New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-29
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FIRE AT THE UsIos CorroS Press. Abom FT,y
Thousand Dollars WorM of Cotton DESTROYED |
Ihe ncendiaries bravely keep up their persecution
oil the cotton presses. At about O'Clock yester t
uay morning fire started in cotton shed in one |
OF the yards Of the Union Cotton Press, at the |
corner o. New Levee and Rofignac streets. That |
" started py ncendiary means there was no doubt
ior none OF the hands were in the yard at the time
Ihough the fremen were present in the shortest |
possible space Of time, and were aided by the |
cotton press hands, the flames spread 30 rapidly
and fercely a. to destroy the shed and iii tile |
cotton it contained, one thousand and eiuhty.6ye
bales The firemen had work enough in prevent |
ing the flames from spreading to the ueiebborinp
cotton yards and other property. The steam fire
engine was at the scene in good time, but could
hol pay wen at rst on account of the scarcity Of
wafer Though the rain fell all day the firenen
mad to remain, playing upon the smoking heap of
ruins.
The cotton was owned, and, go far as we could
ascertain, insured as follows:
Bradley, Nelson Il Co., $50 bales; partially in
sured, say for $1,000, in the Sun Mutual office:
considerably less than the total value OF the cotton
Wright, Allen & Co.. 3s5 bales; insured in the
Crescent Mutual office for $4,000.
Green Crump, 125 bales; insured in the Cres-
cent and Home Offices
j. Y. de Egaha, Is bales. We have no particulars
about this lot.
IHE DisApPEARANcEoF OF DR. REDaAN.-We yester-
day gave some account of the sudden disappear
ance Of Dr.. Redman, (not Redmond, ais we had it.
the pretended spiritual medium, who had for
several weeks been astonishing and fleeing credu
lous people in this community he disappearing ii
consequence of the arrival of DR.. Bly,, who quietly
went to work to show some Of the victims how
they had been deceived, and opened an office on
Dauphne street, near that Of the swindIer that he
might be ready at hand to explain the swindle to
all who felt like calling.
we were misinformed when we stated that Red
mans cheatery was first discovered by we'll
known spirftnalist of this city. DR.. Bly, arriving
quietly, and finding out the names of some of the
most prominent Of the victims, had an interview
with this gentleman, and after astonishing him with
raps and messages from departed friends, all done
in such manner as to battle the closest scrutiny
developed the whole cheat to him, and requested
him to visit Redman again. the latter not vet being
aware of Bly's arrival. The gentleman went had
another sitting with Redman; was this time able to
see into the trick; denounced him as an impostor,
and demanded the restoration of over hundred
dollars he had paid him. Redman refunded tie
money and in less than an hour from that time he
was off for parts unknown. @
Yesterday we visited DR.. Bly,. He satisfied US
thoroughly as to what he had professed. He pro-
duced the so-called spiritrappings, and produced
written messages from our dead friends, in man
ner as perfect as we ever saw at any spiritual sit
ting or circle, at many of which we have beer
present. Hettolaus before be began that he wa:
only going to hnhibug US and believing this ",
were still profoundly astonished for we were ut
terly unable to detect the humbuggery. After
ward when the Doctor explained the tricks an
put us in the way of doing the same things as we
as he we will freely confess that our astonishmer
amounted to the sublime. There never was
cheat so simple. The California ball game" an
the other scientific tricks with which swndlers dt
! coy cash out of the pockets of the unwary mus
hide their diminished heads before these pretende
| spiritual manifestations, by which Redman an
other robbers have reaped SO much money fro1
the unsuspecting multtudes
The idea having been freely promulgated b
ates, playing sort Of Alpha and Omega game, j
baseless. DR.. Bly, can produce the best reference
in this city. He did not come on speculative
trip, in pursuit of Redman, but came to attend t,
matters connected with the death of his brother
late teacher in of the Fourth District Schools
He is not exacting money from visitors for his ex
plantations; he asks them to wait until he deliver
his lecture which will be at Odd Fellows Hall, OF
Sunday night next. On that occasion, he will pro
/ duee the pretended spiritual phenomena of Red
i man and others who have astonished and robbed Sc
many thousands; and after that he will explain the
triekery to the satisfaction of all.
/ We might now give an expose Of the tricks; bui
we do not wish to spoil the treat which the public
will enjoy in having their eyes opened by Or. BY
| himself.
| THE MURDERER ARREsTED.-Joe Smith, f. W. g.
| who so foully murdered the mulatto woman Omel
Taggart, ON st. Joseph street, one nightlast week
was arrested last evening at the corner Of Com
mon and Claiborne streets. Lieut. Dryden made o
sure thing of the arrest having with him officers
Dalton, Clarke and Price. according to the show
ing before the Coroner, the neck Of Joe Smith, +
M c., is in great prospective danger.
Smith himself seemed to abandon hope when the
officers arrested him. He is very large and active
and powerful man, and when the officers surprised
him in his cosy retreat, in house near the corner
above mentioned, he sprang up as if to give fight
but the officers in body pounced upon and Sc,
cured him before he had chance to do anything
BEING secured he exclaimed, Gentlemen, give
me two seconds, and will kill myself, or some,
thing to that effect. s s..
The Chief of Police and his special officers went
out on one of the railroads. with guns and dogs te
look after somebody. We heard that Smith was
the man they went after, but cannot state it au
thortatiyely At any rate, they returned at nigh
without any prisoner and left the impression
around the City Hall that they had been out on q
wild-goose chase, and found only surteit OF colo
duck. As we were unable to meet any Of then
last night. we are unable to state whether theil
trin was wild-goose chase or not Their trip may
have resulted in their obtaining such information
as to enable Dryden and fresh posse Of officers t
visit Smith at his snug retreat in this city.
a MAD sA1LoR.-One Daniel Madison, sailor
was arrested on the eyee, in the Third District OF
Monday evening, for acting in a too violent manne
toward G. G. Henningson, at his shipping office OF
the leyee He bombarded the office with rocks
smashing the door to pieces, doing other damag
inside. and putting Mr.. II. to lively dance il
dodging the dangerous missiles. Madison afterwar
advanced upon Henningson with knife, but tn
latter gave him crack over the head with a heay
rnler which subsided him for the time. He wa
arraigned before Recorder Long yesterday, an
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