New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-30


to extract money from his pockets {or the pockets
Of any newspaper man,) particularly when going
home late at night or early in the morning.
- AN EPIDEMIC OF BLOOD.
HOMICIDE ON ST. PHILIP STREET. On Sunday
night, Joseph Prudhomme was twice stabbed with |
cane sword by Victor Piquet. He fell, was put !
in cab, and started to Charity Hospital, but died
on the way and was taken back to the Second Dis |
trict lookup. Piquet, making no effort 10 escape,
was arrested DR.. Delery yesterday made the post
mortem examination of Prudhomme's body, and
last evening Coroner Beach proceeded with his |
inquest. All the outside accounts agree that |
Prudhomme was drunk, and grossly insulted and
followed Piquet's wife and servant girl he being
with them at the time, quietly passing along the
street. Jean Crespe, friend of Prudhomme,
and in company with him at the time, gave the
| following testimony:
Teaa Crespel, sworn-Between 10 and IL o'clock
last night was with the deceased, standing at the
| corner Of Royal and St. Philip streets, and we
| were talking together when two ladies, accom-
panied by a gentleman passed by. One of the
| ladies walking a small distance in advance
| the other had the arm Of Mr.. Piquet. When the
lady infront passed the deceased he addressed her
| with vulgar expressions. Mr.. Piqnet then said to
him: ''You have insulted my wife, y and he replied
~ care but little whether it be your wife or any
| other person. Mr.. Piquet continued on his way
and the deceased followed him. continuing his in
suits until they arrived at the house of MIR. Piquet,
| which is situated few doors from the corner /
/ do not know what passed there, but moment
/ afterward the deceased came back and told me he
had been stabbed, and fell He was in liquor at
the time There were no other persons in front of
Mr. Pquet's house besides himself and the two
4 ladies and the deceased.
Mrs. Piquet and the servant girl were still to be
4 examined when we left the Coroner's office, other
calls compelling us to leave. 1t was expectedthat
their testimony, with that of Crespel, would en-
tirely Justify and exculpate Piquet.
BLOODY FIGHT WITH KNIvEs.-Two Irishmen,
named Mike Whalen and VIM. Mcnamara disa-
greed and concluded to fight on Sunday evening,
in coffeehouse on the corner of Tchoupitoulas
and Calope streets. They drew knives, closed in,
and after several cuts, thrusts and parries MeNa-
mara fell, with two dangerous stabs in the side.
Whale nreceived bad cash in the left arm, and
two slight cuts beside. He escaped Mcnamara
was sentto the hospital. At one o'cloch yesterday
morning Whalen was tracked to his retreat by Ser
geant Williams and Corporal Busby, and arrested
but he was in such distress with his arm that the
officers took him to the hospital before taking
him to the lookup.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF. = The same
officers, Williams and Busby, while in quest of the
particulars of the bloody business above men,
toned, heard pistoshot and cry of pain, al
the corner of Camp and st. Joseph streets. Al
! that corner they found blood on the banquette
and following the blood.drops, overlook drunkel
!, man named Henry Toolen who had accidental,
: shattered the forefnger of his left hand by thu
: careless handling of his pistol, an eld-fashionea
/ double-barrel concern. The officers took ' am
the hospital.
REAL BLOOD ON THE STAGE.-a-asa,, Sunday niob
= during German theatrics,,, ,nerformance at "a,
cert Hall, Poydras eBo1t was in the pay for on
h actor to stao ahfs SOLE The actor who lunged
the other W a dagger, did not make the shaI
f appear H.. Of stabbing which the drama required
, n,"s WIS Il inexcusably bungling manner, actual
= stabbed the other actor in the neck. This actor
Emile Seuer, was taken to Charity Hospital, bt
"a lieyed to be dangerously wounded. The othe
~ actor George Kruger, was arrested and locked uf
a The police subsequently that the perform
, i ance had been given without license or permit.
,r BLOODY SKYLARKINa.-At halfpast nine o'cloc
on Sunday night, at Bosworths ice.house on S
# Thomas street, two Irishmen named Moran an
4 Higgins were skyarkng in friendly way (as
m is reported) when Higgins accidentally Stable
.e Moran badly in the thigh. The latter was taken
N the hospital.
Ii A FAMILY SrABBING AFFAIR.-One James Ga
N lagher, living Julia street, got drunk and qua
ct relsome with his wife, Margaret, Sunday night
id Martin Mcdonald, young nephew of the wifi,
M interfered in her behalf, had fight with Ga
at lagher, and finished the affair by giving Gallaghe
three stabs in the side. Mrs. G. called the police
9. they came, sent her husband to the hospital an
her nephew to the lookup. The wife was in grea
:; distress. but not for her husband; her only COZ
10 cern was for her arrested nephew. She seemed t
o be SO glad to hear that her husband was in DANCE
e Of dying that she herself arrested as an acce
ct sorry to the stabbing.
re ANOTHER AFFAIR ON ST. THOMAS SrREEr.-O
ID Sunday night, in Tiliotson's dray yard on s
Thomas street, near Richard Benjamin S. Brow
dangerously stabbed Edward fitzgerald in the al
, domen. The police were quickly on hand, th
. wounded man was sent to the hospital, and tn
: stabber arrested and locked up. It is said thf
"A Fitzgerald was attacking Brown with a dray pi
4 when he got stabbed.
.. ALMOST AN AFFAIR IN THE OLD THIRp-At
g. o'clock yesterday morning on st. Ferdinand stree
L. Tom johnson stabbed at and tried to kill Johnn
!. and ripped open his clothes on the side withor
" touching his body. He was arrested on the charg
.. of stabbing with intent to kill.
le ANOTHER Bloody AFfAIR.-Last evening, bt
tween and O'Clock, John Lyman was danger
st ousy stabbed by Michael Oorcoran, at the corne
IS Of New Leyee and Notre Dame streets. Office
'f Gasson sent Lyman to the hospital. Coreoran Ell
II capped; but his wife Margaret and one Patrie
9 Manion were afterward arrested as accessories
one BY officer Bailey and the other by Lieutenan