New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-22
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YESTERDAY, so far we could judge from persona
observation, aud from consultations with friends OF
whose opinions we rely, was an ugly day. Where al
the mist came from was mystery to everybody; bs
where it went to was answered by the mud every
where.
ANOTHER DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS SURGICAL
OPERATION was performed yesterday by Or. Berthe
lot, assisted by'Drs. Castelanos, Drew and Ava. Il
was the removal of large ibrous tumor, extending
from the bottom of the right ear, under the jaw
nearly to the middle Of the chin removal which
involved the extirpation Of the parotid gland, OF
that part Of the machinery of the throat and jaw
which is most affected during an attack of the
mumps" The operation necessitated the laying
open Of the throat, and much careful cutting around
the carotid artery well other vital connections
damage to which would have resulted in death. The
operation was entirely successful The patient is a
gentleman from Woodville, Miss, who came to this
city for the purpose of undergoing the operation.
THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH of the boy John Leonard,
which we reported in yesterdays Crescent, was
dvested of its mystery upon investigation by Deputy
Coroner Weysham That gentleman discovered that
the boy was driver of the cab in which he arrived
dead at the gate Of the Charity Hospital that the
man who drove him there and ran away, leaving
both the dead and the cab was driver of another
cab that the deceased had been killed by falling ont
OF the cab and being run and that the passen-
ger who was in the cab at the time with the two
drivers, was Mr.. Parker, of the Alabama Cotton
Press, up town.
Whilst the Deputy Coroner had officers out search
ing for the runaway driver and Mr. Parker, in every
direction, both voluntarily appeared at the First Dis
trict Lookup where the dead body of the poor boy
was lying.
MIR. Parkers testimony was that as he passed the
st. Charles Hotel, at night, on his way home, boy
cabdrVer politely addressed him by name, and asked
him he didht want to ride. He concluded he would
ride and got into the cab. He did not know the boy
by name or otherwise, but believed he was the same
who had frequently driven him home at any rate,
the boy knew him very well. As they passed the ST..
Charles theater the boy stopped the cab and another
got on the front seat by him and took the rens
ibey drove up to ST. Joseph and down that street to
magazine at fast trot; rather faster, he thought
than the rough condition Of the streets warranted
but ne had no fault to find with it. Between Camp
and Magazine the cab urched into deep hole and
the rebound threw the boy off the seat head.foremos
into the street. The other driver Immediately refined
up the horse, but not in time to keep the wheels
the cab from passing the boy. Both he and the
driver got out and picked the boy up. He was help
less or partially So and spoke as if he was badly hurt
Inc other driver did not seem to think he was much
hurt, but Mr. Parker thought otherwise Beasssted
the other driver to lift the boy into the cab then
saying he would walk the rest of the way home, told
the driver to fix the boy well the cushions and to
sit ON the back seat with him to support him. and to
take him to Charity Hospital This the other driver
did, and then Mr.. Parker walked home. He never
knew the boy dead till he read the report in one
OF the morning papers.
Patrick -, 1--WE did not get his other nancy the
driver who took the boy to the hospital and ran
away on finding that he was dead testified that some
time before Mr.. Parker along, Leonard (the de.
ceased) bad complained to him of being sick, and
spoke to him about taking charge of his cab or about
seeing him home, or something of the sort. As he
drove along with Mr. Parker in the cab, he called to
him to come and drive for him. He mounted the seat
and took the reins Leonard telling him that the horse
pulled too hard for him, and that he was unable to
rein him in without pain. The horse was hard on the
reins, and could not be kept from trottng fast As
they passed along ST. Joseph street, Leonard said he
felt chilly and stood up to button his coat. Just then
the cab went into hole, and Leonard was thrown
out head foremost He fell on his face and the wheel
passed over his back. From the uncomplaining man
ner in which he spoke be did not think he was badly
hurt; but he did as Mr.. Parker advised, and sitting
on the back seat with the boy, supported and eased
him till they got to the hospital Leonard spake to
him at intervals, and just they were stopping in
front of the hospital gate asked him to raise his head
He Patrick, got out and reported the arrival. Two
men came out and going to the cab, found Leonard
dead. The men there asked him why he had brought
dead person to the hospital and spoke of arresting
him. He, frightened at the unexpected death of his
friend and not wishing to spend night in the lock.
up, ran away. He knew he was not to blame, and
intended appearing before the Coroner in the morn.
ing, which he did, voluntarily, before the officers
| could find him.
DR.. Graham examined Leonard's body, and pro.
nounced death to be the result of internal hemorr-
hage, caused by violent external injury the marks
of which were most apparent on the back The jury
of inqaest Immediately rendered verdict of acci-
dental death, and the driver Patrick was discharged
Leonard was about ii years old a fine, honest.
looking boy, but sickly One of his fellow cab.driv-
ers said he had been ang long time, but holding
bravely up to his work. What allied him, he could
not tell but he was always sucking oranges He
had no relatives, and no friends save his employer,
Mr.. Hciiernan, who sent decent coffin and some
clean clothes to bury him in, with decent hearse TO
carry him.
WV "oAe P'SHetAs ia iOSh'up, Will u utlefO-
geneous crowd when the poor boy was coflined. The
undertaken assisted by Others divested the corpse of
its coverng-worn old shoes, shabby old pants,
and dirty shirt and drawers all full of holes When
stripped, he looked as clean and fair and pretty,
saving the fatal bruises a girl all the look of
the poor cabdriver was gone. A clean pair of
drawers and clean shirt were put on him, with
| considerable trouble. The undertaken and his assist
ant did not bother much about smoothing the gar
ments; but one OF the men at work with the body
insisted upon pulling the drawers up, and buttonne
the shrtseeves around the wrists and arranging the
collar and bosom OF the shirt evenly and neatly, and
stufing the lower part smoothly beneath the drawers
Some one, impatient, said, Oh, what's the use of
all that bother?' Never mind, friend" said the
other, quietly looking up, "you,l have to come to
this some day." 1t did us good to see that one man
in the crowd, at least, had some human feeling for
the poor parentess and frendess boy whose honesty
alone had prevented him from being an outcast, and
subject for the rougher offices of the Coroner.
In the pockets of the shabby old pants were found
some matches, which cab.drivers always carry to
keep their lamps lit at night with piece of tobacco
and the six bits that Mr. Parker had paid for his ride
in the cab
Four BOYS escaped from the House of Refuge on