New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-14

and Burgundy strpets MI about u o'alock NJ !
saw crowd coulipy mn Hurpuplv street com, /
posed of negroes, with a aag and mri4te. one who
appeared To be the leader. Was flonri5hing a loaded
stick and pushing pu0ple out of the wav. as well |
as haooiug to every one to clear the way. When |
the middle Of the procession reached tie point |
out of the procession and struck white lad stand
ing near the procession Mr. Creyon of the police, |
Immediately arrested one of these negroes. The |
negroes in the procession attemUted to rasrua him
| assisted Mr. Creyon to hold on to his prisoner |
The negroes attempting the rescue gtruci, at Mr. |
Crevou several times. heard at this time the
report of pistol and saw the smoke, Indicating
TINT il was fred from the procession We etortn4
off with the prisoner. About twenty of the ne.
gro crowd followed u.s. crying out it was a shame
to allow one of their men to be taken prisoner
when there were so many of them there. One
of them grabbed Mr. Creyon by the shoulder
and told him to let 90 his prisoner. This crowd
continuing to follow Mr.. Crevon pulled out his
pistol and pointed it at them | told him to shoot
Mnotl he u1 NO. w. S"5IIGs nc ul9 uoO wan W
and the prisoner was taken off. | went as far as
CarOndeIet street; when / returned the drum was
beating the roll at the corner of Canal and Dry
AIDES streets. The procession then formed and
marched To the front OF the Institute where they
commenced hailoong and whoopinr A crowd
was soon collected on Canal street across Drvades
street, composed of citizens and some c6lored
people among them The negro crowd from near
| the Institute commenced throwing bricks and
| firing pistols into the crowd on Canal street The
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stIeP' aounH tug u'oIa vi INC nan, IL WnlcA
/ 'te coh5tAtlou met smut We Nleh came u9"h
SUITS anu t"Nlg ouO q" uts nuhaltiS; some Went up
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M I7ti came gNt saying tley shrfeGueted' Ihey
s.uls soue OF t4e ponce ana cLIzehs remaining
uP sy@I5. Aoo1t wv ulue lHt oooE o, lAe nan,
where LHe convention i met was opened ana some
seven OF ttSHI sn9l7 AIeu from IAe nan on those
ouI9lue OF the nan. hy ms lFe saw one police
man "9uhue9 ~ Nhe beau' some shots were ifed
III return anu the crowd on tAe outlaG OF tue nan
rushed down the steps got out OF the building
ana FOUND hfHg gong on both from and at
Ihe DulQihg' ABOUT hdJ time l saw a white
nag Ae!9 out OF one OF the windows
Of the nall some OF the police then went into
the puIdlng, and we're immediately fired at and
came running Gown stars AGAIN some OF the mum
Der apparently wounded. Persons then com
mehced rushing out OF the building, two or three
at It tule' 4hey were generally attacked as they
came out, W persons IN cltzehs clothes. The
pOICe arrested, ana at great FISK protected them