New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-05

| gine house OF Fire Company No. 3, on Bayou ROAD.
A small frame building was destroyed.
THE LITTLE IsNooENTi-A feminine cherub of
six years, the other day, playing around the steps
Of house where her ma was a visit, was ques-
toned by a feminine Irish cferub little older;
Sissy, who's that lady that's just moved in
| theFe2n Cherub No. > not liking such an abrupt
question from frecklefaced stranger, drew her
self up proudly and answered. '' 1t amt no lady,
it's NY ArNT!n Bless the babies Who wouldn't
like to be one again.
SuDnES DEATH.-The Deputy Coroner held an
inquest yesterday morning on the body Of Thomas
| Holmes, native Of Ireland, who died of apopiexy,
! at his home on Nayades street.
P1uG Mrss.-Thomas Mockler, charged with
beating Christian Nelson over the head with a
loaded cane, and Robert johnson, charged with
/ hitting Mockler with tumbler, were locked up on
| Monday afternoon. The scrimmage was at the
/ corner Of Tchoupitoulas and Caliope streets.
AccrpESTs.-A heavy plank used by the painters
engaged in painting three story brick store, at
the corner Of Chartres and Customhouse streets,
gave way yesterday morning and fell on gentle
4 man who was passing by. Luckily, the heaVy
piece of timber first struck the iron rod OF the
awning, bending it considerably, and tearing the
canvass its whole length before tstruck the gentle
man, who was merely stunned BY the blow, whist
| he would have probably been killed on the spot
had the plank met with no obstacles IN Its descent
| A negro boy, the property of Mr., Wilson, was
| thrown by horse on Monday at the corner OF
Rousseau and ST. Mary streets, and badly injured.
SERIOUS AccIDEST.-Itw was reported around on
| Monday that weli-known and worthy citizen had
attempted suicide, and nearly succeeded, by cut
| ting his throat The fact is, that the gentleman
was skylarking with friend in room, when he
fell against glass door, and his head broke
through a pane, the glass cutting his neck danger
ously. The wound was promptly sewed up, and
the sufferer is doing well.
THE TROUBLES OF PIERRE LoIzELLE.-T This ami
able legazed goat and COW catcher and voluntary
punsher of obdurate females, was on Monday sent
~ H. anl,0 If
having brutally punished Lizzie Moore, on Dau.
phine street. beating and choking her till she was
senseless. Pierre, who has probably got into and
out of more than any man in New Orleans,
was willing enough to go to prison, but hated
| dreadully to get into the Black Maria. The Chief
of Police, Mr.. McCelland, with the approval of the
Mayor also acted upon Pierre's case, by at once
/ disInissing him from the police service.
THE CRUELTY CAsE.-James Reagan, arrested
on the charge of brutally pnnshing his slave Paul,
was released by Recorder Bache on Monday, under
| bail of sl500 DR.. Delery furnishing a certificate
to the effect that whilst the slave was getting better
4 his master was very ill, and would be in great
danger of death if kept in prison. The slave had
4 been terribly beaten-was lacerated from head to
foot and covered with sores. Mr.. Reagan denies
all knowledge of this. He says his boy has for
some time been runaway, and that If he has been
maltreated as reported, it was done by some other
person. unknown to him. The case will be investi-
| gated in due time.
ATTEMPTED MISUNDERSTANDING morning police
men Surantne and Cobb, of the IRENE Station,
reported finding the PROSTATE body of man
named Jacob Lilly. The man had been brutaIly
wounded with the intention OF taking his lIe by
some unknown person or persons. He resides on
Prieur street, between Marals and ST. Anne Streets
and was taken there by the officers above named
THE MURDER OF WIN. HoY.-Coroner Beach yes
terday began his inquest as to the killing Of VIM.
How who as we Yesterday reported, was on Mon
day evening fatally stabbed by Charles Crinks in
a eofeehouse (the Atantlc) at the corner OF Julia
The postmortem examination by DR.. Drew, act
ing City Physician, showed that the wound was
an ncised one entering the abdomen to the left of
the median line about four inches above the pubs,
passing Immediately back, cutting the intestines
and the abdominal aorta, causing internal hemorr-
hage and death.
