New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-17

ticksts in the city before going to the pair
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MetnfHie Jockey CIuB.
This cIsb met on Wednesday evening, at the
81. Charies Hotel, to reorganize. Cen. Paul o.
IHebers Was chosen president, Cen Harry r,
rays wee president Richard Miltiken, Ess. score
t.affy, and Walter H.. Peters, Esq. treasurer
alter Al the transaction Of some rontine business
tHe nt, cub adjourned to Thursday next Tnrfmen
%ht pe gratiaed to learn the facs, of which we
Deea appslsed by Mr. II. B. Foley, superin-
eeLueht OF the Metaire Track that there is already
Ss5orance that from nine to'eleven stables will be
ie!e tIt lof the meeting of the 22d of next moIth
me old members of the club, who wish to con.
hhae IN membership are reupested to send their
names to the secretary on or before the I5th
proximo. 'n' t''A
sNii'sni Theft Of $4,000 at the Poston1ce.
Yesterday Mr.. Lapeyre. of the bankino bonsa
OF Pike Lapeyre & Brother went fo tfa pct
once TO forward, by mail, two packages. twenty
tlousaLd dollars each Of United States comuonnd
i1esfest le5! notes. While buying stamps from the
clerk TO put on the packages and tatling money
from his pocketbook to pay for the sIamHs a
man approached him and, drawing his attention
to note on the floor, in a manner sugeesting to
mr.; LaPeyFe that ne had dropped it, he stopped
and picked it up finding it to be one dollar bill
Resuming his purchase ofstamps, in few seconds
ne discovered that one of the packages. both Of
which he had laid in the middle window through
h4th Is lliu WIFI lne clerk mad
appeared MIR. Lapeyre at once realized that the
doilar Dill had been dropped as bait to Withdraw
his attention from the packages, and instant
search was made for the rascal who executed his
part OF the plan so adroitly, but he not to be
seen, having passed out through several men, who
where perhaps his cOnfederates and who stood
about Mr. Lapeyre.
The police have Of course, been apprised Of this
daring and skilifui piece of knayery. and doubt
less every effort will be made by them to discover
the adrOit author OF authors of the witty scheme
For many months the city has been free from the
presence OF the abler classes of professional
thieves. This event is an admontion that the ad,
vance is here Of legion that may be expected
from all parts Of the country, to prey upon the
muititudes that will attend the fair which COM
me1ces on Tuesday. Many years ago, accom-
plished pickpockets and other thieves had their
beats" allowed to them; but that time is gone,
never to be seen again, it is hoped, in New Or
leans; and with the vigilance and dexterity of our
| present police, the public may rest assured Of
every possible protection against chevaliers Fin
dustrie.
Ball of Perseverance Exempt Society No.I3.
We beg leave to return thanks to the invitation
committee for a complimentary ticket to the grand
| fancy dress and mask ball, which is to be given
to night at the Mechanics Institute for the bene.
fit of the relief fund of Perseverance Exempt So
ciety No. IS.
Meeting OF the Hnckmen's Benevolent Asso.
citation.
It will be seen by an advertisement in the spe
cial notice column, that a meeting of the Hack
mems Benevolent Association will be held to-mor
row evening. Business of importance will come
| before the meeting.
One More Upfortunnte-Death From NJ
Unknown Cause.
About o'clock yesterday morning the neigh
| borhood at the corner of Rampant and Perdidt
streets was disturbed by the outcres of the in
mates Of house No. Is Perdido, and upon pro
ceedng to the spot the body of a woman was dis
covered to be in well, with everything to indicate
that she had come to her death by violence. The
well itself was in the middle Of of those damp
| court yards so common to this city, and the sur
| face OF the water was scarcely half foot below
| the level of the surrounding ground The moutl
OF the well was bucked up, was not ia yard il
length and not more than a foot and half il
width. The orifice was ordinary, covered with
strip OF wide plnnk and the foliage of a large ba
mana tree would have almost concealed il from tht
observation OF casual observer. The enarrownes
OF the entrance Of the well and the fact that it wa
generally covered, were both sufficiently positive
facts to remove the presumption that the dealt
might have been accidental Al for the house. j
was crazy structure-hdeons as to its genera
appearance, and still more SO in the character o
the Pnriafis and outlaws from society, by which j
was inhabited. The name Of theSdeceased waE
| Anne Moody, girl of English birth, who came tc
this city with respectable parents about ten years
ago. One of the facts that is now testified to is
that her mind reverted to that period of her life
| bhl IL lew hours before her aeuIn, ana sne Ilen
stated that she had been betrayed from her home,
! and had never returned. After her seduction and
ruin, it had not required great lapse of time to
reduce her to the general level of the dnleS
dd1RRGeS, by whom she was at the time of her
death surrounded. Six months before she had
been incarCcrated in the Workhouse for dssolute-
ness of character, and she had just escaped the
| day she came to her death.
The evidence is that she had been despOndinn
during the day, but she appears, according to the
witnesses, to have been more troubled because
she had no gay apparel, than from any other feel.
ing OF rem0rse. A short time before she disap
| peared, she sent after and drank Il quantity Of
liquor, and was last seen sitting in the open Gil
with her hair down her back. Her absence was
not noticed until carly yesterday morning wheI
the discovery OF the body with thea feet upwart
produced the eXclanations and cries to which w
have alluded. 1t is perhaps worthy of remarl
that the frail sister who discovered her body hat
only short time previous attempted death b,
drowning herself IN the same well, and had wit
difficulty been recovered.
The inmates OF the house were arrested an
yesterday examined before the coroner's Jury
The verdict of the latter body was that the dc
ceased came to her death at the hands Of som
unknown party; but an examination of the fact
makes it perhaps more probable that it was til
result of her own act. There appears to hav
been no ill-feeng or difficulty, according to all {
the witnesses, and the onlydoubtful cirGumstanc
about the matter is, that suspicious charactt
was arrested who had been prowling about til
: premises for an hour or so, about the, time tt
deed is supposed to have transpired. As for ii
evidence taken before the coroner, it throws L
light upon the matter, and is not sufficiently inte
ligible or interesting to, be worth publication.
suspicion of foul play seems TO haxe been raise
, because there was soAle difficulty in removing Il
! bloated body from the narrow Woll but it 7
! quired two strong Ben to remoze living boz
4 from the same orifce, whom no one could dou
! had sought death OF her own will. All Of the W
d nesses who were examined were discharged wit
: out any suspicion Of guilt.
5 Accident on II Street Car,
One of those accidents which painfully remi,
|; parents of the duty of endeavoring to persua
p their children from common practice with be