New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-31
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he following particulars Of ths recent tragedies
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the prisones "a. sssssoH hoss Mnscn
yesterday win a. a,r;os. ~ e awasS 81
Among the yistors go 49, - 1871.
rived in the city at Al sxip hon T. ,;.s.
husband When infosSxd n Nv 49, ssM Misn ner
ferred against the pFisarSsy sis 49, ~
cited, and exclaimed 4 thrra@ a 1000 s.y
The large amount Of money t6at liz nssssssss. -
Sessed or when he started itnrx MXW @ssss IA
created suspicion Id heF mint thaf m ss IA. Nv
right. but still she had no idea That MI ks1slaSs
would resort TO snch monstruHa means III ordsr n
acquire It. When brought down stairs ID see ths
terly. The prisoner, too appeared slightly moved.
aud tried to smooth over matters 10 her
by assuring her that there was no truth Whatever
il the charge preferred against him; but she eyi
IDENTIFY did not believe kis statement and took her
leave Of him IN manner which showed ssi tss slese
was considerable doubt In her mind as TO lis IN
nocence.
After taking leave Of his wife the prisoner re-
sumed his cheerful air, and, lighting cigar, began
to smoke. He was IN possession Of 4 auife new
meersehaum when our reporter visited him, and
was pulling his cigar as unconcernedIy as though
he was sitting in his own parlor.
About O'Clock Coroner Echirmer paid vjsitto
the prisoner. Captain Weed. II sr,isr d, fate III
prisoner unawarca, introduced lid official by saw
ing that he was the Coroner wso hid keld an H.
quest upon the body 81 Captain Bun, wao had
been found murdered the day preyinsdaIv The an
nouncement that one Or ths hodiea Ind heen found
produced bnt Little effect npon fhe prisoner. He
merely said z Yes,r id enauirinK Tone and then
reapsed into his former state uf silent indi1ererce
His imperturbable manner could not have been
natural. An innocent man could not have dis
played such extraordinary GOODNESS under such
al the audacity Of he fellow, ana went a. Sfsirs
declaring he never saw anything Ike Ii IN lis It,
Police Commissioner Snlwell, . nnmbef OF the
Common Council and sundry other officials paid
visit to the cell of the prisoner during the course Of
the day, and all agreed il pron0uncing johnson
one of the coolest mortafs living Among the Wig
itors at the station house was matchmaker doing
business in the Bowery, who Identified the watch
found in possesson Of the prisoner ~ that of Can't
Burr. It had been left with The matchmaker Tor
cleaning, it appears, some time ago; 10 mat its
number and general appearance we're quite IA
niar to him, and he was enabled To identify ii ac-
cordingly.
\ II was understood yesterday that CaptAin Burrss
wife was SO shocked at the neMa Of the tragedy
that she was rendered speechiess. She has hardly
uttered q word since shs received the sad tidings
Of the probable murder Of her husband, and Is 80
low that the physician IN attendance gives it al his
opinion that she will sink under The blow 81 4
The prisoner wife SAYS that she Was aware that
her husband had recently gone on q voyage to Vir-
gini3, but protested her ignorance Of the name Of
the vessel When johnson, OF Hicks, &c he now
calls himself, left home he said he was going ON
short voyage, and expected 70 pc back IN less than
a fortnight. He did not tell his vile who he was
about to sail with, or the nature OF the trip; but
merely remarked that he was going down to Viz
ginia, and would not be gone long. 8s sis
The prisoner will be brought before the United
States Court this morning, and examined on .
charge Of piracy. He has engaged counsel to de-
fend HIS case In the person Of q lawyer from Con-
necticut, and hopes 70 be able n procure his dis
notn ~t1 Inrr
TILE TRAGEDY or THE ogsrER SLoep STRAY
Statement of Capt. Webb-The captain states that
the 2lst nst when four miles north OF Barnegat,
he picked up yawl boat containing Chinanaii,
who stated that be was one OF the crew Of the soop
Spray, which vessel had that day colided with an
other sloop, and was SO badly damaged that she
sank in fifteen minutes after the collision, taking
down the captain and his brother, who were the
only persons on the sloop besides himself. The
Thomas h. French subsequently put INTO Little Egg
Harbor, and there saw the sloop Lucinda, OF Rock
away, in a damaged condition.
Statement of the Captain OF lte Lacsldo. - The
Captain Of the Lucinda says that when of Barne-
gait on the 2lst inst, his vessel coilided with the
sloop Spray, and that the TIVE sleeps were fast to
each other for about fifteen minutes, during which
time he saw no person On board the Spray except
the Chinaman, who obatinately refused to seek
safety ON board the Lncisida.
The Captain also states that the deck Of the
Spray was strewn with bedding and various other
articles, Indicating that the cabin had been over
hauled and the contents scattered over the deck.
| He is quite positive that there was no person on
board the Spray at the time of the accident except
the Chnaman, and attributes the collision entirely
to his ignorance or malice, as 1t might have been
| avoided had the Spray been properly managed
| PARTICULARS CoNcERsIEG THR GHIsAAAN.-The
! Chnaman, who goes by the name OF John Low, or
Jackaow, as he Is more frequently called, Is well
known in New York, and has sailed with Capt.
| Leete for the past four years. Something oyer q
! year ago he stole considerable money from Capt.
| Leete, and ran away to New Haven, where ne was
| captured by the police and brought back to New
| York. Such was Capt. Leefe's attachmentto Jack
allow that he refused to press the prosecution and
on his discharge, Immediately restored him to his
position as cook on board the Spray be - re-
| ported to be very revengefui fellow, and, when
excited, stops ut nothing. however desperate, In
4 order to crafty his revenge. 84s 454
1 He says that he came TO this country seven years
ago in the United States steamer Mississippi, and
l that he is now 26 years old. When picked up by
i the French, and during bis continuance on board,
he persstently refused to converse with any one,
pretending that he did not understand the English
language although, when the qneetons we're not
i too direct he evidently understood well enough,
and was able to laugh and joke with the crew about
the women hut whenanythiHg wassaid about the
| Spray he was not so lively or communicative.
When asked why he did not take the captains
money with him, he said that 10 was locked up in
box, and that he could not getft his stories con.
corning the manner of the captains death are very
1 conflicting. He first said that the captain was
| thrown overheard by being struck by the maiI
Sheet then he said that at the time of the colsi0I