New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-02-12


Shortly before the closing of the Citizens Bank,
yesterday afternoon, gentleman entered to de-
post $4,000 5000 being in gold and silver coin, and
the rest in bills. He put the money the counter,
turned momentariIy to speak to friend and when
he turned again to his money it was gone. Two
gentlemen who were seen leaving rather hastily
were pursued. One escaped the other was chased
into neighborng beer house and captured. He
gave his name as Edward Crate or Graf, and had in
his possession 1922 so in coin and bills, supposed
to be of the stolen money, as well as the bank book
carried off with the money. The presence of well
dressed robbers in the banks is becoming SO preva-
lent that the legitimate and honest visitors to such
places cannot be too careful with their money.
BUGGY COLLISION EXTRAORDINARY.
| Two BUGGIEs SMASHED, HORSE KILLED, GEN
| TLEMEN THROWN OUT, ETc.-Last evening, between
| and O'Clock, horse ran away with buggy,
| somewhere out on the Common street shell road !;
it must necessarily have been somewhere this side
| Of the Carrolton Avenue Bridge. Whether the
occupants of the buggy jumped out or were
thrown out, or whether the horse started whilst
they were purposey out we could not discover.
But the fact is, that the horse and empty buggy
came flying into the city at top speed past Charity
Hospital, on the side next the.kospital; and thai
when opposite the corner this side of the hospital
the buggy overlook and came violently in collision
with another buggy, containing two gentlemen
who were walking their horse, the street along
there being rough and full of holes among the
cobble.stones. This buggy was occupied by Mr.
A. J. French, proprietor of the dry goods and va
riety store No. 1870 Poydras street (the horse ant
buggy being his own,) and his nephew, young
man named George French. The runaway buggy
in the collision locked the fore left wheel of Mr.
French's buggy, and jerked it off. The thing wa
so sudden and violent that the runaway bugg,
was slowed around and upset, and the runaway
horse was thrown off his feet and fell on his sd
with such violence that he died without kicking
This horse and buggy were from Bonham's sta
bles on Gravier street. The horse was splend
grey trotter valued at about 5000.
When this horse and buggy were killed ant
wrecked their evil impetus almost spurred the othe
horse and buggy to similar destruction. As 500
as the crash took place, and one of the wheel
of Mr.. Frenchs buggy was knocked of, letting tn
I end of the axle down to the street, and almos
capszing the buggy, the horse grew frightene
and ran off. Mr. French had the reins, and pue
with all his might, but could not stop the anma
he had the bit in his teeth; young French jumpe
: out without injury; his uncle held on viii
longer, but finding the horse entirely unmanag
e able and increasing his speed braced himself Fl
If a jump, and at last jumped alighting on his han
n and marrow.b bones in the street. One Of his kne
- ~ aud one of his feet bruised if not sprain
by the fall. He was able, however, to wa
e home; being so thankful to escape with Il
r life, and so especially reioced.that he did n
n happen to have his wife or nieces with him,
r being his habit to drive out with them often) tn
| he never bothered himself about what became
. his team.
!. After his nephew and himself had leaped fro
e the buggy, the horse flew like mad on down Con
mon street to Rampant, and then down Rampa
and other streets, smashing the buggy more ar
Is more at every turn. What became of the hor
~ was not known but the wheels of the buggy, Il
top and portions of the harness, were found sea
tered along the streets, and afterWard picked
aud carted home in furniture cart. At abo
, o'clock, loose bay horse was seen running o
q the muddy side of Common street; and the M
F were heartess enough to get joky, and to say th
r this was French's horse, on the back track,
a search of his master and buggy.
~ Mr.. French says that he heard the runaway hor
c. and buggy coming up behind him, but suppos
o, there we're some wild roysterers in the buggy,
IT, ming over the cobblestones as they would over
q shells: and had just rened his horse to the rigl
H to give the fast team free passage, when the c.
4; partly lowered, he did not look around for
3 could not have seen anything behind him had
done so.