New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-15
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WATCH AND Prey. Yesterday, one william
Mcdonald was arrested on charge u .tsa,;rr
watch from James Mosier. This wstch and NO.,
case viii be up before Recorder Monroe today
cAbpY's CABBAGfss.-o BulIhead, ! cabman.
was engaged Yesterday 70 carry gentleman from
the Pontchartrain railroad to the Stesmborf a,d-
ing Depot, and time being valuable. cabhv rr.1.
| head demanded s. as his fare. Hurried rentle-.r
hands Cabby Bulhead SO bill, and Cabbv B~lf.
head cabbages it and bolts, leaving hurried rents.-
man lie the last rose Of summer bloom;p~
| alone or, If not booming, certainly blowing.
Recorder Wltz will settle BulIhead,s business.
/ TAKEs.--Eolln Meyers, ,oS FrencIman street, made
complaint at the Third District Recorders Court
Yesterday, ststing that he had stolen from N bonse
@hiie ne was absent, property variously valued,
Dnt embracing one item in the character ~ q .
/ ip, piuai q ssoor the genuine spondulixH On
lh's complaint, seven females and six males hold
ing forth at the g Honeward Bound f,osrse,ors. y
"efe arrested on snspicion and held for sxamina-
ton. s - A'i1'@Ar u@
| "ohsE THAN ANTIgIPATED.---T11e wo11pd Of Janes
| ' VINO was shot some time age, and the
reported IN this column. is said to be of
""en aAlseroas character that he cannot possibly
survive. George Kennedy, who shot fot,Iat,.r 1.
u'er sffest' aWaiti1g the result Of hi said to be.
] unproveked attack -
| PosTPosED.--The trial Of Alex. H.. Hutshinzon
| accused OF murder, which was to huve taken
place yesterday at the Criminal Court II postponed.
| AssAuL7 AND INTENT TO KILL. Isaac Hesr
| charged before Recorder Witt yesterday. for
assault with intent to KILL was sent to- the Pint
District Court for further trial., and to await he
result OF hs.attack on Fred. Reenhard
| TRYING To BAG BAG, AND. GETTING Brfsxrxn -
Yesterday morning Etienne Clement made a snatch
at bag of money which Mr.. ,CoYle was. carving
on his shoulders as he was going down Cbaytres
street. Etienne, however, was bagged.in tile Sec
ond District lookup. Etienne is said to he ,,on
conIos me7tis.
/ Nor so BAD AS WE SEEH.'E-Mr Mich. JOYCE
/ who was made at first blush perfect blue beard.
and alleged to have scalped his wife, ii in the Sec
ond District lock-np-a very mild man, and his aeta
and himself are by no means SO bad as they seem.
Tomorrow, Mike and his case will be investigated.
lNoUEsT.-Yesterday morning at IL O'Clock tbe
Coroner called jury, composed Of Rufus B. Lonp.
L. y. Brinley, David n. Kenney, John Wright and
j. W. Rockwell, to render a verdict touching the
death of the late Bob Forbes
Daniel Feely, swornI was sitting on the ster.
OF the orleans Club House between the hours Of
and O'Clock. / saw Robert Forbes and William
Lockwood come walking down st. Charles street.
| towards Canal street, and come up towards John
Henrys cab. did not hear Forbes say anthing to
| Henry. As Forbes came up, Henry got down from
| his cab Both walked to one side By themselves.
had the toothache, and just then placed my hands
| over my face, not anticipating any difficulty.
then heard Forbes ask Henry what he had got
there ! then heard Henry say, " don't shoot me.
! Bob, don't shoot me.'' At that moment j heard
the report of pistol Jumped up from the steps
when heard the report. The first one met was
| Mr.. Forbes. Mr. Lockwood at this time had
opened the breast of Forbes' coat. Forbes said.
Go away, Bill; am shot" Forbes came and
4 got into my cab, and told me to drive him to q
doctor. | saw something in Forbes hand, but
When Forbes was shot Lockwood ran after Henry.
l waited until Lockwood came back, at the corner
of st. Charles and Common streets.