Then Dr. Beach empannelled a jury, who heard
the following testimony:
G. A. Carrier, sworn-I was standing by the
bar Of the Atlantic cofee.room, on the corner of
} Julia and Front Levee. We all had been drinking
together-mysef, Charley Crinks, and several 9TH
ers, whose names do not know. Charles Crinks
was sitting on chair drunk, at the corner of the
, cofee-house. Crinks was talking with the de-
ceased. l did not notice them much, but my at
tention was attracted by seeing Charley Crinks
running after the deceased, and when he got TO q
J deor leading to back room saw Charley Crinks
stab the deceased. As soon as saw that he was
| stabbed, Mrs Ceasar (the landfady) told me to go
for doctor, which did. | gone four or five
minutes; when l came back he was about breath
ing his last. On cross-eXanlnatlon witness said,
did not see any uNafftHnS between IHell, anu l
+ don't think there was any. The stabhing took
place last night about 5 O'Clock, Sept. 3, 1850;
only know the deceaseds $ name by Bill; he worked
in the same shop as did; and know the man
i lying dead to be the man who Charley Crinks
/ stabbed the deceased appeared to be running
a away from Crnks when he stabbed him, he was
: standing on the right side of the deceased and
n little to his back, and reached around when
Q stabbed him.
tSubio Alessind, sworn-I am glass washer in til,
e Atlantic cotfee-house Of Lawrence Ceaser, on thu
corner of Front Leyee and Julia streets: on the
night of September Sd, 1850, about the hour OF
/ O'Clock p NJ, / was inside the BAR near the mid
# de the first thing that attracted my notice wa
k when | saw the accused having the deceased b.
the arm, and the deceased was dragging him to
ward the small door in the rear of the barroom, il
T. order to get away from Crinks at this point Crink
stabbed the deceased with small knife, and al
!. soon as he stabbed him he ran toward the door
the deceased fell down when he was cut, and dice
in few minutes saw Crinks with the others
!. but did not see him drink; | saw no quarreinE
y between any one do not know that Crinks was
, drinking with deceased.
Il Laurence CedSer, sworn-l did not see anything
= of the difficulty: was in bed at the time / an
: proprietor of the Atlantic coftee-house.
: John Moran, swern--l am barkeeper of thu
9 Atlantic cofee-house; about O'Clock p NJ. saw
the deceased and Crinks talking together and the,
: appeared to be quarreling; | heard the deceased
calling Crinks bad names, but can not say wha
IS words he made use of; saw deceased have Grink
by the throat, and saw Crinks putting his hand il
o his pocket, as if he was getting knite my atten
4 | ton was then called off by some customers a
a a | soon as had got done with the customers agai
y y directed my attention to Crnks and deceased
"a saw that Grinks had a knife in his hand | did no
!. see Grinks stab the deceased, (who was ealle
n B) butt heard some persons say "Bll, run,
!, and he ran few steps and fell in the yarddoor
= back of room at the end of the bar-room.
:, nticeIs Joe NcCluskey and Charles Af1oont ties
= titled to the arrest of Crinks.
! This testimony was sufficient as to Crinks; bu
!, = the Coroner receiving word that the man alleget
10 to have handed the fatal knife to Crinks had been
" arrested, continued the inquest to this day, il
order to hear all that is possible in regard to thi
# alleged accessory before the fact.
o ANOTHER MURDER, PRoBAELY.-John Travers
e laboring man. was last night taken to the Secon'
s. District lookup by man named Tom Conway
j. who reported that his charge had been stabbed b!
h one John Kene, at the corner OF Main and Bour
bon streets. The man very badly stabbed il
the small of the back, and was sent to Charit,
ID Hospital. Conway, when we left, was at the lock
&; up waiting for officer TO so and arrest kelline
% whom he said he could find.
RATHER SUSPICIors.-Thomas Riley and Jane
L. Collins were yesterday before Recorder Emerson
4 on the charge ofhaping had between them chec
u on the Crescent City Bank, payable to T. Prats
a ESQ.,. for s22l, and signed by Bernard Fresch, Jr
te dated June O. 1860, besides being generally dar
"A gerous and suspicious. They were held to ava
nyn m naf m the 2Sth