New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-25
NUMBER Al.

DOWN. the Chief told him that be bpself had die.
tated the letter, just to catch him and told him
good many things that he didn't relish; among
Others that il be was really the New Orleans cor
respondent OF TIE Police Gazette his skin could be
sold for FIVE or ten thousand dollars and that he
(the Chief Of Poiiee) would just as soen skin bin,
then and there as not. Hutchinson ps.s on airs Of
| offended dignity, rapping his swell-leg breeches
with his little rattan, and finally, in reply TO some
thing said, called the Chiefa liar The Chief slapped
his face, and would have punished him further, but
for the interference of benevolent old gentleman
who happened to be in the Office at the time This
interference in his behalf made Hutchinson spunky
as rat, and on being ordered to leave he refused
The Chief then kicked him out of the Office, and
out Of the building into the street. Mr.. Hutchinson
then left. The kicking seemed to have done hin
some good, for Mr.. Owens received yet another
note from him, a. follows:
Mr.. O,cens-I am of. If you viii drop the affair
Twill leave the city as soon as possible and will
not NEEDLE with anything of the kind again. am
nave TOO much power and influence for me to CON
tend with.
But before the Chevalier got OF, he was arrested
on an affidavit made by Mr.. Owens charging him
with attempting to levy black-mail. In default of
$500 bail to appear for examination, Recorder
Summers sent the Chevalier to prison. The ar
rest, and Mr.. Owens affidavit we published last
week. Messrs. Webster s. Holmes, the employers
Of Hutchinson, were, il seems so well satisfied OF
the rascaliy character Of their clerk that they de-
clined going bail for him, or even visiting him in
prison. The box in the post office, to which Hutch
inson had requested Mr.. Owens to address his re-
| plies, was the box ol Messrs. Webster q Holmes.
| During the progress of the interesting cores
pondenee above given, MFR. Owens wrote to
friend in New York, to call upon Mr.. Matsell, Of
the Police Gazette and ascertain whether Hutchin-
son had actually sent a letter or letters to that
| office for publication. Mr.. Owens has received
the following reply:
4 NEW YoRK, April ls, 1860
\ John p. Omeas, Esq Dear Sir-I called on
Mr.. Matsell, and found that the letters mentioned
| by you had arrived. The same person had written
4 several letters for publication.
| Respectfully yours
1 Now, isn't this g Doctor'' Hutchinson d mice
young man for small tea party ~
Yesterday Hutchinson had himself brought be-
fore Judge Duvigneaud, in the Third District Court
| on writ of habeas corpus. 1t being shown that
there was no law to punish attempt at extortion,
the Judge confirmed the writ, and set the prisoner
at liberty. rs
I We have no doubt that the 4 Doctor will now
fulfill the promise in his last note to Mr.. Owens.
If he will call at the Crescent Office he shall have
several eopies Free of this truthful account of his
doings in this CITY, to entertain and solace him d-
ring his travels.
The MnRDER OF LOUIS DITRY.-Coroner Beach
yesterday investigated the affair in which Louis
Ditry was stabbed and killed by j. T. Lawrence,
early on Sunday morning, on Claiborne street
near st. Peter, the particulars of which we report
ed in yesterdays Crescent.
/. Washington Baldwin and Robert Kennedy, thu
only persons with Ditry and Lawrence at the time
of the tragedy, testified to the same effect; just a
we published yesterday; Baldwin adding posi-
lively, that Ditry was in good humor when Law
renee stabbed him, the latter being in decided,
bad humor; and that Diry never struck him, a
, | Lawrence asserted upon being arrested.
The proper verdict was rendered, and the Cor
oner filed his affidavit before Recorder Benit
charging Lawrence with murder.
f ALLEGED ARsoN.-The slave Elina was yester
day sent to prison by Recorder Benit, on the aft
davit Of Sergeant Decoux charging her with heine
/ the author of the fire which on Sunday morning
destroyed two cottages Miro street, between st
: Ann and Main.
AcouITTED.-Mrs. Julia Peter, wife Of Petel
pCnuSlucTy WAS ycSttTuHy lTitu ny heGoIutT btHi
and jury of Shareholders, the charge of having
sold grog to slave in her establishment, The tria
, resulted her aequttal.
VERY EXPENSIVE THINGS -Slung. shots are cheal
enough when bought at the manufactures, bu
rather costly when found on their owners who ma,
be in row, or who may have no very good char
7 acter. James Hollowell was yesterday subjected
by Recorder Summers, to the choice of paying 50
! or spending month in prison, on account of tn
slung shot which was accidentally found in one Q
his pockets by the police, who had arrested him a
:. dangerous and suspicious.
IN FOR IT.-Santiago Galcerin, keeper of col
: feehouse at the corner of Robin and Front Leve
7 streets, (and brother of Joseph Galceran, who's
amour with the arsenieally killed Miss 0'Reilly ha
taken up so much of the towns attention) wa
b Yesterday before Recorder Summers on the charg
8 Every serious, now a-days) Of selling liquor to
v slave. The examination was fixed for the 81
}. proximo.
u COMMITTED FOR SLuNGsHoTTING.- Recorder Sur
4 mers yesterday sent Thomas Maekin before Il
First District Court, for violent assault and ba
/, terry upon Thomas Campion administered to hi
on the 10th February last, at his boarding house
!, New Levee street; hammering him badly in u
head and neck with slungshot
10 DIscHARGED.-C. Levy, charged with stabbil
If and dangerously wounding his wife, at their res
dence on poydras street, and Philip Graa, charge
n with thrashing J. p. steubenrauch and taking h
ar accordion, were yesterday dismissed by Record
m Summers, for reasons which were sufficient. Ba
Il new Small and Mike MeLeyy were also dismisse
= from the serious charge Of garroting and hig
way robbery
ID He LIKES THE LITTLE GIRI.-Thos Bean, resi-
ing on Gannie street, is to appear before Record
rs Summers soon, on the charge Of refusing to gil
of up to her lawful guardian Mrs. Alice Rodgers, II
lis girl Ellen Riley, ten years of age.
y FIRST DISTRICT CoURT = Judge Hatft- Hen
J jenkins was tried for larceny yesterday, and fou
m guilty.
. L. r. Bazel charged with assault with int ent
kill, offered the plea of guilty to assault and b
terry, and the plea was accepted.
% Richard Beehamp, t. m. c.. charged with assa
aud battery, failed to appear for trial and his be
a was declared forfeited.
= John Henry (the Young cab-driver who xii
Bob Forbes) was tried for carrying concea
=, weapons. The jury, after three hours absen
~ az failed to agree, and were discharged; and Hei
i. was discharged on his bond to await further