Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-06-02

A Foul MURDER. - Yesterday, gath
inst, the body of a man, supposed to be
a peddler, named Jacob Briscoe, well
known in this vicinity, was found in
front of the plantation of Sam. w. Nc.
Kneely, on the Bayou Fordoche, parish
of Pointe Coupee. The body was in a
state of decomposition, and from the evil
dence of the physicians called to hold a
post mortem examination, must have
been dead for three or four days. AS
no Coroner or Justice of the Peace could
be conveniently found, a jury of citizens
was convened, who gave it as their
opinion that the deceased came to his
death by receiving a fatal wound on his
neck, which severed the carotoid artery.
The supposed murderer is one who
assisted the deceased as pack-carrier, a
man of about % or % years old, fair
complexion, sandy hair, no whiskers, a
Polish Prusian, has been in this country
but a short, is about five feet four inches
in hight, full round face, downcast eyes,
and when last seer had on corduroy
pants, brown linen coat, two shirts.
This man was traced across the ferry at
Baton Rouge, from which place the COM
mittee who have been sent in search of
him have lost his trail, after due and
dilligent search. 1t may be possible
that in the mean time he has taken an
up%-country boat. advocate. !.
SUSPECTED MURDER OF A PEDDLER BY HIS
CoMpAN1oN.-The Chief of Police has been
in possession for several days of a tele.
graphic dispatch to the effect that a
German peddler, named Briscoe, had
been found in the woods near Bayou
Fordoche, parish of Pointe Coupee, with
his throat cut from ear to ear, and bear
ing marks of having been foulIy muir
dered after a desperate struggle. He
left New Orleans about a month ago
with a pack full of merchandise, to make
a tour through the coast parishes, and
took with him a German named Israel
Prince, whom he hired for twelve dollars
a month to carry his pack. 1t was at
once suspected that Prince was the
murderer, and the receipt of this news
among the friends of Briscoe in this city
created great excitement, which per-
vaded the whole class of peddlers. De-
.tectives lizard and Farrell were furnished
with a description Of Prince, and have
been on the lookout for him since.
On Friday a man came into Haggerty
& Brothers store, and purchased a large
stock of goods for peddling purposes.
When asked in what name the bill should
be made out, he gave that of Briscoe.
This fact was soon known to the friends
Of the murdered man, and on receiving
a description of the man who made the
purchases they felt sure it was Prince,
and consequently were on the alert to
detect him on the street. About ten
o'clock on Saturday morning, two of
them, Messrs. S. Levy and Keiser, were
walking on the ~levee, at the foot of
Canal street, when they espied Prince
sauntering quietly along. They at once
ran at him to arrest him, seeing which
movement on their part, he took to his
heels and ran nimbly down the levee,
but he was closely pursued and soon
oyertaken by Mr.. Levy. Prince fought
desperately, but he was overpowered by
superior numbers and brought to the
lookup Of the Second District police
station.
He is a medium-sized, muscular and
broad-shouldered man, with a low fore
head, ~ill-favored ~countenance, and sinis-
ter look of eye. AS he was brought
into the office, painting from his strug-
giles to escape, and surrounded by a
crowd Of the excited friends of Briscoe,
he glanced furtively round and exhibited
unmistakable symptoms of terror at his
arrest. He gave his name as Israel
Prince, and wanted to know what he
vas arrested for. When they told him
it was for the murder of Briscoe, he
shuddered, and no more looked the men
around him fully in the eye. Upon his
person was found Briscoe's peddling
license and SITS in money. It is we'll
known that he had no money when he
left with Briscoe, and could hardly have
come by so much honestly, besides which
the goods he purchased from Haggerty
4 Brothers he refuses to account for or
explain how he became able to buy
them. He denied any knowledge of
Briscoe's death, and says they parted
company at Baton Rouge, at which time
Briscoe was we'll and in good spirits.
Saturday afternoon, Prince was trans
ferred to the First District lookup, and
there will be a preliminary examination
of the case this morning before the Re-
corder. bee, of the 2Sth.
DESTRUCTION OF THE SrEAMBoATsTrD. F..
KENNER AND B. E. CLARK.-At one o'clock