New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-10
NUMBER 214.

see Porter strike John Henry they had no fuss
| drunk.
Corporal John Ke,assedu. of the city police, sta
ted that he came up after the affrag was over and
learned that man had been shot and taken to the
hospital. ne went 70 the hospital and saw Porter,
| anu anu earned taa, ne was mortally wounded. Wit
ness remained there only a. few minutes. and az he
left to get into cab he was told Porter was deads
he went to the office and made renort the
watchmen on the beat that night were Layigne and
Fleming; Henry was brought to the Office bv off,
GER Deyine, who made no charge, aa he did not
know there was a man killed; he brought him he.
cause Henry surrendered to him. 2
John Ward, sworn-On Wednesday night, at
ten minutes past IL O'Clock, was standing near
the Clay statue, when John Henry came up We
stepped in at the corner of Gravier and Dryades
We met there at the door Charley Reeves, who
told US not to go in We told him we only wanted
drink. zs Fz5s= f
Then the door was opened, and we told him we
only wanted to get drink. We found there four
young men, Jas. O'Connor, Tom Burk, Porter, and
young man. 0'Connor asked Henry to take q
drink. Henry asked me to take drink. / said
didn't want. Those men then went out, and Henry
and took drink together. We then went out
on the banquette, and as we were going out, saw
Reeves strike Burk, and Porter knock down
OConnof. Jim Porter then turned around and
knocked Henry down, and Porter fell across him.
Henry cried out: Don't kill me; I've got no
Weapons Henry then got up and ran down
Dryades street towards Common street
He went round to Garry 0lds' coffeehouse he
asked Garry to lend him weapon; Garry told
him that he did not have weapon in the house !;
then Henry went to the ten-pin alley In the back
part of the saloon, and asked some gentlemen
standing there for some weapon; he told them
that he had been knocked down and kicked like
dog by James Porter; he came out then on to
Canal street, where we first started from he then
took cab and rode down Marais street to Henryts
house, and got out at the corner of Dryades and
Canal; walked up Dryades street to get some
coffee at the market; they met officer Levine, and
said why did not you arrest those parties for beat
ing him; then James O'Conner came up and spoke
to the watchman also; while they were talking
Jim Porter and Reeves came along and Porter
said to the watchman to arrest O'Gonnor, that his
P.fs) coatwas cut by O'Connor while the officer,
Levine, was answering to Porter, Porter caught
him (the officer) by the coat collar, at the same
| time holding naked knife in his hand; Porter
cursed the watchman and dared him to draw his
revolver; Porter then saw Henry, and went to-
wards him and run him off some twenty-five or
thirty yards, but did not catch him; Porter then
returned to the watchman; Henry also came back,
and then Porter run at him with a knife; Henry
said, Jim keep back, Idon't want any difficulty
with you. Henry then backed some fifteen steps;
Porter kept still after him, and when he got within
three yards Of Henry, Henry said, " Porter keep
back or FL shoot you.n Porter kept continually
following him, and all at once the report of pis
tol was heard.
Henry called the watchman, on Perdido street,
to take him into custody. Porter cried ont that he
was shot, and then got into cab and was taken to
the hospital. The watchman ran away from
Henry. Henry asked him why he didn't take him,
and the watohman said he was afraid to take him
with pistol in his hand. Did not know that
Henry was armed and he did not tell me he was.
He did not tell me that he would go home and get
pistol. Did not know where Henry got the pis-
tO, but think at home. Did not see the pistol,
though think it was not very long one Porter
was not in sight whenI met the watohman.
After few moments of deliberation the jury
found a verdict of murder.