New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-12-03

with Weaver on the night ir question don't reeoI-
ieet me night We got TO the corner Of Perdido
and Uryades streets when we heard a noise in d
house on Dryadeg street, between Per1ido and
| Union streets. I was about TO part with Weaver
at the corner when we heard the noise, when
Weaver proposed to go up TO see what ne noise
was. went in the house frst And AZ y5srt \;
saw tais tall man (HonorJ with his Ieft hay5 ho1d
of Owens, coat. Owens was on the side AZ tbe,
bed, leaHiDg against it Honor appeared to be
pushing Ovens, az he was leant back. As csrre
| in he dropped his hand and run IL IN his pocket
aud stepped backwards. / caught hold Of him
and turned him round to me. Weaver, by this
time, had opened the vest Of Owens and
found that fs was cut. He tien told me 10
arrest this tall man, Honor, and hold on To him
winch did, until the watehman came ND. then
slapped my hand on the shoulder of man who ap-
peared 70 be in company with Owens, end told him
to 60 ana get q cab and take Ovens Co the hespi-
tai but instead Of getting tha cab he raE away and
did not see him again. then sent another man
for q cab. He got enc, and Joseph FIemn1inqs,
watchman, got in the cab with tie man and TOOK
him to the hospital. frenaSHed there some time.
when heard small ran t#54ness here pointed to-
VIM. Roberts as the mani say he saw Honor ost A.
knife from Breckinridge and ge'back irso tie horse
again.
Cross-ezamiped.- reason Fthougfs this man
Fspoke to was q friend If Owens, was saw him
talking to Owens. When heame Ia she room Owens
and this tan man EHonor) we're the only ones that
near Ovens
Theresa MeTtle, sworn Il live at Ia9 Dryades
was 30 drank i knew noshiag, nor did knsysv of
the difficulty until was arrested az witness and
taken out Of bed. was told there 1vaa 4 ma \ yt
in my house.
| Wi1tane Roberts, swern--Thisrnan Hoaar Brscy,-e
| inridge and myself started frcm Poydras market
and went down Dryayfes street. WieY, ysa gtt tf,4
the cornsr of PeTsiido and Drysdes strsets, this
man Breekinrdge stepped in 81 Louig coffee
house, and followed EgecknriCge into the eo9-s
| fee.house: Honor went on down. We were
in the eofee.honse some minutes and then started
down Dryades street to look fcy Honor. We
went to so in an. oyster shop to Iock for
honor Ju2s as we got to the dooT~of the oyster
/ house, Honor came cut Of N house some tvs or
three doors from the oyster shop ara came I'M tc,
where we were. Hescemea 10 be excssed and Is he
came up he asked BreeRinriage If he aad his knife
Breckinridge told him Ee. Honor remarked Id tie
same time he had given swoman some money, and
there was some men in there wanted to run him ont
Of there. Rreekfnridge made the remark, BilI,s
| don't get in no fuss. When Honor asked Breckin-
| ridge if he had his knife we all stated down
/ towards the house Honor had come out Of When
we got to the door; Honor went In firJt Breck-s
inridge followed, and passed on, as T did not
| want to be in any fuss. As passed the win
| dow, heard the remark, Give me my dollar and
/ half Irecognizsd the yoiee as Honor's9 He
has got very hoarse voice. / had net passed
| over thirty steps from the house when heard a
woman crying for the s'watch.y then turned and
went back to the door of the same house. Just as
| / got up to the door saw the officers running
1 across the street, and they got into the house,
Just before got to the house heard some one say
| he was cut.
Cross.examned-Ic could not say whether Rreek-
/ inridge handed a knife to Honor or not. Iwas
some few steps ahead of them.
james Bfecklaridge, swcfn-On Sunday night,
25th November, about IL or IL O'Clock, r. in com
pany with Roberts and William Honor, was walk
ing round looking at the city, and was drinking
pretty freely. am not acquainted in the city and
cannot tell one street from another. Roberts and
myself went into coffee house at the corner Of q.
street to drink. We remained there and drank
some two or three times. We then went out to see,
if we could find Honor, and when we got few
doors below the corner IRE met him, and he asked
me if | had his knife. told him no. He then
put his hands to his pocket as if feeling for his
knife, and turned right reund and walked to o.
house, stopped, and went in. As he went into the
door told him to come ont and not have anyfuss,
but he went in and asked some one for his money.
When he first went in a told him to 20 out Of
here. Honor replied he would when he got his
4 81 so. The man replied back again. si II YOU do
not go out of here will cut your d-d heart oua Of
you.n Honor then said, stif cutting is your game I
am in. They then came together, and Honor
caught the man by the coat with his left hand and
almost at the same time the officers came In. /
scarcely recollect anything after that. was ar
rested and taken TO the watch house.
t Cross examined did not see Honor strike at
the man at all. He had his hand in the pocket of
his coat; the coat Is quite long one. / did. NOT
: see him make any motion with his right hand. Did
not see this other man strike Honor.