New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-10-20

/
| dust.
| FREE DIsPENsARY.-The following is the weekly
report Of the New Orleans School Of Medicine, on
| Common street, opposite the Charity Hospital:
| Saturday Oct: u, patients treated. a9
| Wednesday Oct. 16 ............. 81
Treated previously as}5 sR5
Whole number treated. ........-...s......A A,3A
THE LATE FORGERY CAsE.-Our readers are
familiar with the late forgery case, in which James
Stevens and Henry McGill obtained s3l1o from the
Mechanics and Traders Bank, and in which Chas.
| DeForrest was supposed accomplice. In our
former report We gave DeFerrest very bad
character, upon what we believed reliable nforma-
ton. Soon after his arrest DeForrest was dis
missed by the Chief of Police that officer satisfy
ing himself that the young man was innocent Of
the forgery and all knowledge of it when he took
from Stevens, who was his room mate, one of the
$1,000 bills to get changed. Having suffered enough
by being caught in bad company, DeForrest now
brings forward respectable testimony to show that
he was never broken merchant or professional
gambler; his regular and legitimate business is
book. excepting. We give him this showing with
pleasure, and hope he may never again fall in with
such companion as James Stevens.
LIBERTY STREET, above the Melpomene Canal, is
getting new planks, and great is the rejoicing of
| the inhabitants thereat. N8" zsg
DODGE IS NO DoDGER, in politics anything
else. Being reported in another paper as one Of
the Vice Presidents at the Douglas meeting in Al
giers few nights ago Mr.. w. L. Dodge requests
us to state that this was a great mistake. He is
one of the Right Bank Bell Ciappers, and intends
to continue one.
CLAIMED AND TAKEN AWAY. ~ Frank Nixon,
lately arrested for robbery one of the Mobile
mail-boats, and sent to prison by Recorder Ma
goni to await examination, but identified as Frank
Humphreys, a fugitive murderer from st. Louis,
(haying killed there notorious character named
Bill Clidord) was on Thursday applied for by an
officer from St. Louis, with requisition from the
Governor of Missouri, and warrant from Gov
ernor Moore of this State. The charge of larceny
against him being withdrawn before Recorder
Magioni, (by the man whose interest it was to
prosecute hm) he was delivered from the prison
to the ST. Louis officer, and taken away on one o
, the last evenings boats. It stated that re
ward of $500 was offered for the arrest of Humph
reys. This was only for his arrest or delivery
within the limits of Missouri. The St. Louis Officer
paid to the Chief Of Police $3.50, all that hat
been offered for the arrest and detention of the
t fugitive outside of Missouri.
! Humphreys Cor Nixon, as he then called himself)
} was arrested at Milneburg, on the charge of rob
S berry or larceny, none knowing that he was {
r fugitive murderer with price upon his head
1t was Bill Griffin, Ia desperate and notorious
thief and burglar sent oprison for atabbing fel
. low prisoner in the Workhoase, D THAT identifies
Z Nixon or Humphreys as the murderer Of Clifford
The underoficers of the prison got this information
from him, and informed Chief McClelland and hi
r special officers.
It The Chief, as he informed u.s. had no satisfactor
nroof that any eit.s~44faceT had s1ny hand in th
actual arrest Of Humphreys at Milneeurg; that b
was arrested and secured by the officers ofNerew
the stearler California, and only handed over t
the polies, afterwards. Upon this he divided til
Il ,rewardf $3.50 according to his discretion, giyln
sl2oe He officers of the prison who gave intol
|. nation thsr~szsssap, the larcenor was Humphrey
the murderer and dfTTdTng the -utszv--s12s equal
between himself and his four special officers 81
IS each.
4 We would not give these particulars-for the
are actually insignifcant-only that the questio
has been abroad as to who was entitled to th
reward, those who arrested the unknown thief, Q
e those who discovered said thief to be fugity
!. murderer, and took the proper steps to deliye
d him to the authorities of St. Louis.
e FIRE.-TAe stable of Mr.. Samuel Wilson, butehe
on Chippewa street, between St. Andrew and s
s. Mary, was destroyed by fire at about 10 o'eloo
lie Yesterday forenoon. Mr.. WIS residence bare
escaped. The belief was SO positive that this WI
e. an act of incendiarism that Mr. Wilson'S slaves,
10 family of five, were all arrested. There was
curious and mysterious series Of prosecutions upt
and around Mr.. Wilson'S house at different tim
l. before the fire occurred.
\. Some days ago Mr.. Wilson had his man serYar
Jerry whipped for some aggravating offence al
A. deprived him of certain privileges that he had
ways enjoyed, such as attending on his maste
Of driving him to the Stock Landing, etc. From tn
Ie time there were continual signs of dssatfsfaedc
of among the slaves. During the last three nigh
e. Mr. Wilson'S family were kept in constant alar
d, by bricks and rocks being thrown against Il
b, doors and windows of the house, opening into Il
n yard.
d. That part of the house looks as if it had be-
d. attacked by mob, 50 numerous are the marks
as the missiles on the weather boards and the shr
er tiers. A glazed window in the dining room hi
every glass in it shattered on Thursday night by
ed handful of leaden bullets being thrown against
q, The panes in Mrs. Wilson's bedroom were brok
he by bricks thrown with such force as to reach Il
N. other end Of the room and break the glass pane
nd of a costly armom. These attempts were alwa
IT, veiled in mystery, nobody was to be seen abo
he the yard When they took place, and the serVar
he were generally found in their rooms, apparent
al oecupiedx
MS Notwithstanding the protraetion Of this myste
or- ous 8Sftde, Mr.. Wilson would not suspect
slaves, and even yesterday could scarcely ma
5. IN his mind to believe them guilty of such an
IN, fence. I4corder Adams was on the spot duri
ed the morning, together with Captains Youenes a
nd AdaAs, Fife Inspectors, and questioned the me
I'VE bers of the family, and subsequently interrogat
= the slaEa The suspicious seemed SO well groul
las ed, that4@ Recorder ordered the slaves to
lt4 -ocked hp, ,ahd Capt. Youenes remained to hunt
on ..lsshef exlence, which he will doubtless, succe
T. jaSbtaiSfg.
n ,ng AN AGEGHD HEAVY BHEAcH or TNusT
~ EMBEzA.FsIENr. Diedrich Bullerdieck was
~ evening @rrested, at the instance Of Mr. j.
). Michel, tie City Attorney, who charged him W
Eb breachssf trdst and embezzlement. We did
oft, obtain .full particulars, but learned that
nan lerdieck had failed or refused to render an
has count of his management first administrator
ed. execptaseof the estate of the late John d. FIJI