New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-31

ously stabbed at 8 O'Clock Saturday evening, at
the Washington coffse-housc, corner OF ST. Jeseph
ana New Levec Streets The man who DID IL es-
capped, and Was unknown to him. Callahan was
taken 10 Charity Hospital, where his wound (being
stabbed in the abdomen, near the grolnl was pro-
nounced to be extremely dangerous and probably
mortal. The story Of the AFFAIR is, that an elderly
man was sitting in the cofiee house, much intoxl-
Gated, when . man attempted to pick his pockets.
Callahan saw this and Immediately jumpedup and
put the pckpocket out of doors, who said he would
meet him again and be prepared for him. Shortly
after, Callahan went to the door, when the same
man plunged knife into him, and then ran off
The police have obtained no clue to the man who
used the knife
Dennis Shea, a vagrant, was taken to Charity
Hospital on Saturday evening, having been badly
beaten with a club by some persons unknown to
him. His story is that he had Just come to town
by the Opelonsas Railroad, and that having neither
money nor friends, he set about fixing himself for
the night under tarpaulin on the levee near Cana
streets that just as he was crawling under with his
cruteh, (having lame Leg two or three men came
up, and told him to clear out; and that before ne
could clear out, one of the men, having a lantern
and heavy club, knocked his cruteh out q ms rs
hand and beat him with the club M nc .nousn. ~
was dead. The man was probably Waterman;
| Dennis was walking about yesterday III MS "afu
4 at the hospital.
Apistol.shot at the corner Of Gravier and Dryades
streets, Saturday night and rumor .l"1
sn,a ' nxcitement II turned out though, that the
shot was an idle one, fred in the ar py somepoay,
and that Firms only injury was sghl scrateh, Ihe
4 result of a stab aimed at him with deadly intent by
4 In celebrated female, Mary Jane jackson, allas
4 Brick Top. Finn made no complaint and Mary
| Jane was not arrested
| The same night, OF rather yesterday morning, az
| abont o'clock young Irishman named Patrick
| Ryan, moulder at Leeds foundry, got into row
with some Germans OF a ball at the Turner's Hall,
on Franklin street, about girl as the story goes;
Ryan's story is that he was attacked by several
Germans and stabbed q number of times: but
whether in the hall outside, he could not state.
He was stabbed in the back and in other parts of
his body, and his head was badly cut. Hearing
report yesterday that man had been Killed at the
hour above named, at the corner of Franklin and
Gasauet streets, and carried off in carriage by
those who killed him, inquired into the matter,
and found to satisfaction that the man alleged
to be killed was Ryan.
The woman who keeps the grocery at the upper
corner Of Franklin and Gasquet streets, (nearly a
square from the Turner's Hall) told us that she
heard fuss among some men on the banquette IN
front of her house, heard some men running away,
and heard man calling for help, and grooming, for
some time afterward. There being no man in her
house, she was too much frightened to go outside,
Or even to look out to what the matter was. In
short time she heard cab carriage drive up, and
heard some men put the groaning man into their
vehicle and drive off. Her story was corroborated
by streaks and splotches of blood, freshly visible
on the banquette last evening 1t is therefore plain
enough that Ryan was the man stabbed, and that
the place.
Peter Spindle was arrested at the Mobile landing,
New Basin, on Saturday night, charged by officer
Zeigler with manning some man whose name was
not known. How the man was MANNED or what
became Of him, was not reported.
Between two and three o'clock yesterday after
noon at the junction Of Canal and IRENE streets
lively rencontre took place between ex-police-
man James Boyle and policeman James McLaugh
lin. of the First District. Seven shots were fired
| md 1x- hlIrta even my
nation Of the affair is this: Mclaughlin, meeting
Boyle asked him if he had not been circulating the
story that Little Tom kearney, the policeman
lwho died some weeks ago. was coward, ant
fights. Boyle admitted that he had said sucl
things. Mclaughlin, taking this as a Islander and
as an insult to dead friend, hauled off and knocked
Boyle down. Boyle sprang up, retreated a shor
| distance, jerked a revolver, wheeled about anC
| commenced firing Mclaughlin also jerked re
yolyer and returned the fire. Boyle fired five shots
all he had, and Mclaughlin fired two, his revolver
hanging fire after the second shot As soon a:
Bowie exhausted his revolver, he drew bowie
knife and advanced upon Mclaughlin; the latter
threw down his pistol and said he was unarmed
and before Boyle got to him, one of his (Boyles)
friends, who stood near, caught hold Of him and
stopped him. That ended the matter Mclaughlin
states that there was nothing political in the mat
ter A special providence seems to hover over
these street shooting ARRAYS.
Acc1DENTs-Henry Bohnestit was admitted tc
Charity Hospital on Friday night. He had broker
one of his legs above the knee by an Academia
bad luck, was his short one, it having been ampu
tated below the knee, in consequence of an acct
dent at Pittsburg, four years ago.
Ludwig Lauff, q boy, had one Of his arms badly
cut on Saturday morning, by a biscuit-cutting ma
chine in Rice's bakery, on ITALIA street. He was
taken to Charity Hospital.
Mr.. Albert Cammack had an ankle fractured on
Saturday evening, by his horse stumbling and
throwing him whilst he was out riding.
John Fitzpatrick broke a leg on Saturday even.
ing by falling from his dray in the Third District
He was taken to Charity Hospital.
IscENDIARY Acknowledgements wood yard, on
ST. Andrew street, near LAUREL was set fire to on
Friday by some undetected scamp. The fire was
put out before much damage was done.
In A ScRArE.-B B. Bartlette and Henry Sample
were arrested on Saturday night, charged by p. w.
Boyle with stealing vest. John Lynn also charged
Sample with carrying concealed weapon, to wit
boWie-knife. And then again. Mary Jane Lewis
charged Sample with stealing the said bowie knife
from her. Sample in particular seems to be in
for it.
SUICIDE. The Coroner yesterday held an inquest
on Thursday last in a house on New Levee street
between Sixths and Seventh and who died on Sat
urday night. The verdict was that he committed
suicide BY cutting his throat whilst in state OF
temporary insanity.
DARING THEFT.---A trunk filled with female wear
ing apparel, some silver spoons and lot of jew,
elry, on Saturday was stolen from Mrs. Menard, or
up stairs, was gone ten or fifteen minutes and dur
ing her absence o man went into q room on the
lower floor, shouldered the trunk, and carried il
of. Some of the neighbors saw the fellow carry
ing the trunk off, and supposed it to be all right