New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-13
NUMBER s37.

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the boat. The second clerk had the gangway
opened, ard Stanley stood there taking tickets till
& O'Clock. After breakfast, Stanley was standing
on the whasf talking to sfr. Depras, the second
clerk Sheffield had occasion 10 speak to the latter
Oh business and stepping up 10 do 20, ne was ac-
costed By Stanley, who callea him SON Of b--h.
Sheffield told bsn not to call him that nsae again,
and went across the wharf Is pick up stick Of
wood to hit stanley with. Depras said, Don't
make id fooi Of YOURSELF and shefaeld re-
tnrned. Stanley then called hita 2 son Of a We,
and said lie WIS going To shoot tim.
With this ne draw a revolver and raised It at
Sheffield; Depras seized bis hand sDd bore it down
and the first shot went downRar6a. Seeing SHn-
ley raise his pistol again, Sheffield ran for kaot
Of three or four persons who were standng Q little
way off, and was fred at four times more, none sf
the bullets hitting BIN, but three Of them hitting
Mr.. g. A. Ramsay, one entering lis clothes near
the hip without damage to his body. the SECOND
entering his left thigh, (ghere 1t still iz) and the
third in his left hand. Ramsay shouted to Stanley
to stop shooting, as he had already wounded him,
but Stanley paid no attention to him, and Rausay,
holding up his hand received the ballet in it, and
thereby doubtless saved his life, for his hand pre-
| vented the bullet from entering his chest. Ram
say subsequently fell from the wnuad in his thigh,
and his hand was bound up by Joka E. Edwards,
first engineer Of the California.
Sheffield after running TO the spot where RAM
say and the others were, continued his flight, ran
on board the California, on the other side of the
wharf and hid himself in the ladies' cabin. Stanley
| went round to the California, and after while
came back, and asked Deprss and others If he had
killed the id son Of b--h. Upon being in
| formed that he had not, Che explaining that the
| epithet was meant for Sheficldl but that he had
| wounded another gentleman, he coolly remarked
! that the gentleman ought TO have kept out of the
| way. The wharf was crowded at the time with la
| dies, gentlemen and children, going on board the
| Alabama.
Mr. Ramsay, the wounded man, gave his testi-
nony which agreed in the essential parts with
that Of Mr.. Depras and Mr. Sheffield. The Re-
corder sent Stanley before the First District Court
on two commitments; first, assault and shooting
and wounding Mr.. Ramsay with intent to commit
murder; and second, assault upon Mr. Sheffield
with q dangerous weapon with intent to commit
murder And he was thereupon remanded to his
quarters in the Parish Prison.
RspoRTED.-o Officer Harris, of the Fourth District
has been reported to the Mayor By Lieut.. Costley
for giving a false alarm OF fire on Friday night
also, Tor using profaHe aha oossSht ianS e@oS W
. the public streets.
MISCELLANEOUS Police CoURT ITEHs.-Michae
O'Brien, charged with threatening to open ho
in the head of Pat McMahan with pistol, is unde
bond to appear before Recorder Emerson on thu
9TH prox. Michael Hill, charged with cutting Hen
~ Richards and breaking his arm, the 9th inst.
at the corner Of Julia and Fulton streets, was o.
Saturday admitted to bail of $1,000, Richards ply
sican certifying him to be out of danger. job
Murray and Charles Gibbons, free colored, wer
examined by Recorder Emerson, and dismsse
:. from the charge of robbing DR.. Elliott of a gol
= = watch and chain valued at s125, they proving Q
abb.
:, Recorder Fremaux has some half dozen loafe
. awaiting examination before him, on the charge
= = stealing at the Royal street fire. From what "
8 have heard these are but fraction Of those VII
:, pifered ut the fire, and pilfered heavily; thong
= the police did their best to save the propert,
Recorder F., on Saturday, sent Adelaide Benjam
= before the First District Court, for harboring
, runaway slave belonging to Mrs. Livaudais; fine
>, Jane, slave OF Mr.. Spoles s25, for abusing Ros
= Gomez on Cont street; and held Randolph Gesslt
> for a hearing, on the charge OF having thrashe
Peter Grubell in his tGesslers1 coileehouse, at til
VI corner of st. Louis and Marais streets; the ba
% keeper, VIM. Baker, also being hold as accessor.