New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-24
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MoRTuARY.-There were IT. interments in the
city cemeteries last week, as reported by the
Board of Health @
ELECTION OF BOARD OF HEALTH 0FFIcERs.-The
annual election of this Board, few days since,
resulted as follows:
DIR. Chas. Delery, President, in place of DR..
Axon; DIR. Dermeyer, Secretary, in place of DIR.
Baldwin. Drs. Clapp and White were reelected to
the Rigolets and Atchafalaya Station.
CONTRACT ADguprcATED.-Mr. Comptroller Du-
plessis yesterday sold the contract for cleaning
out for year, the privies of the Parish Prison,
Police Jail and Insane Asylum. W. W. Randall
was the purchaser, at the bid of 1880.
NoN-suIrED-The suit of Amable Benoit and wife
against the Mayor of the city and the True Delta
newspaper In solido, for damages OF $4,000. in
regard to refusal of license and too much criticism
about their two-bit show on ST. Charles street,
has after due trial in one of the District Courts,
fallen to the vile dust from whence it sprung.
MURDER IN THE SECOND DIsTRIeT.-Louis Ditry,
a young man % years of age, was stabbed and
killed AZ about o'clock yesterday morning, by
another young man named ]. I. Lawrence.
The Coroner not yet having held his investiga-
ton, we give the crcumstances, seriatim, SO far as
we could obtain them.
The deceased and the accused, with other young
men, all living in the back part of the Second Dis.
trict and all good friends together, got on frolc
on Sunday afternoon, and finished the night at the
Tivoli Beer Garden, on Carondelet Walk, near
Claiborne street.
Between and O'Clock yesterday morning de-
ceased and accused left the garden in company
with two of their friends, Bob Kennedy and Wash
Baldwin. All were more or less in liquor. Bald.
win and Kennedy walked ahead together, and
| Lawrence and Ditry followed on behind, talking
| together. They had turned down Claiborne street
heard those behind talking rather warmly, and
heard Ditry say to Lawrence, You had better
pay Bob (Kennedyl what you owe him." Law
renee answered, Il will pay him when you pay
! what you owe me.
That led to a quarrel, and they walked along
| quarreling. Kennedy, hearing it all, suggested
to Baldwin that there might be fight, and thai
they had better interfere. Baldwin replied to the
effect that they both disposed to be noisy and
/ quarrelsome when in liquor, but that there was nc
danger Of their fighting or hurting each other.
Baldwin had hardly uttered the words, whel
Diry rushed forward and fell in his arms, exclaim
time Lawrence ran off, Kennedy pursuing hin
some distance, and calling for the police. Law
renee escaped. Baldwin and Kennedy, with 9th
ers, then carried Ditry to the IRENE police station
i on Orleans street. Dr. Escouhas, being called in
pronounced the wounds mortal; and in less thai
an hour the young man died.
| The police went after Lawrence, and found hin
in bed at his residence, on Orleans street. nea
johnson. He declared that Ditry had given him
blow; but no such thing was seen by the men VIII
i were with them. One stated that Ditry was ad
yancing to Lawrence with his arms open, as if +
embrace him, just before he was stabbed.
The post-1nortem examination was made by DI
Delery. There was large and deep stab in tn
left thigh, and stab in the abdomen near the ma
vel The latter stab had cut the intestines, whic
protruded through the wound, and had caused
internal hemorrhage, which resulted in speed
DEATH The Coroner will probably begin his inyes
tigution to-day.
Ditry was Woodworking young man, said to b
carter in the employ of a man in his part I
rt~Of, n Iaa -pE
OF the worst stripe. He was one of the crowd VII
were last summer accused of entering the house
sick man in the back part of the Second Distric
menacing the man in his bed with deadly weapon
robbng the armoir, and smashing the furnitur
one of the notorious % Black Mousquetaires,n y
the crowd were called from their habit of maski
themselves at night, and of robbing defeneele
people in the suburbs.
CRUEL ROBBERY or A Boy Yesterday forenot
a lad about Is years of age (who he was or whs
from we were unable to ascertain) went to
: Citizens Bank to get cashed check for $3.50.
. he came out at the door on Royal street, with
bills in his hand, a well-dressed man overlook l
:, and said, "Sonny, there's mistake; the tel
# gave you a hundred dollars too much; give me
money, and I'll fix it and be back in minute. y
IS The boy innaeently gave up the bills, and wal
j. at the door whilst the man went inside. Al
e. waiting a little while, the boy saw the man co
out, and attempt to evade him by going OF az
n side of the portico. The boy Immediately WI
after him, and asked for his money The n
es jumped down on his banqnette, and went On z. .
X out needing the boy. The truth flashed e. apa elpa
poor boy; he commenced ID crying anev as nc UNIV
- - i M s'onndrel then ran down Royal street.
boy uS Following and after him il. H. T. turn
down St Louis street, boitea into w ~. io' ~,
10 ah ~, gelI enough which way he We
ng up with MN s.t ~, noljee were notified in 90
he me 7ap and he hotel Al they could
the fact that a. man aqea haa 9een enta
se = aropnd through the passages and down the laai
" " stairway and out at the ladies entrance on Ro
street.
cd There were plenty Of people who sew the ch