New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-17
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that Ms mistress, Ellen Dougherty, some five or six
weeks missing, had been murdered and cut to
pieces by him, and her fragments buried in a well
in the back yard.
Bowers is happy father to three interesting
children by his deceased WIFE, prior to his Illegal
alliance with the fair Dougherty One Of the little
cherubs prattled around the neighborhood that pa
had killed ma and buried her in the well; that pc
had told her abe could play under the house now,
as mas ghost was gone away and 50 on. The
nefghbors with that kindly interest for which
neighbors have always been celebrated and shall
be forever best, whispered and talked until they
acquired very respectable amount of excitement.
The child had told the story in an innocent and
truthful way-fact number one. Ellen had been
missing for some tfme-fact number two. The well
in the yard was actually filed up-fact number
three. Horreri
Bowers was incentnently nabbed and boosed.
He said the woman was intenperate, aud had left
him in jealous milf and gone over the lake.
Bowers son, little Bowers, said SO too; but
shocked and horror-strieken community had to
be satisfied, so it was announced that the old wen
would be dug out again on yesterday.
Lieut.. Crevon and posse of officers Of the
Second and Third Districts accordingly went yes.
terday forenoon to dig the well or have it dug,
whilst Coroner Beach staid al his office serenely
awaiting tidings Of the bones. He had snpped on
horror SO much, that this worst Of horrors never
disturbed his equanimity in the least.
Well, the well was dug; and it was a well re-
markably well dug, in the presence of an excited
and breathless multitude of people; whose eyes
fairly started in looking for pieces of skull teeth,
leg-bones, hair, and dry goods, in the up-fying
shovelfalls Of dirt Deeper dug the laborers, and
more intense did the wonder and excitement grow.
At last, the suspense was relieved. At depth of
ten feet, the diggers found-the bottom Of the old
well. The police went home and the multitude
mizzled. The horror was at an end
The police, however, deserve credit, for there
was widespread excitement in Bowers vicinity,
which it was necessary to probe, CT dig to the
bottom They did SO, and are entitled to just as
much credit as if they had found the imaginary
bones. Bowers, once more at liberty, will prob
ably take an early opportunity of paying his res
poets to his loving and sympathetic neighbors.
MORE BELL AND EVERETT CLUBS ORGANIZED. At
length the good work of organization is finished in
the Third District. The Bell and Everett men of
the Seventh and Eighth Wards assembled in strong
force on Saturday night at the Third District Ex-
change. They organized under the name of the
Union Guard, and elected the following gentle
men to the Offices:
President, Aug. Duquercron; Vice-Presidents,
George Clark, John B. Leefe; Grand Marshall
Chas. O. Leblanc; Assistant Marshals, P. Schom
berg, S. D. Maxwell Benz. p. Leefe; Secretary,
Louis Power; Treasurer, VAL St. Ceran; Finance
| Committee, John B. Leefe, Chas. W. Culbertson,
| George Clark, Chas. E. Forter, U. F. Secshnay-
Dire, James Brooks; Committee of Arrangements.
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Morel, P. schomberg, and Ghas. LeGharpentier.
After the organization the club was addressed
by our friend Mr.. Noble, of the Second Dis
trict, in warm and appropriate manner. After
the address the meeting adjourned with three
| times three cheers for the good cause and its ad
vocates, to meet again this evening, and every
Monday evening until the election. Let there be
full attendance tonight. The arrangements
must be made for the great demonstration on We'd
nesday night m...~.y
| The i" Fossils Guard" fine band of patriotic
young gentlemen, organized at Odd Fellows Hall,
on Saturday night. The chief officers are Presi.
dent or Captain, R. L. Bruce; Treasurer, G,
Huchez Secretary, Charles Thompson. The Fos
ss' Guard may be looked for on Wednesday
night.
Still another club, the Everett Knights" was
organized on Saturday night, with the following
gentleman as officers; President, R. G. Latting
Vice President, A. e. Bakewe; Treasurer, VIM
Gribble; Secretary, Charles NJ. Frost; Grand
Marshal w. R. Fish
Will there never be an end to the Bell and Ever
ett clubs? The thing is altogether unparalleled il
this city.
FIRE AND SUPPOSED INcENDIARIsM.-On Saturda,
morning at quarter to O'Clock fire was dis
covered in store No. 1893 Magazine street. Th
,, alarm was promptly given, and the fire was pu
out before one-hai Of the engines could get to th
spot. The damage suffered was triiing.
There were strong grounds to believe this an at
Of inoendiarisml and subsequently two men, name
:, William Miller and Thomas Whaley, were arreste
on suspicion of having set the fire. They were a
raigned before Recorder Emerson and remande
until further examination. .-#... e. ..==
FIRE.-Two little shanties over the river wer
7 destroyed by fire between 8 and 10 O'Clock las
night. Some fieecy, halftransparent clouds to tf
North caught the light and passed around by tt
. East to the South with an effect which puzzled a
= who saw it. Some thought it was the auror
others fanced it some unheard-of phenomenon
. the heavens. The clouds were just thick enoug
= to reflect the light, without looking like cloud
i STABBISG.-M. w. Murphy, keeper of the Tex
I. Home, was arrested on Saturday night at ocloc
Al for stabbing man named James Coyle in the bac
,. with bowie knife. The occurrence took place
n the corner of St. Joseph and Tchoupitoulas street
"a Coyle was taken to the Charity Hospital, and WI
!. believed to be dangerously wounded. VIM. Me
% rahan and Frank Dairy were arrested as witnesst
m in the case.
A. OUTRAGE BY A SLAVE. - George, slave of NJ
D. Adams was arrested on Saturday night, by citize
il Hackett and brought to the First District loeku
lie for breaking the arm of q black woman, also
rs slave
70 PiCKrPocRET ARRESTED Citizen Hubert ]. era
A sow arrested on Friday nighta man named Thorn
e Mccormick, whom he charged with robbing him
/, $72 so whilst in the jackson Railroad Depot Nj
is Cransow turned over his prisoner to the police
lie Mccormick will have TO settle this unpleasa
matter with Recorder Emerson.
l. IMPORTANT ARREST. After several nights of clio
l. watching, Lieut.. Mazerat, of the Third Dstr
. succeeded on Saturday morning in arresting Pier
"a Capdevelle, the partner of Montenegro and Zape
=, in the attempted burglary at Barriere Bros,
: goods store on Canal street. Capdevielle is d.
: perate character and was armed with two revol
@ ers when arrested, but the Lieutenant came up
= = him so suddenly that be had no time to use
~ weapons if he intended doing So This arrest