New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-05
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1860.
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HoT. The weather was very hot yesterday, and
the first case Of sunstroke occurred William
Nolan a laborer, fell on Gravier street, and was
taken to Charity Hospital, where he soon died.
ELECTION DIrFEcULTIEs.-Nobody was killed on
account of yesterday election; gratifying fact,
to begin with.
We heard of some knock downs at some of the
precincts in different parts of the city. The only
case Of which we got the positive particulars, was
that Of John Jenkins, First District police officer,
who overdd his orders so far as TO knock down a
quiet and unoffendng man who had the audacity
to go up to vote the Citizens ticket. ELL
A worse thing took place at or near the voting
precinct on st. Joseph street. young man named
Theodore Watson, at or about ! o'clock, was
stabbed in the breast and taken to Charity Hos
ptal, where he was believed to be dangerously
wounded. We went to the poll, and were inform
ed by the Commissioners and other officers that
there had been nobody stabbed there, and that
there had been ne disturbance of any kind. We
went to the Hospital, where the young man was
reported as having been brought from the corner
Of Tchoupitoulas and st. Joseph streets. He was
in too much suffering 10 give information to any
body.
There was fraeas near the above poll, in which
weapons were drawn, and one man slashed in the
face with a knife.
At about j o'clock in the evening Robert Wal
lace was stabbed by Michael Burns, at the corner
Of Caliope and Bacehus streets; this being near
voting precinct. Burns was arrested by officers
Hudson and Marshall; John Wells making the
charge against him.
ahnut nfelooL in tIa avopirr Dat 10
vine was dangerously stabbed by Alex. johnson.
This was on Tchoupitoulas street but we did not
hear that it was near a poll or about the election
johnson was arrested by officers Duvigneaud and
Watson: Thos. Owens making the charge.
Martin Werlng was arrested on Gaiennie street,
| charged with drawing knife on James Meehan,
and cutting the hand of Officer Buiger, who ar.
| rested him.
| MuRpER.-About 0 o'clock on Sunday night, two
/ sailors named James Condor and John McGratf
quarreled over game Of cards, in sailor boarding
house on Victory street between Eysian Fields ant
| Marigny streets. McGrath drew a knife and stab
bed Condor in the neck, severing his carotid artery
and killing him almost instantly. MoGrath, who is
| an Irshman and quite youth, was arrested. Con
| don was 80 years of age, and native of Buffalo
Y. DIR. Delery held the post-mortem examina
ton yesterday. The investigation will take place
| to-day.
i MogE BIoopsHED - Last night at about II
o'clock, policeman Peter McMullen, was sho
through the left thigh and badly wounded at st
Mary's market Officers Sinclair and Allen ar
rested John Ford as the shooter, and his brothe
| Peter Ford as an accessory. 1t started in
row between the Fords and some others il
i the market and after McNfuIlen had COM
/ to Sinclair's assistance to quell the disturb
ance McMullen was taken to Charity Hos
ptal He was partner with Semers. who wa
lately murdered by Mulholland on the levee, an
took the lead in arrestng Muholland, with his com
panions when he murdered Somers and Gongdon
The Fords are said to be vagrants, or market
house rats
I AT about II o'clock last night, when Barne
Connoly was talking with Margaret Twiggs, at tn
! door Of her residence on Perdido street, betwee
Liberty and Gronde, Denis Sullivan came up, ant
as it was reported, without words or other caus
at the time, assaulted Connolly with knife an
stabbed him four times. The latter was take
to Charity Hospital, believed to be mortal
wounded. Sullivan was subsequently arreste
by Sergeant Williams and Corporal Wilson; b
was found hid under house on Lafayette stree
margaret IWlggs was also arresteu as Wlthess.
RuMoR.-A rumor spread around town la:
evening that the cab driver John Henry, the kille
of Bob Forbes and the shot-at at the Pfngstfes
had been murdered in the back part of the cit,
We were unable to trace the rumor to any reliab
source.
J MONTHLY MoRrEARY RETuRNs.-The follown
is the mortuary record of the city of New Orlear
f for the month ending IS o'clock A. NJ, on I'll
3lst of May, 1860: