New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-07


arms around bis body holding him from behind
as soon as the firing had ceased, witness rushed to
tne door fearing that the men from the Courier ONCE
Sclose by) would rush in and that some one wouid
get shot. At the door, witness was met by M. Al.
Dar!in and Captain Bossieres son the former handed
.ne atter pistol Witness believing that young Bos-
wansu @ 70 snoot Vernon, and that both Capt
Bossere and Vernon had been wounded, seized Young
Dosaere and bore him out to the passage the Young
man vas much excited and threatened 70 shoot VII.
hs,S IN e se t dla no not let him shoot Vernon witness
tney succeeded in getting the revolver out 81 his
hand meantime Vernon was still holding on TO Can't
Boss,ere; VINO snonted to bis son, Come and shoot
the Id rascal that has killed meu
Witness, after assisting 10 diaarm voaug rsc..f.rs
big hand, as Vernon held him vernons revolver
the pistols and locked them up yernon;s bad Tss,
discharged four tines BossieIe's oniy once. @ The
only persons present beside the eombatsrss vere III
ness, bis brother. MI: Roondtree ssd Capt Purcell
v F.. Cotton (brothes to the JudgeJ coxYoborated
all the foregoing, with the addition that whilst he
parties were still in the passage outside be beard
Bossiere say, III shoot you, you d--d scoundrd =
was also positive that Boss;ere fired first
Capt. John Purcell corzoborated Judge Cottou,s
testimony, with this exception that when the Judge
asked Vernon not to shoot unarmed man, Bossiere
nodded in assent and Immediately stepped back and
drew bis revolver and shot at Vernon Vernon firing
Immediately a;terward. Was certain that Bossiere
fred first.
Stanford Bossiere, son Of the deceased, testified
some one was shooting his father be rushed up to
the law office, but was met by Judge Cotton and
some others, who disarmed him and dragged him
away ne saw Vernon holding his father, who cried
OUT 70 MIN 70 shoot Vernon, and that, as he was
killed, to shoot through him. He afterwards took
charge of his father, who walked as far as Canal
street, where he put him into cab and took him to
the hospital. - q -
The testimony Of DR.. Graham, City Physician.
was that Capt. Bossere's death was caused By ps-
tol shot entering between the eighth and ninth rbs,
m fho voff ffoil md 1rlrps e. -
wound was sufficient to cause death, thoueh not
necessarily fatal. There were three other Wounds-
one in the lower jaw, and two in the band.
Dr.: Foster, Surgeon Of Charity Hospital, testified
that the ball in the diaphragm the Of DEATH
He did not consider the wound necessarily fatal q
no vital organ bad been touched. Capt Bosserec
mitted imprudences which aggravated his illness
Friends who visited him showed him newspapers con.
tanning reports of the shooting which greatly excited
him; he was also much excited when be made bis
will He made bis will two days before his death /;
after that he sank rapidly. The effort Of writing the
will might have aggravated his symptoms. The Doc
tor was firmly of opinion that he would recover IN
til the time he made the will
The Recorder stated that he would render his le.
cision in the case at II o'clock to-day.
Felix Sanches negro, was arraigned on charge
OF murder Lieut.. Gastinel charged, by information
non in house on South William street, New York
about the 9Th Of January last and fed to this city to
escape justice. The negro was taken from the city
jail here, where he had been placed as slave Of MI.
Foster. His own sworn statement accompanies the
Lieutenant's affidavit This statement is, that be is
free and native Of Trinidad de Cuba that in New
York he had difficulty with his wife and wifes pa.
rents that friend, named Nicolas Dietro offered to
protect him and brought him to Mobile that there
, he was lett in boarding house, which two weeks
fafterward he found was negro traders house he
was about to leave when the owner Of the house. L,
Brooks, told him be his slave. Brooks afterward
sold him to Capt Leadbetter of Mobile who shipped
him to Mr.. Foster of this city. Foster kept him I
week in irons and then placed him in the police jail
for safekeeping, as slave. The negro was sent to
prison, to await examination.
The difficulty to which the negro alluded in his
statement, was rather heavy one, as we learn. He
and fed supposing he had killed all three. Only bis
father-in-law, however was fatally wounded.
