New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-11-05
NUMBER 2O7.
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the scarcity Of cistern wsser interferes .tL tbe |
public. - 'i'
Coon NEws.--There was ne fire Yesterday ,or
ary alarm of fire.
4GESEEAL LCowHIDED-Gen. q. Wasb;n,.oz, rx. |
on, formerly Duke Of Yucatan, antnow Earl ~ b..
dras Market was cowhided in said market Lao,
evening by woman who insisted taat he had twice
nsultesl hrr in the market aforesaid. The woman
went at him like tigress: and after he had re-
ceiyed few licks, he gallantly gos out Of the
way, making neither resistance nor subsequent
complaint
CAPTURE op a FEMALE PIcKPocKET.- Yesterday,
at about noon, well-dressed female was elected
from Hyde Goodrich's jewelry store, corner Of
Canal and Royal streets. She was put out by one
of the clerks, who had caught her in the act of
feeling lady's pocket. The lady was leaning
against the glass the counter, intently ex-
amining some charms the female crowding close
up to this lady, picked up one of the charms with
her off hand, and asked the price of it. The clerk
looking at her, saw through the glass front of the
case that her hand next the lady was actively en-
gagged in feeling for the lady's pocket He at
once came ont from behind the counter took the
female by the shoulder and told her to travel
IL,
Police came across Canal street. The clerk at
once told the Chief what had happened, and said
that the woman had just turned the corner to 90
down Royal street. The Chief, apprehending that
II might be the same mysterious pickpocket whose
proceedings, in stealing from ladies at auctions and
IN stores and other crowded places, had been re-
ported to the police at intervals for month or two
past, started round tie corner after her. He saw
her, about twenty thirty steps of, walking lei
surely along. As there was great crowd of peo-
pie on both sides Of the street. about the Post
Office, and the Gem and the Sazerac he concluded
not to arrest her there, but to follow her at dis.
tance and seize her in some place where there
would be no public excitement about it,
He had hardly decided upon this course when
the woman, looking round saw him, and at once
proved that she knew him, by starting hastily
across the street, lodging under mules nose as
she went. She gained the banquette, and started
on run through the crowd of men in front of the
Sazerac. The Chief ran after her. She turned
into the Post Office, and finding the passage clear
raised her dress knee-high, and ran as if death
himself was at her heels. The Chief likewise nut
his legs to their best use, and the whole crowd of
Royal street rushed through in wild pursuit of both
The Chief caught up with the woman Just as she
got out on Exchange Alley, and making a grab at
her shoulder missed his hand went over her
shoulder, and he brought her to with half way
sort of hug, with his arm in front of her neck
She Immediately wheeled about and, in dgnified
and indignant tone, said, No liberties with me,
sir!" This gave scandalous look to the proceed
ing, at least to some of the crowd and the Chief
handing his prisoner over to the officer there sta
toned, got out of the crowd as soon as possible,
He did feel that it looked bad to chase a bare.
legged lady through such place as the Post Office;
and had no wish to hear the wtticisms of the crowd
on the subject.
Afterward, at his Office. the Chief searched his
prisoner. AT first she declared that no one should
search her but her husband Or woman. She
named somebody on Tchoupitoulas street as her
husband. AS the direction given was indistinct,
the Chief called Texas, the corporation darkey.
and sent him for his wife, Mrs. Eliza Texas, to
come and do the searching. The pickpocketess,
getting tired of waiting, finally consented that the
Chief should search her, which he did thoroughly
On one of the hoops of her skirt he found several
hooks, for which there could be no use but to hang
stolen articles on. In one of the petticoats he
found numerous little pockets; but there was moth
ing on the hooks or in the pockets. All he found
was skein of worsted. She was locked up to
an Irishwoman, and said she came from Chicago
about two months ago. Her name we failed to
obtain as her arrest had not been entered on the
police book when we were last at the police Office
The lady whom she attempted to rob at Hyde &
GOodrichs stated that before the woman was jerked
away from her side, she had remarked it as a sin
or,1nr Hiatt,
her morning rounds, she had met the woman, and
that the woman had each time come close to her
and priced and examined the same goods she was
examining and pricing.
A BRAVE BoY.-A month orr two since the Of
flee of DIR. Dostie, dentist, Baronne street, near
Canal, was visited and unavailingly tried by burg
lars. The Doctor has youthful assistant an Irish
boy named James, about fifteen years old, who
does all that boy can do for dentist, and who
sleeps in the back room of the office, which con
sists of three rooms on the ground floor, with
small but highly fencedn back yard, the gate of
which opens on side alley opening from Baronne
street.
After the above burglarious attempt the Doctor
finding that Jimmy was willing to sleep as usual
in his usual bed and willing to shoot at any one
who might disturb his slumber presented him
with pair of Derringer pistols. Jimmy, not ap-
pretending visit from the rear of the office, put
the pistols in the drawer of washstand in the
middle room, where he kept them until about
o'clock on Thursday morning. What took place
at that hour we will give in Jimmy's own language,
as lie modestly related to us yesterday:
81 was woke up by a noise in the back yard,
There was a ladder standing in the corner heard
a noise like some one coming down it, and held
my breath. could hear man step softly like he
had slippers on; he stopped every step to listen
The door wasn't fastened, and WASN'T shut close
He come into the room softly, and come to the bed
and raised the bar and took look at me- ! lust
his hand; could see it by the light coming in
at the door. lpretended to be asleep; but was
wide awake and waiting patiently to see what he
would do. He struck a light with piece of candle
and match he took from his pockets. When he
got the candle lit he to the bed and raised the
bar and took another look at me; this time shut
my eyes and breathed like l was asleep. He had
his knife in his hand all the time; it was great
big knife, half as long as my arm.
After he looked at me little while he started
for the front room, stopping every step to listen.
front room, / got out of bed and walked on my
tiptoes after him, to get the pistols in the wash
stand. 1.-THE washstand is in corner, behind the
door opening from the middle to the front room.]
/ got the pistols out but made little noise, and
the man ran back into the He had his
candle in hand, and his knife raised in the
other but before he me behind the door
had both the pistols raised and pointed at him;
and told him if he came three steps nearer to me
would kill him.
"He looked at me little bit, and kept the
niStols raised He then ha cl,ad ont erainor c;1o