New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-29
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A FsEEsoIL DIFFICULTY appears to hsye arisen
IN the Third District. There are only three large
open fields in that District, suitable for playing ball
games One is generally used by the negroes, who
play racket, and another by the white racketers
Eheselare the wellknown old fields bask Of Claiborne
Circle, and near the old paper mill
The racket eabs have right Of priority go an.
cient that the new baseball and lesqustre clubs do
not pretend to assert any claim to the fields the
great difficulty being, that all the clabs select Sunday
as their chief play day. The new clubs, last named,
have accordingly pitched upon an open ssuare of
ground on Claiborne street but as they all want the
ground at the same time, there Is some excitement as
to which has the best right and there has been one
collision, and there is prospect of another. lot of
youths who live in the vicinity Of this square have
organized LesQuatre Club, and claim the square as
their own exclusively, by reason of their being near
est to it.
The Magnolia Base Ball Club intended playing
there week or two since but they received word
the field without taking it from them by force of
arms. The field at the old paper mill, being unoc.
cuped that day, the Magnolia Club declined dni.
Guilty with the squatters and had their game at the
paper mill Last Sunday new LesQuatre Club
went to the field on Claiborne street to play game
They were met by the squatters, who drew knives
and pistols and ran them OF. Since then, 1t being
announced that the Magnolia and Southern Base Ball
N1uhu IN v1o tboir frof "
on the field in question, the squatters have freely
promulgated their intention of taking the field first
and keeping it at the sacrifice of their lives if neces
sary.
The members of the Base Ball Clubs, being men,
and not feeling disposed to give way to lot of impu
dent boys, assert that they will have their game
that field, whatever may turn up; that they will
apply first for police force to check the youngsters,
and that should the police not concern themselves
about it, they will take the field by force and give the
Youthful Squatter Club any amount of fun they
may happen to want in the fighting way. The owner
of the ground in dispute, it seems, has not been
applied to by anybody, and has nothing whatever to
do with the fuss.
A WANToN AND BLOODY OUTRAGE was perpetrated
yesterday forenoon, between 10 and IL o'clock, on
the levee opposite Port street, Third District.
Daniel Berry, mate of the ship Mary Hammond,
was quietly seated cotton bale, experimenting
the loading Of the ship, when party of drunken
roysterers came along; men entirely unknown to him
They accosted him in a rude and insulting manner
asking him who be was, what he was doing there
etc, and as he did not proper to the ques
tions obsequiousy of the party called him son
of b-h, and drawing knife, stabbed him in the
| left check. He Immediately began defending him.
self with his fists, and knocked one or two down
Whilst he was fighting in this way, one of the party
shot him from behind, the bullet entering his back
to the right, and lodging under the skin in front to
the left Of the navel Berry FELL and the miscreants
fed.
Berry soon had medical attendance, and at his re
quest was carried to the house Of friend on Mande
vile street, near the levee. The bullet was extracted
by DR.. F. Hasenburg. Recorder Long, on hearing Q
the affair, went to see Berry and take his affidavit
which was given, to the effect that be was wantonl
insulted, and stabbed and shot, whilst in the quie
discharge of his duty, by party Of men unknown t
him. The Recorder, finding him illy.provided 70
where be was lying, had him placed in carriage an
sent to Charity Hospital. Meantime the polio
started in search of the murderous party, and co
lected all the information they could. Lieut.. Simo
at once made affidavit before the Recorder, namin
Robert Forbes, William Lockwood and Henry o
Harry Strong, as the principal three Of the party
Forbes being charged with the shooting, and Lock
wood with the stabbing. Officers were dispatched il
different directions to search for the accused and il
tercept their departure from the city. Up to las
night none Of the party had been found. William
Demo was arrested because it was reported that
was with the party. He proved conclusively that
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was liberated. The affair naturally created much ez
citement and the police left nothing undone in thei
efforts to ferret out and arrest the actors in this
wanton and outrageous deed Of blood.
We have it from different sources that the partie
named with others, were out on drunken spree a
night, got rife for blood in the morning, and grossl
insulted and assaulted different persons at dferen
places these persons knowing them making n
resistance, and getting out of their way as speedil
as possible. Berrys principal wound was not, frol
his condition last evening, judged to be necessar
mortal; but, as the course Of the bullet through
body could not be ascerained there was no ceraint
about his case, one way or another.
Mr.. THEoDuLE BIEHvENu, Of the parish of Jeffe
son, was examined yesterday before Recorder Lon
on the charge of having in his possession bob ia
roam horse worth $l20, belonging to Mr. James Titu
the sailmaker; the said horse having been stole
) from stable opposite the Pontchartrain Railroad
+ pot, so long ago as the 7th December, lS57-over
year and nine months ago. Mr. Titus proved inco
testby that the horse was his; Mr.. Bienvenu prove
. as satisfactorily that be had purchased the horse
good faith from third party, not knowing it to
stolen. The Recorder dismissed the case, there beir
no criminality on Mr.. Benvenu's part and informt
Mr. Titus that his redress lay in civil action, shou
he not be able to settle the matter otherwise with
Bienvenu the horse, meantime, being left in custot
at Borge's stable, to await the settlement of Il
: matter.
Young MAN, inclined to crime and ruin, b
+ probably been saved by the man he attempted
wrong. He presented at the Crescent City Bank,
few days ago, check for $500, forged upon Messl
j. A. Barelli Il Co. The teller detecting the forger
dumped over the counter and collared the young ma
and kept him in custody in the bank till Mr. Bare
could be sent for. That gentleman soon arrived
and recognizing the young man as one who had bet
raised for better destiny than the penitentiary,
e rejecting that his public exposure and prosecute
would be almost death blow to his family and 9th
relatives, who stand respectfully in the city, he &C
/ tented himself with giving some Wholesome advi
). and letting him go positively refusing to have h
handed to the police, or prosecuted in any 9th
! way. This generous action of the merchant oup
to serve as lifelong lesson to the young man, AM
perpetual incentive to good conduct and integri