To Jurors-I knew Henry had weapon, He
never told me he was going to shoot Bob with it,
He showed me the pistol the evening of the shoot
| ing. was aware he was carrying pistol for
Forbes-that Is heard SO. | heard Forbes was
after Henry. The pistol was six shooter. did
not look when Henry said, Bob, don't shoot ne
think at that time Lockwood was standing in front
Of me. heard that Henry borrowed the pistol
from boy named Ward. never heard Forbes
threaten Henry. heard Henry say he was afraid
of Forbes, and that he carried the pistol because
he dreaded an attack from him. heard the bows
say there was difficulty between Forbes and
Henry about woman, but Henry did not tell me
anything about it.
TO Ke1ney-I did not hear that Henry was prom
ised horse and cab if he would shoot Forbes. I
heard that il he would get out of prison that he
| would get cab and horse. / do not know who the
| persons were who were to give him cab and
| horse.
ITn N. Lockwood, sworn-I was with Forbes
some four or five hours previous to the 7ificultv
About quarter past one o'clock, the 30th Of No.
yember, we left Gravier street to go home Az we
proceeded by the st. Charles Hotel, the cab that
Henry drives passed us and drove down to the Or
leans Club House, and stopped. As it passed us.
/ Forbes turned round and said to me, there goes
that person that said he could lick me: but = he
added, - it was not worth his (Forbes'( while to
trouble him. That was all that passed until we
got to where the cab was standing. Forbes was
walking on the outside of the banqnette. When he
came to the cab, Henry gave his reins to little boy
who was sitting on the cab box. Henry jumped of
| the cab and put his hands on Forbes shoulder
and said, " Bob, l want to speak to you.'' They
then walked off about twenty -four feet together.
The first words I heard as they walked off, were
spoken by Henry, who said to Bob, 81 never said
! two or three minutes. had my back to them at
the time. stood there until was tired, and then
turned round to tell Forbes to come on. As
| turned saw Forbes catch Henry by his two arms.
what have you got there % Henry said, i" Bob, I
have not got anything" Forbes then let go, and
heard the report of pistol and saw the fash
The moment the pistol was fired Henry started up
St. Charles street. After the pistol fired Forbes
dropped his hands as it to draw his pistol, and
believe did draw it. The shot did not at the time
us lusL HlSn, anu tn0ngnt
probably the shot had gone over his head. As soon
as heard the shot went toward Forbes, and he
walked toward me and told me he was shot. / i'm
medately started after Henry and found him in the
hands of a policeman in front Of the st. Charles
Hotel. The officer was bringing him toward Com
mon street. Henry said at the time that he had
shot Forbes / then got Forbes into cab and ac-
companed him to the Hospital.
TO a Jui'or-Forbes never told me he was going
to whip Henry; Forbes never told me about hay-
ing any difficulty with Henry but he told me there
was cab driver up town who was going to whip
him; paid no attention to it only laughed at it;
Forbes told me the cab drivers name and asked
ME if knew him: ! don't know anything about
certain parties going to get or present to Henry
horse and cab; heard of it on the street, did not
see anything in Forbes hand, but could have seen
If le had pistol in his hand at the time as the
light shone on him: there was only one shot fred;
took Forbes pistol from his person at the Hospi-
tai, and all tile barrels were loaded.
This closing the evidence, the jury returned
verdict that deceased came to his death by pis-
tol shot wound from the hands of John Henry.
RECORDER SUMMERS COURT ASSISTANT Recorder
Monroe, pqesiding.-The following cases came up
in this court yesterday:
August Mascora assaulted Reuben Myefly and
will be up on the 22d. Geo. Williams, dangerous
and suspicious, discharged. Osborne, a slave of
Mr.. Augustine runaway; lodged in Jail till the
fees are paid. Thos. Casey John Dixon, assault
and battery on Michael Mcguire sent to First Dis.
nict Court. Margaret Ward, assault and abuse Of
Catherine Lockey: gave bonds in $3.50 to keep the
peace Jno Holloway, for passing counterfeit