New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-03
NUMBER 81.

the evening IN quesuon. Il met some IrleHds IN
there who asked me to take drink, and as came
out OF the room heard an argument going on
about the prize fight in England. Istood there q
moment listening, when Mr.. Pattam walked up to
Weyman, who was sitting on barrel near the
counter, and placing his hand on his knee, fami-
liarly said, How Is your Benicia Boy now2y
Weyman replied he is all right now, but II Norris
sey came over to this country he would get
J. cleaned out Cunningham then stepped up, and
said not while there Is such men as me about,
Some high words passed between them and Gun
ningham struck at Weyman and the latter lodged.
and do not know whether he was struck or not.
Weyman recovered himself Immediately, drew a
pistol and hired at Cunningham, who fell back ap-
parently dead. When Weyman fired the pistol
Cunningham was walking towards the door or
standing in the door. ! saw no weapon III Cum
ninghams hand.
There were several other witnesses examined
who corroborated the above testimony, two stat
ing, however, that the shots were fred by Wey-
man. 3 yE ~ ln8f
The Jury returned verdict Of aDeath from a
pistol shot wound discharged in the head, said
pistol being in the hands of one Charles Wey-
man. IA
Weyman on Monday surrendered himself to the
Chief Of Police, and is in prison awaiting examin-
alton.
LARcESrEs. Corporal Carroll on Tuesday arres-
ted the slave woman Elcy, belonging to Mrs.
Fortin in the Third District on the charge of hay-
ing stolen two gold watches and chains from Mrs.
Pierre Corre, at her residence on Plauche street.
He afterward found both the watches at Mrs.
Fortina house, and found one Of the chains in pos
session of Philip another slave belonging to Mrs.
Fortin. Recorder Long viii inquire into the mat
ter soon.
A fine gold watch and chain and some valuable
IT. r
the steamer Sharpe, night before last, by some
thief who got off undetected.
Martin Rooney was arrested last night at q quar-
ter to II o'clock, by officer Mcintyre on Circus
street, charged with badly cutting Patrick Con-
molly with pocket-knife, in the abdomen, side and
pit Of the stomach. The wounded man was sent
to the Hospital. Rooney was very cool about it
giving up his bloody knife and stating that he had
cut Connolly for calling Mrs. Rooney a prostitute.
FORK AND PoCKETKNIFE-Wm Roberts was ar.
rested on Tchoupitoulas street at 81 o'clock
last night, by Officers Hewitt and Devine, charged
with stabbing James O O'Hara several times in the
abdomen with fork, in Mrs. Mahoney's boarding
house. The story is, that O. 'Hara was yaunting Iii
muscle, and swearing to it that he could throw
over the gallery any man in the house upon whcl
hOUeIIS Wtut hb Hill Mltn y l1ui
was sent to the Hospital, believed to be danger
ously hurt, as the indications were that his intes
tines had been punctured.
| FIRST DISTRICT GouRr.--Judge HINT. -Thoma
McCune yesterday pleaded guilty to charge o
| larceny, and was remanded to await sentence.
Wesley Harris, +. m. c., was tried for murder
He was steward Of the steamboat Telegram, AM
whilst the boat was coming down the river, SOM
time last year, killed aiwhte waiter named John
| by striking him in the head with piece Of wood
The jury, failing to render verdict up to lat
hour last evening, were locked up for the night.