New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-01-17
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er, residing above the city, nsxs Carroiifss
ferday afternoon went around md efsrast5 Sf{ 80
carriages he could find en- 81 CharIss mi Cssss
sssesis M ~ r. go = l Y sd Y w. funeral u IL
different drivers) having sent him 10 eixsFs them
He got together n carriages some driven r. w6if
men and others w darksys. HI said tke iarrrSI
was e take place on First street, ii dc Fon1tk
In the foremost carriage he led lie NAV. Is.
ether twenty carriages rattsing along behind, and
forming spleadid Line of two squares ~ more n
out, stopped to look at 4, and 10 wonder Who raa
dead n, - 8 81
Arrived at First street, Mr jackson seemed y -
puzzled as to where the funeral was- All last ~
directed the leader 70 drive to church ii tie II
cinity, which church he named. Away went tie
twenty-one carriages, and soon they were AZ tie
church but the building was vacant, locked Id.
and nobody around. Then, undsr pretsnce Of a.
quiring Of the people around II they knew anything
Of funeral, Mr.. Jackson got out Of his carriage
Pretending TO be very anxious IN his INQUIRIES he
took thc tirst opportunity of giving The Jehus eg
ua,t~5 fkt AI0 nf0deA In q vacant lot AUaIl1
street, and thought himself rid OF the carriaces and
the drivers But il seems that some of the driverp
already stapecting that all Was not right with Nr
jackson, kept their top eyes open Cd HIM ana two IN
them followed him. One of these, driver 81 No. ii
saw him dodge into the lot Jscks 4 fa1,cjed 81
was mot detected ia his hiding, for when No. IL
left biz carriage and gently climbed up ard looked
over the fence, jackson was squatting ii corner.
peeping through crack Of the fence and his fyo-
ries grinning from ear to ear, evidently cnjoyinp
the trick he had played, and waiting "a sss h9z
tWenty-one victims On their djscone6Iafa rrtn,,s
down town.
No. II jumped over and ordered him Il, snx.
render, He refused. No. IL then PROPOSED q,
split bis skull open with the butt or lii Ehip m
surrendered. No. IL took hira in his cerraSe Ard
followed by second carriage (this carriage hay-
ing come along to see that the fugitive did NOT a
cape from the other whilst under wayl soon intro-s
daced him 70 the grand concIaye ID waiting con
sisting OF nineteon other drivers with nineteen
empty carriages.
1 Here Jacksonis naturally honest booking coyn-
tenance and the sincerity of his apologies and ex
plantations, induced the Jehus To listen 10 him once
more. He declared that they must have been fee
late Tor the funeral, and that If they would 20 to
tne PROTESTANT Cemctery, at the head Of Girod
street, they would either find the funeral there a.
on the way.
Down town again came the twenty-one empty
carr,agss, nying ana everybody along the streets
tarS n m.s aiS srn y was Az ths cee-
ts.S, a1ptnet hait No funeral there. The a.
VI sGAson seemed to consider the crowd
~. them tnat there had been no
rko ~ as,s ihlaetas M lnsre 'sl aurng tne aay
n AuS 1sshtSs HOW LOOK IofH1al Possession Of