New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-02-17
arrest Escape. Pursuit. ana Death as =
5Ees Horse THIEF

81 the three men charged with horse stealing -
Wy WY recenly Escaped jail in this city--tWo have
msE thear death. Kennedy was shot and killed
WINE fessl,ng MS arrest, and VIM. Parker wAs
drowned yesterday afternoon while attempting d
escape fhe clutches of our civil officers who rero
close upon ms heels Jas, Dearing. the renianinx
nne, - IS sum az nrge Is it destined that he shai
:. About half past two o clock yesterday afternoo.
| o1ncer Robert MclIemore arrested WIN, ParNer
on ofoss SIS street He came upon him suddenly, and
on Parer ne was fully aware Of his sa
pany the ofllGer to jail but first requested ths
,aVor ,aI OF speaking private word with friend
q, III. onrl1s-who US was standing near. Curtis also
pledged his word that All should Be sriaht ~.
olncer momentarily released his prisoner. who no
sooner felt hinelf at liberty than he stepped back
anu rev nuge revolver. and threatened the on
cer WIN instant death If he should attempt To Re
take MN. McLemore was unarmed and Of couyse
poWeriess, IN the presence of a desperate and de-
lermined man with q revolver in his hand, and IL
Mas sH % give over all attempt to re,arrese
tne lelloW. In the meantime Parker disappeared.
Later in the afternoon as officers ,emore ana
Mast PETERSON were walking through pocahontas,
aha When about one hundred yards beyond the
ntlase n tney again fel IN with Parker, He recog-
lAAeu ,hem some distance ahead, however, aud At
once drew his1reyolver When within speakins
DISTANCE, and while the officers were adyanciDr -
wards im, he doggedly told them that 50 SURE e
tIey Ms attempted to take him he would kill them
II,
would be captured. Several times the pfacerx
attempted to distract his attention SO as 10 Sc
Witnln selzlng distance, but he foed ali their ef
Ie9rts, and at last compelled them to desist. He
tneh reured In the direction OF the powder r..asu
zlhe, and when he had gone hundred or SO yards
he Turned around, drew . ticker, and drank Is ths
health of the officers - y 80 -
:, Messrs. PETERSON and McLemore then came insa
.s sie Guy Ior reinforcements, and returned via
Messrs Winfield and William Williams. They fal.
lowed In the direction the fugtiyes had taken .sa
started him in the vicinity of the Did SLAUGHTER nr
near lhe powder magazine. Parker ran when ~
saw the lour policemen, and the latter gave chssr
II was an exciting race that ensued The fnr;tSus
Win ms pistol in hand, and the declaration ri, ~
Ups that ne would not be taken alive fed towaris
,l tne river, some distance ahead Of his pursnerr
Y, Y understand he offered a boatman $40 to nut
nm nm across, but no time was to be lost and ke
oaiy waited to hear the refusal before he pushed
~ ~ arriving at Roslin Gut an inlet leading from
the river. to the large meadow beyond Poes.
nontas, ne plunged in. The river being
qulte nigh, the water in this inlet was very
p over mans head in the cen
let. ine leap was a fatal one. Fatigued, almos
eAlausted, by his long race the wretched fagi.
.ye lI scarcely had the strength to exticate hin-
seii IRON the soft mud Of the inlet and only then
70 sink instead of swim. He foundered for awhile,
put before boat could be brought to his assis-
vance s, ME was extinct, and his oath was fulfilled.
The body was taken out of the water and brsagAt Z
over TO the jail, to be kept until an inquest can be
heid over it this morning.
The deceaseds pistol was lost in the inlet. The
sum of $40 and two small pocket knives were
found about hisperson O. &
Verify honesty is the best policy. and horse-
stealing as instanoed in the eases of Kennedy and y
Parker, is not always profitable IN the end. -A
sburrF WAY