the purpose Of amusing them
selves during the coming season by series Of soireeg
or balls to be given privately, among themselves,
with such female aid as they could find in that re.
mote part of the city that the place was finally
fixed up on Friday night; and that the soiree which
ended in deed Of blood was the first Of the season.
It was further represented to u.s. that both the young
men were inliquor at the time and that their diff
Guilty arose out Of misunderstanding about some
girl at the party.
DR.. A. Mercier held the postmortem examination,
in the absence of DR.. Delery, and found that death
had been the result of stab in the upper part ofthe
breast at the base of the throat the stab penetrating
the right lung, and causing fatal hemorrhage There
were also two stabs in one of the legs, neither Of
which, however, would have proved fatal. The tes-
timony of the two witnesses examined was as
follows
Charles Eugene Lombard sworn. testified that he
was standing on the gallery Of the house, when be
heard Dard and earns quarreling They seized each
other by the arms. Diard said to earns, Z" You are
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am not as strong as you, but am just as much Of
man = after which he asked Dard if he was in ear
nest, saying that be was. They continued holding to
each other and struggling until they fell to the floor
over BENCH earns on top. Diard then seized earns
by the hair, and whilst he was 50 holding him wit
ness rushed to separate them at that instant he saw
knife in earns hand, and saw him stab Diard twice
in one Of his legs.
| Witness then succeeded in separating them, and
some one took earns off little way Witness rolled
up Diards pants to see where he was cut as he was
doing so earns came up and witness said to him that
it was wrong to cut Diard that way, to which earns
replied that he was sorry, but that as he believed
Diard was fighting him in earnest he defended him
self the best he could. Witness proceeded to wash
Dard's wounds and try to staunch the blood, when
Diard made spring at earns, saying that he must
himself the same time be seized a piece Of plank
and threw it at some one who was standing by; he
also picked up two wooden horses, or supports fol
board seats and hurled them arously at the persons
standing around; after that he picked up piece Of
plank about FIVE feet long and aimed blow at Wit
ness with it; witness Tended off the blow just then
Diard saw earns in the crowd again and rushing at
him, aimed two blows with the board, which earns
n r.. =
blow earns rushed at him with his knife and gave
him the fatal stab through the dimple at the bottom
of his throat and his right lung. Witness jumped al
him toarrest the blow but could not be quick enough
Jean Leopold Knoll sworn Saw Dard and earns
wrestling thought they were playing heard earns
tell Diard he was as much of i man as he was il
the struggle, earns pushed Diard down and fell or
top Of him; the rush of the crowd prevented witness
from seeing any more of the fight. Soon afterwart
witness saw some one trying to stop the blood which
was running from Diard's leg heard Diard say tina
he must kill the one who cut him, or be killed him
self AS to what took place after that witness cou
not testify clearly,
After stabbing Dard the last time, earns wen
home to his residence, in the vicinity, and went t.
bed. Diard died in about twenty minutes after re
ceiving the last stab and his body was taken to BIZ
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tween Galyez and Miro, where the inquest was helt
yesterday morning. The Coroner's verdict was il
accordance with the facts above detailed that Diart
came to his death from stab wound penetrating thu
right lung and causing fatal hemorrhage the wounC
having been inflicted witha sharppointed nstrumen
in the hands of George earns.
earns, after having gone to bed, at his residence
was aroused and arrested by Sergeant Fabany ant
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prised, not having been aware that be had stabbed
Diard dangerously. Diard was very powerful. mus
Cuar young man, q years of age; earns is SINAI
and slender, and younger than Diard, being mer
youth of only is or 49, and had no fair chance, so ia
as Strengthens concerned, in his struggle with Diard
earns father keeps literary depot on Front Leye
street. below the Vegetable market. What Dard'
occupation or standngIwas, we did not learn, thong
we hear he was respectfully connected. The test
mouy Of Lombard and Knoll was secured by thei
arrest and detention, for the purpose, immediatel
. after the homicide occurred.
e Billy AT TATTsERsALLs,-Our goOdlooking youn
!, friend Billy (what his other name is, is nobody
Y business) has re.opened the Tatersas cofee-hous
on St. Charles street lately kept by Boston He hd
l fixed it up in style, and intends to make it one of
s Places If any one wants to know who Billy is lie
" them go and see him, and try his liquids that's al
a ONE or THE SWORD CANEs.-A man named Jear
ton was arrested on Casacavo street. Third District
e on Saturday charged with abusing and threatening
female tenant of his house. When officers Aquilar
d and Ponard went to arrest him, he resisted yer
i wickedly with a weapon which the officers called
sword cane, They took him, however, sword.can
and ALL and lodged him in the caaboose. Yesterda
p tod of