New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-05-22

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him entirely he then laid II down os;ss
after we promising him lie Would ,,ot n h,,xf
laying it down. The captain then took hod 81 lin
came Inc dowp n and ws secured hm by putting irons
his w0olen clothes. don't know IF Mr. Fovt ihad
been to bed bnt Judge he had from ths ranrsr 4.
which he was dressed am satisfied thai tkere
had been no previous difficulty between Fort ana
Sheath. As lwent into the cabin saw Sleatb iIravw
his knife from Fort reekiug with blood saw ~
playing between Fort and Eleath ! az net thsnk
cards at any time together fiji, Z knars Shss
another man before got up, a. nat xnx~ sss,s
Fort had reference to when he said, Fer Cora
sake not to kill him. s s5.5SESsi
1 James Y. North, sw0rn-I am bar -keerer on tha
steamer B. L. Hodge, had been aaleep the FORE
part OF the night, and came down into the ealin
about IL O'Clock on the night Of the 18th Of May,
1850, and saw three men sitting at table plnying
cards Sheath was standing at the back, and 10
me left Of one Of the men who was playing, and
who was cut in the throat. The game Of cards
that the three men were playing at ceased. when
man who was looking on got up and went 10
ped. Ihe two, OF The men who had been playing
"seven-np." They played but one gains, when
one OF them got up and went to his room. Then
the man that got his throat cut engaged in aafae
Of sssevenupn with the only remaining man az
cept Sleath and myself. While they were pIavirc
this game, Sheath moved from the left to tie rirIt
OF Jernigen, and suddenly pulled out bowie knife
| turned and made q cut me- I dotlred threw NJ,
my arm, and the knife cut my shirt sleeve and also
my undershirt. We three all jumped Up ana ran.
j made my way mp to the texas on the aurrieane
deck, and alarmed the officers. Before the men
could get ready TO come down, the clerk came up,
and the officers Of the boat went down and secured
Sleath Mr.. Lyle and Fort were both killed after
left tthe cabin Neither Lyle nor Fort was in the cabin
when the first difficulty commenced, nor had they
any difficulty with Sheath. Neither did Lyle or
Fort play cards with sleath. TO the best sf my
belief both Fort and Lyle were in their berths
asleep at the commencement of u 'ifnculty
neither had they any difficulty with t. ,erson ON
board.
Celeste gdrcis, ~, G., sworn-I am porter Of
the steamboat B. +. Hodge. On Friday morning,
about O'Clock, was asleep on the floor OF the
cabin and was awakened by noise like persons
qaarreiing, and heard the words kill him y Z Kill
him. got right up, and sat down in q chair.
saw MI. sleath come ont Of room No. A. did not
at that time know what had been done. / saw
nsa.l WAN t9rWard ao W. wassr laT, and almost
was in his night clothes. who aftsrvards iss,nss
was Mr.. Fort. / heard Mr.. Fort halloo out, hold
me, am bleeding TO death. They were in the
and ralhei ra;,a ~ W ~ Saua ~ sa1e s ons
/ about midway ef tie cabin then saw he had q
/ knife in bis hand. At that time q gentleman from
| room No. came out. Wnen i, % saw Sieath com
an than want into tas rnn, nd ss,,t al ~ a
all this time had been sitting ID my chair. now
| thought was IN danger, and got up and went to
thsonrI c,sath @ha ursnsh y .1aax " Lun
| forward, stoned at the stove. when 4 centlensn
with an iron bar in his hand told him {Sleathl 70
put down az ~ knne q ne would XIII him with the
Sieab . Come hero ~ s .en sar anu \. saa g
give me that knife; won't hurt you.n 4 had
| then walked forwardJ Sheath then either put
down ne knlie Or dropped IT. and gave himself
@ ~ sno o osRsal mnsn ~ usy pu. Iluns en hlnl-
from that room first saw seath con;ng J. nrs " s
Sheath occupied room No. s. He was first z deck
passenger, and not being satisfied, had just come
ap .aa. eSSsn,ng previous 70 ,ne muIaeI. about
a gentleman standing in the cabin said there Il 4
man Kiliea ID so; 7. Alter Sleath was !roned We
When want To- tha dor - NJ uead IN - s n.s r
on his back with hs head resting ayanst he onf
side door, and his feet towards the door opening in
me cabin, with ms breast covered with blood, and
~ r, .ne eess .,, =, ny AnoWieuse was ue4u.
.ne jury snen .enuersa 'ae iohsWins se1u'c..
Al'er viewing tne oody oi tne salu ohafies W.
Pofl, ana pos1-mof'em examnahon maae ny
- mar Wy rhysic'a',' He nnu 'hatne san.e -
the abdomen, about two inches in length penetrat-
ing and transfxing the colon, stomach and other
portions of the viscera, causing hemorrhage and
almost instantaneous death; and from evidence
given before us, we do say that said wound was
inflicted by bowie knife, the blade Of which was
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