Aeck, slave Of 3. Loughtin, and Josephine slave of
fave ae to 9n S hs charge q
authors of the fire which destroyed Mr. Xixues sta
ble on Dauphine street the night Of the 25th ult
!, RECORDER LoNe's CouRr.-An alarming speck oi
war in the Old Third called yesterday for Judicial
r intervention. It would seem that the impending
. rupture between the European powers, ard partic1
larry between France aud Germany, has lit the ame
Of war in one of the quietes and shades precincts
e in "ye aneiente Ihirde;" the beIgerents being q
i party Of Germans and party Of French and the i'm
., mediate casus bei brace OF ferocous dogs belong
ing to the French party.
j.. The combat took place at half-past IL o'clock OF
+ Wednesday, on Poland street. between GIeatmen ant
" Craps. [Poand is classic as battle ground, ani
y this Poland of The Old Third was honored in a man
ner worthy its illastrous name.] The combat ragged
n equally for brief space but the dogs coming to the
assistance of the French, and the children OF ths
Dutch coming to their assistance the conflict wayerei
- FIRST side and then the other. At last vic
:, tory crowned the French.
% % The following is the damage done French loss
Francois Marriott, the general head chopped open ii
+ two places with gardenhoe his brigadier slightly
b wounded, and the dogs badly used up. Dutch loss
Peter Schmidt the general, lip swelled, eye puffed
head enlarged by beating with q wooden maui
! stomach and body black and blue from blows ant
.. .. kicks and neck and legs all striped from the gnaw
ing of the dogs T. Reuther, his brigadier (other
wise his employer) badly dog-nipped and Reuther'
children somewhat knocked about and chewed up
The afdavits poured into the Recorders Office thicI
and fast. Up to the time of our leaving Yesterday
the head combatants, Marriott and Schmidt. were IL,
/, only ones who had answered the summons OF thu
law. Both were sweled up and tied up, and looked
} as they were veritaby the heroes Of bloody ant
and wellcontested battle Both gave bail to appear
y y The Recorder will have nice time of it adjusting
u the issues raised by this battle of Poland street
y Seven attidavits were made in the case.
Jean Baptiste Thierry, for illtreatment of hi
wife, at their residence near the Barracks, was fine
S. and made member of the Peace Society.
! James Tanner, taken up US dangerous and suspi
cous, was sent to the Work House for six months.
. Denis Sullivan and Martin Cusick pleasant neigh
= bors at the corner of Greatmen and Spain streets
were examined on cross charges Of insult and abuse
:, threats to kill etc. and abusing each others families
y each having his wife along as witness. The cas-
found to be evenly balanced that the Recorde
1t decided to fine them sio each, and put them unde
: peace bonds Both complained of the fine Th
y Recorder then told them that if they would shak
!, hands like men, in his presence, and promise not t
~ insult abuse each other after leaving Court but
forget their and try to be friends he would le
y them go free The proposal staggered them, as we
I it might, seeing that they neighbors and tha
= their wives at the bottom of the trouble. The
9 hesitated some time. They looked around at the
le wives, who smiled approval The Recorder talked
n them like father. Finally, Denis and Martin col
IS cluded it would be better to save their money b
n acting Christian like, trying to do 3d. at any rat
1' The two shook hands before the Recorder with q
parent cordality; the wives went up to each othe
Is and did the same and all left Court amidst Il
p merriment of the spectators.
9 David Nicholson was examined on the charge
= having robbed John Joyce Of $47 on the afternoo
u of the 26h ut., in the Homeward Bound Cofeehous
e on Frenchmen street, between Victory and Morear
~ ~ Joyce swore that Nicholson invited him in to tax
y drink He drank, and was invited to dring again
u, Then he suspected something wrong in the iquol
'e and throwing his second drink the floor starte
u to leave the house, At that Nicholson grabbed biz
w by the throat shut the door, and cut his handke
Us chief from his neck in which handkerchief his 81
was concealed after which he opened the door an
nd let him out. Charles Bennett, the barkeeper, wa
present all the time, and offered no interference; b
ne ne had mixed the liquor, one drink of which he ha