New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-27
NUMBER l49.


been attempted by the sicilian robbers.
DARgEy TAE TAKEg.-nr. Bernarl's residence
ON New Leyee street, between Josephine and
Jackson. is reported by officer Jones to have been
entered bya negro, on Saturday night, ard robbed
Of gold watch and so in cashs
THE FsxG8AE TAEGrH ~ -sfEIM.-.Tean lie
Jean, found sleeping on the levee on Friday night.
was fined go 50 by Recorder Bache, on Saturday.
Jean is the reputed hangraan, who has swung of
numerous unfortu1stes within the walls Of the
Parish Prison. ...[".@
CoMsrTEp yoR TsfAL.-,James ofC9nnor and
Henry jenkins were before Recorder Emerson on
charge of assault and battery with intsat to kill
C. NJ. Hite. They were botli sent to the First
District Court and held in bonds Of 1850 each.
O'Connor only On the charge of assault and bat
terry. The same Recorder sent P. Ridgeway, alias |
Flanagan, before the sauee Court for larceny.
AEKEsrs.-The following parties, arrested DUR
ing Saturday and Saturday night VIII have to gace
the Recorders of the different Districts:
Frs Dfstrid.-Thomas Ridge, charged with as
sault and battery upon Michael Danos with daa-
gerous weapon. Joseph M. Given, charged wits
assanting O. W. Hoffman with dangerous wea-
pom; and Hoffman, charged with beating Given
Ellen OiKeefe, charged with robbing George Me
man, on Per1ido street. And q large crowd Of
yagrauts and peace disturbeFs.
Second Dt5,rtct,-Peter Cassidy, charged with
beating Edward Heron in his own house, on Cont
street. Timothy Mannah, charged with danger
ousy woundins child in the head with tuInbIer,
at the corner of Canal and Basin streets.
Third Di&ti{ct.-George Reid, charged with hav-
ing had Charles Miller falsely arrested on charge
| OF larceny Margaret Kelley, arrested on Peace
street for having in her possession lot of silver
ware marked "st. Charles, supposed TO be stolen
from the st. Charles Hotel.
Fo,IfA District George Woolley charged with
an assault and battery rtpon DR.. Greenwood John
| Dougherty, charged with cruelty beating bis mule
over the head wiz with hooP.poe; Tony poffa, m !.
rell. Frank Joice, charged with beating Sarah
| Jooe.
THE CARRoELroN RAILROAD DIsAsTER.-Coroner
Beach on Saturday fully investigated the collision
of the two trains on the Carrollton Railroad, on
Sunday evening week. Muchtestinony was taken;
and as it is of interest, we publish it in full:
Dr. II. r. Wade. sworn--BetWeen the hours of
IL and S o'clock Sunday evening, August 10, was
called to attend child injured by the collision OF
/ the Carrollton railroad cars found wound ex-
tending from the coronal suture, down the right
side of the head to the temporal bone, causing
fracture compression and death. This child was
Denis Frank.
join Dauenport-I am road,nlaster on the New
Orleans and Carroton Railroad. | was on the
express train on Sunday, 10th August, 1850. left
the lake at O'Clock, and arrived in Carrollton
about twenty five minntes after oclock; stopped
there about four or five minutes to leave our pas.
sengers. When we left Carrollten we proceeded
down towards the city, as usual. was In the rear
part of the train. When we arrived near where
the cars ought to stop, jackson street station,
felt o shock before the cars stopped, and thought
we were off the track. On stepping OF | found thf
people screaming and hailooing. immedlatel.
1 went forward toward the crowd, which was at thu
| rear part of the Carroliton train, near jackson
3 station. The collision took place between jackson
= and Philip streets. first felt the shock oetwee
Il First and Philip streets. When got to the crow
l found they had a man lying down. On approach
: ing him, he called me by name. found out tina
it was Mr. Chopin. | did not see anybody els
= that was hurt.
