New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-07
NUMBER l56.

onment, and uncancer..ike conduct preferred by ex
Po.'ceman James Boyle against Lieut.. DRYDEN and
oncer Dalton, IN their capacity ~ ocers wss psrtv
Investigated yesterday before Mayor stith.
The assault snd battery upon BoyIe, whist - ~.
quietly talking with some one In cofy.e No. =
the corner Of Dyades and Perdido ssseeta h;s -.
afterward without warrant By the officers vho ~
attacked and beaten him the public exposure =
him, In taking hin down Pendido street to 81
Charles, and up that street to the lookup, when be
had begged to be taken there by shorter and less
public route the officers denoaciation Of him as an
assassin whilst they hal him in custody in the pre-
sence Of crowds-these were all clearly proven. It
was also proven that Boyle had razor it fell from
bis pocket whilst he was being beaten and kicked,
and was accompanied in it's fall by some halrdollars
which scattered over the banquette. The prosecu.
ton, for Boyle, was conducted by Mr., Blocker.
Messrs. Hahn and Van Da.son, for the defence, in
troduced the same witnesses who had appeared
against Boyle in his examination before Recorder
Summers the charge Of coaspiring to assasinate,
or " croak,H Dryden and Dalton. Ned Banker and
Johnny Weaver, who had testified particsssiy as to
Boyle's proposal to them to "croak" Dryden and
Dalton, and who at that time declared BY other
witnesses to be notoriously bad characters, snd un-
worthy Of belief oath, ON this occasion positively
reasserted all that previous testimony, Qwhash the
public must remember) and gave some furtheY par.
tcuhrs
Banker stated what he did not state before, to-wt
that when Boyle wayaid him on Carondelet street
seized him BY the throat, and drew his razor On him
for being too familiar with Dryden and Dalton, be
(Banker) escaped punishment only by swearing an
oath to Boyle that he would never tell any one Of
that present interview between them.
he also stated that the reason why he did not in.
form Dryden and Dalton of Boyles proposal to eroak
them until a week after that proposal had been
made, was because be had discovered that Dryden
had not talked against his admission to an American
Club, as was represented to him and others on the
night Of bis admission ; this rumored talk Of Dry.
denis being what led that night to Boyles proposal
TO croak. Further, be stated that when be and
Weaver refused to join in the proposed croaking be
had no fear that Boyle would undertake it himself
and did not feel alarmed about Dryden and Dalton
The reason Of his going to them and telling what
Boyle had proposed, was that he found they had
not said about him what others told him they had
said. On his examination before the Recorder,
Banker persistently declared that he had never ut
tered threat or said word against Dryden. Yes
terday he admitted that he did say, on first hearing
what Dryden had said about him, that he would get
even with him. @ @a9
Johnny Weaver's testimony was about the same as
given before the Recorder. The object of all this tes
timony before the Mayor was to show that Dryden
and Dalton, in arresting Boyle in the manner they
did, were actuated by sincere belief that Boyle in
tended to murder them or have them murdered, and
that they believed their lives in danger.
The Mayor adjourned. the investigation, to be re
sumed at IL o'clock to-day.
RECORDER SUMMERS CouRT.-James Kelley, fol
aiding and abetting Anthony May when he so badly
bit and MANNED Patrick Carney on the Goth ult., OF
Magazine between Julia and st. Joseph streets, wal
yesterday committed for trial before the First Disric
Court and in default of $1,000 bail remanded to prison
VIM. McGrath, Of No. 2sO Tchoupitoulas street
was at the instance of his wife Bridget sent to tn
Insane Asylum.
j. 8. Elwell, charged with assault and battery upo
L. Lambert with intent to kill showed so much just
fcation that he was simply put under bonds to kee]
the peace.
Joseph Thompson, for disturbing the peace of th
Sailors Home, was fined 49, with the option of goin
down for twenty days. 4G'
i Lizzie Mckinney, charged with beating aad threat
enng to kill Lucy Parker, on Dryades street, CAV
bail to appear on the 9th.
Six free.colored men, brought up by the Chief o
Police, charged with being in the State in contra
venton, were dismissed. Two gentlemen of smila
status belonging to the ship Elizabeth Hamilton
were sent to prison at their captains request Ariso
Lafton, claiming to be free, but suspected to be
runaway slave, sent to prison to prove his free
dom.