New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-05-28
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and Pelican Cricket Clubs are to play a match
to-day, at the Delachaise Ground. There will be
stout and lively play and lots Of fun and excite
ment for all who 60 to see. The wickets will be
pitched at III A. M. The usual Accommodations
for ladies and other guests Of the Clubs will not be
found wanting.
TRIAL OF FIRE EsGISEs.--y Volunteer Fire Com
pany No. ! aad Philadelphia Fire Company No. IA
met yesterday forenoon at the foot OF Canal street.
to test their muscle and machines for a wager Of
$500 or $3.50 side. Both companies were fully
represented, and great crowd Of spectators was
present. No. ii made the first throw. No. l star
ted out for second throw, but the utn Of the boys
on the brakes was SO great that the connection of
aplunger broke and No. Is machine was hors du
combat. So the sport was ended before it begun.
Gus Richards, Foreman of No. IS, was stakeholder.
He still has the dds in his pocket, and the proper
representatives of the contesting companies are to
meet in day or so and decide when the final trial
shall come Off
HOMICIDE IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT. Mr.. George
S. Howe, Police Clerk at the Fourth District Police
station, was shot and killed on Friday night by
Joseph Williams steamboat engineer, at the
house of the latter on Chippewa street, between
Ninth and Harmony. An alleged intimacy between
Howe and Williams wife was what brought the
tragedy about.
Howe and Williams had been good friends for
some time, and as late as Friday, the day of the
tragedy, were seen drinking together on apparently
friendly terms. But it seems that Williams was
aware of what he considered to be an improper
intimacy between his wife and Howe-the latter
frequently visiting his house during his absence,
and his wife having repeated interviews with Howe,
accidental or otherwise, in the vicinity of the
lookup.
Around the lookup, the opinion for a willie was,
that the woman was mistress to Howe, SO fire.
quent and familiar were her visits to him, waiting
for him and accosting him on the street, and even
quarreling with him, If he remiss in his at
tentions, and making appointments to meet him
elsewhere than at her own house. One of the gen.
/ tlemen who served on the Coroners jury stated
that he was prepared to testify if necessary, that
Mrs. Williams had admitted to him that she loved
the ground Howe walked on, and that she had had
| illicit intercourse with him; also that among
\ Howe's papers were letters from Mrs. Williams
| showing that she had had an infatuation for him,
and had decoyed him into the snare which resulted
! in his bloody and unexpected death.
4 But Howe had never admitted their illicit inter-
course to anybody. On the contrary, he denied
it, and it was for the purpose Of denying it to vii
! Jams that he went 10 Williams house on Friday
/ night, when he got killed. 7 = 4 u-+-
| Howe was tall and handsome man, native OF
| Massachusetts, about 35 years Of age. He has a
| wife and children either in Massachusetts, or in
Troy, N. T., and his father is or was one Of the
| owners of the Pemberton Mills, at Lawrence Mass,
| the disastrous fall of which is yet fresh in the
public mind. He was man OF education and of
| gentlemany demeanor, liked by all who knew him,
4 and, according to his own story, had seen better
\ days, reverses OF fortune having reduced him to
| the necessity Of acting as a police clerk. He fire.
quently said that he accepted the police situation
| merely to fill out his time as he was awaiting the
settlement OF heavy lawsuit which settlement he
oeesso "ou'u mn n l'a pfosPeF
4 oas position 10 the world. #8.8 #@M
III Mrs. Williams is tall and slender woman about
! twenty-fye years Of ace rather eood.Isnsng
4 ,:..,,4 -, IL - ,,-s5 lint a =. ..
isat t'u' pu' iioU otessea VIII very prs
| possessing countenanee. She Is mother of three
| children, the eldest q handsome little boy about
1 so,,ar ,,ass ola ord tho o+bor +,,, ,;,, cba 81
'4ts ~ 80 'Ao o'i''i :" sh,s s7no SUI
4 EMMY denies that there was ever anything wrong
\ between her and Howe. The opinion of all who
i know Or knew tie parties. however. il that Mr..
y,y,ti; 4; a. .tIl e,.,4 4. -, 4I.,
"iiiiaihs 10 'he ao'iahs aui'y party anu .hae hei
intimacy with Howe was more OF her seeking than
of his
Tho nost.morten examina tion ,nsda on ratnr.
~, ".
aay ey hr' mart, shomea lnat move dleo Oh plslo
/ shot wound in the right side of the abdomen. the
bullet passing above the posterior spine of tl,e
Him and nassino ont ohova ~ ,oft s,,;na e H.
ai..' eA'n pas''e ~. w -, sp'so VI tns
same, seVefihg oolh mac veins, ana causing hem
errhage and death. Howe was shot at about IL
o'clock ON Friday night. and died at e,eloek or
$500. ,,,,,;,,,. 10 ,.,.;.,. =,
'asuloay iioihlns, ne haf fins peeu eaFf1ea 10 tie
N residence OF MT. Merkel, the butcher, where he
boarded ...
Demtv f,oroner soyanaru vesterdov investioatef
80 to,.;,,,, ,,1,, a., 90 W.,
Inc ease, tahins ohly the testihohy Oh hfs. WI
iiams, she being the only witness of the shooting
and her testimony being sufficient for all CORONA
,nrnasaa Her statement tvas ou follo,rs
tai pesss. . 10 ''9
Ireside on Chippewa street, between Ninth anG
Harmony. am the legitimate wife Of Joseph Will
liams. On Friday night, as Mr.. Williams was un-
dressing to go to bed, there knock at the door
| went to the door with lamp III my hand, ant
opened it, and Mr. Howe was standing there.
stepped back to put the lamp on the table, ant
Howe walked in | asked him to take seat bn1
he said, 'No, madam. want to see Mr.. Williams
My husband came out OF the back room. Howe
; " i, tar of e H. WY nag pesa sPeah
nv husband told him to 70 out. that he Wonld tall
to him outside. Howe said that what he had to SAL
to hlm ne ne would say IN his own house and he ther