II When the crowd asked me if I knew who it was
I Immediately said that it was DIR. Chopin
Il brother, and then proceeded to render every as
a sistance. When / came forward, found tber
= had been collision between the express train an
e the accommodation train, and that the loc0motiv
1t of the express train had run into the rear car
the way train, breaking the platform thereof a
each end and the hind part of the platform of tn
c second car The panels and door of the last car a
% the rear were broken After the accommodation
p train left, went back and ordered the expires
train to return to Carrolton to avoid further acc
Il dent. 1t went back to Napoleon avenue and the
/ switched off. | stopped the other accommodate
Is train coming down, and gave them word to loo
out at Jackson street, as there had been a6ifisio
there. The speed of the express -tfdin, comm
down, the usual rate, about four to five mile
R per li6itr.~ did not note tile time coming fro1
~ Carrollton to Jackson station. know we returne
; about ten minutes to O'Clock. We came dow
from Carrollton to Jackson street, usually, in ror
n fifteen to twenty minutes. The express train wa
always in the habit of stopping at jackson station
= it is also the stopping place for the way train; a
the time the express train ran into the way train
the way train was stopping at this station; ther
h. was no whistle sounded it is usual to ring tn
l train bell but did not hear it; if the bell ha
been rung could have heard it; it is usual to rim
as the bell when coming to and leaving crossing
III and so is it when atJackson staton the train wa
Ie running at IFS usual speed up TO the time OF co
lision; did not notice any difference in the spec
,1,o,J nf tDu gunlC
n. | mean that generally followed below Louisan
avenue that is four or five miles an hours the cor
ductor has command of the speed of the train, BIT
he don't interfere with the engineer unless the eI
ril gineer runs too fast; / know the engineer; b
TO name is Mr.. Sullivan; never saw him drunk.
90 Louis w. Montgomery, testiiied-Between On
% o'clock, probably about 20 minutes after sever
ny took the express train at the Metarle ridge.
49, was going, it appeared to me, at an unusualspee
MI for had to to catch it ut its usual stoppin
~ point | helped some friends on board, and pr
ceeded into the third car OF the train, from II
,e locomotive, and sitting opposite gentleman, spoil
ad to him of the remarkable speed He replied the
~ were two three minutes behind time v
49, stopped at Carrollton, with nothing unusual in II
ia mode OF stopping. But after leaving Carrollton
cr again noticed the speed as unusual and proceeds
i'll to institute comparison between the time on IL
AZ road and other roads known for their fixed ia
time of travelling, and concluded that we were rtl
as ming at the rate of fifteen or twenty miles per hot
-. When we approached Jackson street i motto,
m ~ somewhat OF lessonins OF the speed, but not
III. material one. Wneu we got To llS polit
felt a slight shock, as if the train was beif
, - switcled,' and at the same time or mome
10 heard the sound of blowing off steam. then g
at out Of the car heard the voices OF children eryi
me for their mothers, and that of mothers for the
1 children. Great excitement and confusion pr
iiu iiu vailed near the locomotive OF the express tral
lit, | saw a group of persons around the body of
he prostrate man. ThenI directed my attention
nt the last car of the accommodation train and foul
-, the platform and a portion Of the pannel,wo
ed shattered The door being broken of its hinges,
36 and others took it to where the PROSTATE man
s a and placed him it 10 have him carried ava
10 This il all know Of my personal knowledge.
10, Gat7{. j. q. Hyde, sworn-l was on the EXPIRE
ara train on Sunday evening we left the lake ut t
our usual hour, O'Clock 2. NJ; the speed from t
ia lake to the ridge pretty fast; as this Is
t portion of the road on which they generally I
~ the fnstest took no notice OF it; the usual ST
Nlr. was made at the ridge, and the speed from the
ub to Carolltonwas, think, very moderate less u
,,e had usually seen; we stopped, as usual, at
rolton: from there to jackson street the spe
was the ordinary speed; | was in an open car, a
a. could notice easily; in fact, we met the up tran
far great deal higher up than usual on reaching Los
~. ~, lana Avenue noticed particularly that we sla
E. ened speed just at the moment OF the cotlis2S
ting heard the steam escape pretty fast and the gtt
rect of the wheels upon the rail somebody hokei
"a y .the cars of the track;' ] immediately got
y 80 of tie car and went to the forward end she b
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