New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-06-23
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drop Of rain the least attempt at rain. The eve
ming was truly delicious and brought out the firer
and tenderer parts Of tbe population in great num-
bers An especial pleasant snd attractive place
the shady Lafayette Square, with it's troops Of chill
dren tumblng amid the newnown hay.
THE RIVER is giving up its dead right rapidly.
The Coroner denies that the body found at the foot
Of Elmira street, Monday morning, laid there all
that day and the next. That body be had buried on
Monday evening. The body that was complained of
as making such a stencil on Tuesday, was another
body, found near the place, of which he had no
notice till yesterday morning. As Mr. Deputy
Weysham was yesterday on his way down to look
after this last body, be was attached as witness in
the murder case before Recorder Long, and could net
get away till one o'clock. Nothing could be ascer-
tanned as to the identity Of either of the men. The
| one buried yesterday had on Mexican trowsers and
no shirt. Mr.. Weysbam had scarcely returned to bis
Office, before he received word that another body
that Of negro, had turned up in the river at the
foot of Montegut street. And Just as he was starting
off to hold inquest in that case word came that
| the body Of white boy had turned up at Post 45,
First District. We did not wait for the result of the
| last two inquests.
| THERE WERE SOME LIVELY DoINGs last evening"
in and around Davidsons Row, on Carondeet street.
Different parties, as we hear, belonging to the differ
ent wings OF the Democratic party, came together
upon matter of right, to who the proper oc-
cupants OF room engaged by one of the said wings
for nominating meeting. The row took place in
| the beer-house below. One doctor cracked another
doctor over the head with loaded cane a man who
was acting merely as Samaritan to the worst hurt
doctor, was punched by another man, and the man
who gave the punch was sent aomersaulting some
twenty feet the innocent beer.drinkers and domino
players meanwhile stampeding tables and chairs
and stirring up the outside atmosphere in tue most
lively manner imaginable, having no taste for the ac
cidental blue pills which they fanced might perforate
them, but which pills luckily were not let loose. The
affair was decidedly lively SO much that Caron-
delet street didn't go to sleep till late last night.
| A FINE GAME OF CRICKET was played last evening
by the Crescent City Club at the Delachaise ground
10 Jefferson City We have not room, unluckily, to
give the full detail of the game, in which the diff
ferent members !" came up to taw' magnifcently
This is the recapitulation: Haulons eleven-frst in
nings, "A; second innings, 46-tota l2O. Coppe's
eleven-6rst innings, 20; second innings, 43-
total, 70.
FIRST DISTRICT CouRT.-Judge Hunt-Eugene
Pepe alias Adams, was brought up for trial yester
day for murder. But upon representation of his
would not return till September, continuance was
granted to the next term, in November next.
Victor Gerodas, charged with malicious mischief
and Edward Hardy charged with assault with dan.
gerous weapon, were dismissed, there being no fur
ther cause for their prosecution.
was yesterday examined on the charge of having
stabbed and killed Auguste Garcia on the 30th May
on the Bayou st. John shell road, the draining
! machine. The prisoner was defended by Mr.. Lam
hork cIIt t,o hu Mr. Dan
Collins.
John Motsch, sworn : As he was driving dowl
Rampant street with his cab, having his brother
two ladies as passengers he accosted by Perciva
who had Garcia with him. Percival said they wante
the cab. Witness said they could have it, and pu
+ the two ladies and his brother out Percival an
Garcia then got into the g, cab they told witness
+ Bridge, witness asked if they wished to go ovel
u They told him to drive on, down the road by th
Bayou. When they got to the tollgate, Perciva
paid the toll Witness drove till they crossed th
g Margny canal, when Percival ordered him to stol
Garcia asked witness If he could not drive into th
woods. Witness replied he could not; he coul
drive in, but could not turn his cab to get out PEI
g place as any; !" and added, "Garca, came here
have fair fist fight; want the driver to search u
:, both, and we give up our weapons"
Witness searched Percival around his waist and i
his pockets, and found nothing. Garcia said
would not be searched, and that o fair fight was
r. monkey fight. Percival said, Do you think cam
here with you to go in the woods and have ball pu
through my head?' Garcia said, ." You do what 70
1t can, and will do what can !; told you to bring
" cannon with you If you wanted one.' Garcia furthe
,e said Pay the driver and let him go to town W
~ do not want him here.' AL this time Garcia wa
ID sitting in the cab Percval sad Then you get OIL
OF the cab, and will pay the driver when return
town. Witness got on his seat to start. and Care
got out he had iron knuckles on one of his hands
witness identifies the knuckes in Court as the san
"A he had on. He had white handkerchief around b
~ hand from the time he got into the cab till he q
1e out witness supposed it because his hand vi
sore but he got ont of the cab the bandkerchi
a. dropped off his hand, and witness saw the ire
" knuckes. After Garcia got out witnesses attentit
was diverted moment by his horse ; when he locke
around, he saw Percival strike Garcia in the sic
%. with his fist the two then clenched as they scut
,e Garcia's back was next to witness witness saw
h., knife in Percival's hand, and saw him stab Care
~ two or three times in the back. Percival then rs
is away, and Garcia staggered back exclaiming, " a
killed !" the same time Garcia drew revolver al
cooked it, upon which witness put whip to his hor
ed and started of toward the lake. Witness stopped
es the mud barge, and told the men there what hi
co. happened.
ls Witness then turned about and drove back VIII
I'm he found four or five men around Garcia, who W
lc living on the ground Witness and others picked hi
~ ~ up and put him in the cab Witness asked the I'M
", with Garcia where were the revolver and knuckl
ss he had had they gave the said weapons to witne
and also bowie knife. Witness and q little b
at started for town in the cab with Garcia after conf
o in abont quarter of mile they met Mr. Labatt al
two officers !; MIR. Labatt and one OF the officers 3
into the cab and came into town with witness al
Garcia. Stopped at the IRENE police station al
his then drove to Garca's house, on Burgundy stree
between st. Peter and Toulouse. From there W
ness and his horse and cab and Mr. Labatt were tax
to the Main Post at jackson Square. When witnt
ue, overhauled his cab there he found large bow
knife under the cushion; how it got there, witnt
to could not tell During the scn!le the only weap
'o' witness saw in Garcia's hand was the knuckles
drew his revolver only after Percival started to ri
his AS Perciva ran he still had the knife in his hal
the All this occurred at about IL o'clock A. M. Wtn
identifies the vest in court as the one Garcia b
on. The first blow witness saw was given
ger Perciyal with his fist to Garcia in his side.
NJ was the left side Percival when he had the kr
had it in his right hand witness could not
what use he had of his left hand. Witness is c
- tian that when Perciyal first struck Garcia in
Ms. side with his fist he had weapon in either ha
1ce Witness the seat of his cab sdeway from Pc
ea. val; Percva had his two stretched out bef
oh him and his hands were open, therefore with
the knows he had weapon in either hand at that I'll
t. Cross examined When witness reached the g
INV with Garcia and Percival, there was no other
If son about the place being an open one, if any
low else had been there, witness would have seen
DE No one else was present during the whole of
ere scufe or up to the time that witness started off
Inc. the mud machine. When the knuckes and revo
he of Garcia were handed to witness, he raised
rem. cushions of his seat to put the weapons in the
mn. of the seat; there was knife under the cusl