New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-27
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season. Business rushed ahead, the ladies were
out and around, and the work on the Clay Monu-
ment and other things progressed as usual.
THE FOURTH DISTRICT POISONING AFFAIR.-t
appears that the end is not yet" I" of the sad and
shocking poisoning affair, with the first details of
which the public are so familiar.
We have to report the death of another Of the
poisoned ones; the amiable lady, the genial and
kind-hearted hostess, who, surrounded by the
young, the beautiful, the innocent and the gay,
dispensed her hosptaties and presided at the feast
with that warm feeling Of pleasure and good humor,
which any lady feels when her relatives and friends
are seated with her at the family table
This lady, the wife of Mr.. Lemley, was at first
pronounced in a fair way of recovery. But on
Saturday her sickness became worse; on Sunday
she sank; and on Sunday evening her kind soul
was released from earthly trouble, and winged its
way to Heaven.
The younger daughter Of Mrs Young Mrs Lem
ley's niece) also got worse, and yesterday it was
| feared she could not survive. There was a rumor
current yesterday. that young DR.. Hunt, on whose
account the sad dinner was given, had died some
| where up the country be having left by the jack
son railroad after the dinner: but we were unable
| to find anything like confirmation Of the story.
| The Chief of Police and the Coroner think they
have information which will lead to the whole his
tory of the poisoning.
4 TRANSFER OF MORE PRIsoNEgs.-A hundred or
| more of the prisoners taken by the Saratoga, on
| the steamers Gen. Mramon and Marquis de la Ha-
bana were yesterday afternoon transferred from
the sloop-of-war Prebe to the Parish Prison, for
safe-keeping, till orders for their disposal shall be
received from Washington.
tug boat, all in irons, and landed at the foot of
Cont street. Agreata and excited crowd of people
| assembled on the levee to see them, and followed
them, as they marched out to Congo square, in
| charge of the U. S. Deputy Marshals. We are in
formed that one Of these prisoners is Catholic
priest.
| CoRoNER's INQUEsTs-C0 C0ncasioas-A inquest
was held yesterday on the body of James Boren, a
child three months old, dead at its mothers resi-
dence on Liberty street, between Perdido and
Poydras. Verdict commissions.
i Dro,oned.-An inquest was held on the body of
an unknown white man, about 50 years of age,
found in the river opposite Post 81 Third District
had brown hair and sandy whiskers under the chin
wore corduroy pants, blue flannel shirt, weolen
socks and brogans Verdict, found drowned.
The Murder of 1Irs. Ho14.iqan.-This case, some
account of which we have published, was inquired
into. Mary Kilroy swore as follows: Son the 10th
), of March, between the hours of and o'clock at
:. night, was in the house of the deceased, Ellen
Horrigan, on visit. Whilst / was there an old
man named Sweeney came in and asked for some
thing to drink. He and Mr.. Horrigan drank to.
gether. Sweeney got drunk and asked permission
to stay in the house all night the permission was
granted to him, and bed prepared for him. Twas
sleeping in the same room, and was awakened by
, the noise Horrigan made in beating his wife and
Sweeney wtha whip, draYman's whip. | got up
from my bed and went to Mrs Horrigan; saw
that she was bleeding, and had blow on her head
Sweeney had nothing in his hands, and was
! turned out by Horrigan. | asked Horrigan to lei
me wash the head of his wife, but he refused me tt
, do 80, and went to bed with her. ] am positive
/ that Horrigan struck his wife and Sweeney an
positive that he struck his wife three times. JUL;
! Kellahar swore: On the 2lst of March, I wen
to the house of the deceased, Ellen Horrigan, tt
d get some clothes that belonged to me. found he
! in bed and she told me she could not get up, sh
: was suffering too much; that her husband ha,
beaten her. / went for cab, in order to carr,
her to Charity Hospital but could not get one.
! then induced her to come with me and Honora Ma
!. honey that we should help her to the Hospital
/. which we did. We left her at the Hospital, an
e that is all | know On this testimony verdic
n was rendered that Ellen Horrigan came to he
n death from blow on the head fracturing the rgh
temporal bone, penetrating the brain, and eausin
y Inflammation; said wound having been inflicted b
= ! her husband, Tim Horrgan, on the night of til
/. 10th March, 1860
IT The Murder of Thomas McGui,e.-Tlis mul
q der, some account of which we published yestel
- day, was inquired into last night. Deceased was
e steamboatman, and was found with his throat Gu
at five O'Clock on Sunday morning, at the corner
q Cont and Front Levee Streets ALL the parties Al
:. rested as witnesses and accessories were examine
d at length hut so far from there being anythin
d shown to criminate Thomas McCIoud and Jane
:. Mcguire, arrested on suspicion of being the mu
| derers, it was made manifest that the stal
e bing was done by some unknown person who e
u capped. One of the witnesses saw this strange
!, give the stab and escape, and noticed for sng
N N larity that he gave the stab with his left han,
e The Jury of inquest postponed rendering their We
dict.
# ARRIVAL EXTRAORDINARY OF RUNAWAY SLAVE
Ii Yesterday at about noon, a gang OF thlrty-fou
e plantation slaves all men, marched into the cit.
~ ~ by way of the jackson Railroad, and came dow
At to Commercial Place to look for lawyer, as the
lie said, to put them in the way Of finding out VIII
II their master was. Whilst standing in gang Q
the alley, the police came along, and finding the
e were not under anybody's control, arrested thel
Is and lodged them in the First District Lookup.
These negroes came from the Oak Grove pant
ton, in st. James parish, 80 miles above the cit.
,e Their story is singular one. The plantation b
to longs to the estate of JAS H. Shepherd deceased
to and is held by number of heirs. The negro
u say that for five years they have not known wheth
or they had master or not that lately new owe
lg seer was put over them, and treated them cruel
I'd without proper cause knocking them down wit
N N clubs, and aayng them till their backs were
er raw. They say that they went to young man {
ii the plantation, Zone of the heirs) and asked h
h, protection, but obtained satisfaction; and tn
= on this account they deserted the plantation
Is n. come to the city for legal redress.
of They say they left the plantation between nil
g and ten o'clock on Sunday, walked all day al
part of the night through the woods, to avoid BEN
as intercepted, and part of the night walked on Il
railroad coming down from Kenner on the tra
ae yesterday morning. They say there is anoth
r. gang who left the plantation with them and to-
to the woods, and that this gang will come ao
n soon if not stopped on the way.