New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-16
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AT o'clock on Tuesday night his wife missed
him; after inquirfng and learning that he had not
gone out oil the house, she had some misgiyng8,
and looked for him in vain about the premises.
Going into the kitchen, where there was an old
bedstead, upon which were piled feather bed,
some pillows and quilts, she noticed something un-
usual about the arrangements, and feeling in the
bed she found her husband ensconccd under the
quilts and covered with blood. He had inflicted
large cash in his left wrist. He stubborRly refused
to let his wound be dressed, and to her inquiries
replied that lie had cut himself by falling upon
some broken glass.
Her entreaties prevailed at last, and after wash
ing and bandagng the wound he was put to bed.
! He complained great deal, and wanted his wife
to get him some laudanum 10 put him asleep, but
this she refused to do. She remained by his bed
side until near clock in the night, when, thinking
that lie was asleep, and feeling very drowsy and
tired she consented to take little rest with her
daughter, who slept in the next room. She awoke
at about q o'clock and went to his bed he was
not there. Frightened, she took light and looked
through the hosse upon reaching a small room
back of the kitchen, she found him hanging by the
neck to one of the rafters
The unfortunate man had been very deliberately
at work. Taking small cord or clothes line, he
| had secured one end to the rafter and formed
running moose at the other end by means of brass
ring. Getting upon a wooden chest that stood
near by he had passed his neck in the moose, and,
Strengthening his arm, had allowed himself to drop
4 gently. The room is very low, and the distance
between his head and the rafter was not over
eighteen inches, whilst Lis toes were only about
three inches from the floor The drop therefore
1 ~
was, it is probable that his weight was not suff
! cient to break his neck. He remained suspended,
and the only effect of the shock was to burst anew
1 the cut artery in his left arm; the blood flowed
and formed large pool beneath him. The face
was pale and bloodless the tongue did not pro-
| trude, is generally the case; the limbs, per-
| lectly straightened out and timber, did not show
any marks of the convulsions that accompany
death by hanging. He probably bled to death,
| without much suffering.
The Coroner viewed the body yesterday morn
| ing, and the Jury Of inquest rendered verdict in
accordance with these facts. The deceased was
about 40 years of age. He left note to his wife,
stating his intention to commit suicide and bidding
her an afectionate adieu.
The ABOVE SUICIDE MAY HAVE BEEN HoMI-
cIDE.-The foregoing is true report of the crcum-
stances of Nicolai's suicide, as shown before the
4 Coroner's jury; z...- @.--~
But how oddly things turn about sometimes
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Coroner Soraparu ac
cidentally aseertained that the house in which
Nicolai was found dead was house of bad repute
and that Mrs. SiGolai was not wife or widow of this
deceased, by any legal or churehly tie.
A German cyprian, going by the very un-Ger
man name of Mary White, broadly stated hel
belief that Nicolai was strangled or otherwise
killed in his bed and that his dead or dying body
was afterward strung up by the people in the
house. She further stated that the alleged Mrs
Nicolai had promised to pay her handsomely i
she would keep quiet about what she knew.
Mary White was arrested and locked up, by
order Of the Coroner; SO also were Christians
Nicholas, or Nicoai, Philippine Dietrich, II, Popu
lus, f. m. c. and Lucille, slave of Marus; these
four being the other occupants of the house ii
which Nieolai was found hanging
This may all be vicious hoax, but there is suci
color of probability about it that another inquest is
to be held to-day.
The following is correct translation of the
note, written in pencil on the back Of a fragment
Of one Of the Indian Doctor Flyers Relief to tbs
Afflicted bills, alleged to have been written by
the sick man. but suspected Of being written by
other hands than his:
When the doctor says Of patient that he can
not cure him in the hospital, then despair ma,
well take possession Of his mind. Two years sick
Adleu, dear wife. NICOLAI.
: Poor DoBBIS GOES MAD AND HAS TO DE-
singular incident occurred in the Third District o,
Tuesday morning. Mr. Frank Tague, a carriag,
driver, keeping his carriages and horses at hi
place on Elysian Fields street, discovered one o
his horses, fine 5000 animal belonging to car
riage span, running around the lot in an eyiden
state of insanity. The eyes of the animal glared
his mouth foamed. He ran at and snapped hi
teeth at all who attempted to approach him. II
his agony he turned upon himself, and furiously bi
mouthfulls from the flesh of his own sides. Al
ostler got rope and tried to lasso the horse The
horse at every throw chased the man with the fury
OF iend. At the last throw of the asso, the horse
dashed frantically at the man and caught him
caught him By the shoulder of his coat, gave him
vicious shaking, and flung him about twenty fee
oil. No further attempts were made to capture o.
restrain the unhappy animal, His owner, knowing
that he was bitten BY rabid dog some months
ago, and seeing the effects in unmstakable cas-
Of hydrophobia, put his pet out of misery b7
shooting.
There are many people who do not believe tha
any allIt1ihS, olHel t4lh Jugs ever ule OF nyQr0
phoba. 1t may be worth notice, that tie last re
port of the Board OF Health mentions one human
death by hydrophobia
DEATH ~ PRsoS.-J. MeLane, a prisoner in th,
Parish Prison, sent there by Judge Fortier of Al
giers for carrying concealed weapons, has been re
leased upon the potent habeas corpus of Death
His disease was pleurisy. He was about so year
of age, and arrived but lately from Texas.
GoRoNERss lNQrEsTs.-1He KtH1lg of Ftaneoi
Oessemt,--We yesterday reported the death OF Mr.
; DESCENT, and the postmortem examination by Dr
Delery, showing that death resulted from tetanus
caused by stab wound between the lower ribs
: grazing the stomach. The circumstances of tn
case were yesterday shown before Deputy Corone
Soraparu and the jury of inquest as follows:
officer Simon B0uRoSa The day after Dessein
; was wounded, | went to see him, but was told tha
his physician had forbidden visitors to see him.
; then went TO the physician, DIR. Nee TO inquir
about the matter. Afterwards, having receive
: information which satisfied me, that the man VIII
stabbed Descent was Il shoemaker named Ducor
neau, residing in this city, but who had gone t
Mobile since the stabbing, went and saw Nj
, Descent, to know if he would make an affidavit
against DQcorneau, whom | said / could have al
rested IN Mobile. He said he could have the ma
arrested himself if he wanted to- as he was we
acquainted with the Mayor of Mobile and he aske