New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-25

as an instructor gained him admission into some 0i
the most respectable families in the city.
We learn that the seduction Of the Young lady |
above alluded to was tho result Of a gradual and
systematic scheme which the African serpent had
artfuIly pursued for about eighteen months.
Further than this, we have good information that
the scoundrel has ruined several other white girls
in this city. The thing is too monstrous almost for
belief. Martin will be arraigned before Recorder
Emerson to-day.
COMMITTED FoR TRIAL.-James Hampton has
been sent before the Criminal Court for beating
Jacob Kleres on election day, in the Fourth Dis
tricts
CAUGHT AT LAsr.-A fellow named W. H. Bailey,
alias Blair, was arrested on Poydras street on Sa-
turday night by officer Neville. He is accused by
Mesus. Davis 4 jackson Of swindling slave Of
theirs out of his watch, and Texas the corporation
darkey, declares he is the very man thatfooed him
out Of his watch the particulars Of which operation
we published last Monday. Just before his arrest
he had fooled some fresh darkey victim out OF his
cane. Recorder Emerson will attend to him in good
time.
SHOOTING ArEAlR.--Early yesterday morning
Mr.. Stewart, the builder, detected James Clark, a
workman in his employ, in the act Of breaking ~
the yenitian blinds of his residence at the corner
of Canal and Prieur streets. He coilared the man.
and called for help from his younger brother, who
was asleep up stairs. The latter got up, ana see
ing the state Of affairs took his pistol, and seizing
Clark by the collar with one hand, and carrying
his pistol ready in the other, started to take him
prisoner to the lookup. On Prieur street, between
Palmyra and Common. Clark began to resist, and
struggling violently, shook Stewart loose and
slammed him against fence. Stewart made at
Clark again to seize him, calling for help, as he
saw a man half square of, but Clark struck him
with his fist and ran, and then Stewart fred al
! him, though he says the pistol went OH accident
ally. Clark staggered aud fell, and was after.
ward removed to the Charity Hospital, being badly
| wounded, it was believed, in his head. Stewart
meantime went and surrendered himself to tue
police.
oBrAlNgNa GooDs UNDER FALSE PRETEScEs.--
On this charge, Giovanni Zoess was yesterday ar.
rested by officer Boullosa. Specification, that be
obtained some 5000 worth of supplies from Mr..
Botto's store on Old Levee street, representing
| that he was concerned na public house at Lake
/ Borgne, when such failed to be the fact.
/ CONTINUED trial of J. G. Lawrence for the
| murder of l.. Dietry was fixed in the Criminal
I Court for Saturday, but had to be continued indef
] nitey on account of the absence of witnesses.
1 THE LAST PLACE FOR FIRE TO START rS.--We
| have it that on Saturday morning smoke was seen
l issuing from Leighton's store, AZ the corner Oh
Canal and St. Charles streets that the doors were
1 forced, and the smoke was foand to issue from
/ where do you thinks Inside of the iron safe,
4 which was closed and locked! The fire had done
] but little damage, and was at once put ont. How
| it originated is and will probably remain mystery
| SURRENDER OF BILLY DEHo.-This young man,
| one of the three implicated by Charles Carley with
Bill Lockwood in the killing of Wm Gill, (but not
tried rs he was not arrested) made his appearance
yesterday morning and surrendered himself to the
/ Sheriff. He was sent to prison to await trial the
| next time with Lockwood He states that he was
up the river, when, hearing that Lockwood was to
4 be tried so much sooner than hs had expected, he
concluded to come down and stand trial with him,
but failed to reach the city in time. Had he been
i present, he would undoubtedly have been acquit-
ted for his abb was as strong as Colson's If not
| much stronger.
4 THE TRIAL OF LOCKWOOD AND CoLsoN.-Wm.
| Lockwood and Vim. Colson were tried on Friday
in the First District Court for the murder of VIM.
| Gill, at the German festival, the Pfngstfest, on
the Hopkins plantation, Third District, the even
ing Of Sunday the 9th Of May. Gill was driver
| of carriage for Wilbur g. Arnot, of St. Louis
street, and was shot through the head whilst on
the seat of his carriage driving around the grounds
| In the carriage were the youth John Henry, the
cab.driyer who killed Bob Forbes last fall; Charles
Carlcy, carriage driver, and Parker and Tucker,
| also drivers.
] Henry and Carley, having both sworn positively
| before the Coroner that Bill Lockwood did the
shooting, and that Henry was the person shot at,
and Carley having further sworn that Bill Golson,
Billy Demo, and Billy Q. G. Donnell were with OF
/ behind Lockwood when he did the shooting and il
| being understood that much contradictory testi-
5mony would be offered for the defence, and, fur
thermore, large portion of the public having al
1 ready made up their minds that the accused were
guilty of the murder, and were naturally curious
\ to know what could be offered in defence, the
court room was jammed at an carly hour; re
| mained jammed until haf-past o'clock in the
evening, when recess of one hour was taken.
| was jammed again at half-past S o'clock, and re
manned jammed until the court adjourned, at
| O'Clock on Saturday morning. We never saw So
| long session Of any court in this city, or such
| anxiety on the part of a mob of spectators, who
remained sitting, standing, squeezed up together,
| dripping with perspration, discarding meat and
drink, and ignoring every other consideration Of
comfort, which might have exposed them to the
single scene of the trial of the great and allah.
sorbing Lockwood case.
Attorney General Semmes and District Attorney
Bradford appeared for the State, and Col. Field
and Mr.. Micou for the prisoners. The Grand
Jury's finding had indicted not only Lockwood and
Golson, but Demo and Donnell but the two first
named alone were tried the other two not being
arrested. The most important witness for the
defence was absent This was VIM. Kicks, the
President of the Pfngstfest, whose testimony, il
was said, would show positively that he saw the
shooting, chased the man who did the shooting
and saw that that man was not Lockwood, whom
he knew well. Notwithstanding the absence Of
this Witness (and this absence of his was fully eX
planned by the Deputy Sheriff, upon good author
ity, as owing to sickness and death in his family il
Mssissippi) Col. Field concluded to proceed tt
trial, and tho trial began.
The following gentlemen constituted the jury
after some twenty or more jurors had been chal
lenged by the prisoners and by the State, and Sc
a aside for cause w. p. Saunders, Jas. MeClelland
A. Rom, G. A. Parks, j. NJ. Grosiean, j. Fl. Frail
George Moore Jean Ssrpss, Henry kopman, join
?, Herbert A.Abadie and w. IL. Hewitt
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