New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-24
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY "a, 1866.



two or three times a day. There was no regular
The testimony for the prosecution was resumed.
mrs. Bsrtsd Wetner, snorn.--The only material
| portion Of the testimony of this wines 'iat
she. was living in Mrs Crspehs house, 6q IS IL ne
| gotiatfng with her fol purchase Vi The iHrni-
ture intending to keep the house and the accused
outbl5dng her some five six hundred dollars, de-
ieated tlle negotiation. Mrs. Brown told witnesss
| she was foolish to offer so much slf ASH I
\ smart enough. Mrs. Brown seemed t, ba IN
charge of the hoase, Mrs. Crouch beng
unable tr attend to it.
| lii. M. BOOK, sl0o77-The examination Of this
Wltaess occupied long time, and was somewhat
| desultofy. We condense his Testimony, .siminat,
ing irrelevant matter and repetllons. He was q
rooiner in Mrs. Crouchs house and had b8eIiEfor
upwards,ot year before her death. He aeconfpa-
med the accused about q dozen times to ice creamt
saloons, to treat her. Once he rode her down in
buggy to the lake. On several occasions, when
| gong out with her to get ice cream, Mrs.
| Crouch asked him to buy some for her and Mrs.
Brown would bring it home. The last time he
| bought cream for her was the evening Of the
Thursday before she died. On leaving the saloon,
witness ohered to bring home the cream, which
was in tumber, but she said she could carry it,
1t was not too heavy. She always carried it when
| ever he bought cream for Mrs. Crouch. On the
way home, she told him she was going to
| open house Magazine or some other
| street, and asked him if he would not move
with her. Previously, on the 16th of August,
! Mrs. Crouch told him in Mrs. Browns presence
that she going to sell her furniture to Mrs B.,
| aud mat SITE TPFla receive the rent after Tie
18th September On that day he paid Mrs. Brown
| half months rent, 81 so. She gave him
receipt for So. He asked her why she did so.
She answered, "never mind, I'll want you
| for a Witness" When on the way from the
| ice saloon she said she was going to
move. Witness asked her, have you mot bought
| the furniture?' She said, "no, | don't want it
| it is old and worn out; for the same money
| | can buy new furniture" When they reached
the, house witness stopped about minute and
| a half talking to an acquaintance at the
street door; when he went up stairs he found Mrs.
| Brown waiting for him; they entered Mrs Croueh's
| room together and she gave the tumbler of ice
| cream to Mrs. Crouch who ate several spoonsful.
| Witness noticed that paper covering the tumbler
was not on it when they entered the room. About
| IL o'clock Mrs Brown came to Witnesses room,
| woke him up, said Mrs. Crouch was very sick and
| asked him to go for the doctor. He went to Mrs.
| Crouch's room and told her he was not acquainted
! much in the city and could not find the doctor.
Mrs Crouch said Mrs. Brown would go with him,
and she did CO. On the way witness observed to her
you must tell the doctor what Mrs Crouch ate.
She answered, " no, let him find out himself.n
When they returned with the doctor Mrs. Crouch
was vomiting. The doctor asked her what she
had been eating. She told him pickles, meat and
ice cream. Mrs. Brown took witness in TO see the
body soon after Mrs. Crouch's death. on Sunday
evening. In reply to remark he made about her
death, Mrs. Brown replied, g She ought to have
been dead two years ago. She had two tongues
The day of the funeral Mrs, Brown showed witness
aHreceipt for payment for the furniture. Witness
laughed She asked ?n Witness reminded
her of what she said on the way from the ice
cream saloon, that she had not bought and would
not buy the furniture.
Cross. .eranci11ed- Witness explained discrepan-
cies between his testimony now and that before
the recorder by saying that he did not understand
the English language then as we'll as now. Some
times sent Mrs. Brown supper, dinner and break
fast from a restaurant, because she brought him
something to his room that he wanted He
t could not say what it was. She wanted olce t.
borrow hundred dollars from him, but he re
fused, saying he had not it. She never took his
7 arm going for ice cream. He did not ask her to
live with him as his wife. He already had a wife
at the North, and didn't want another. Was not
afraid his wife would hear of his gallanting
to saloons, or riding with them on the shell road
! Went to the sheriff s Office to sign some paper
but when the sheriff asked him if he would
0 go six thousand dollars security for Mrs
r Brown, he refused. When the doctor camt
with witness to see Mrs. Crouch; he gave her med
/ icine and she vomited after taking it. Witness
: did not see her Yomit before. She had q serval'
s waiting on her. Two or three weeks after the
. death of Mrs. Crouch Mrs. Brown said to witness
t she had heard they had taken Mrs. Crouch out Of
the grave and found poison in her. Witness asked
her what she had to do with that; if she knew any
thing about il? She made no reply, but motoned
!; | Vritreaa out of the room.
Mrs.. Riordan, saeo77a-Witness occupied room
4 in the house of deceased and was with her when
, Mr.. Book and Mrs. Brown came in with The ice
: cream. The tumbler was full, and Mrs. Crouch
ate most of the cream. Witness's daughter, then
between and years old, ate four or five tea.
spoons full She was taken sick about three
r hours after ard was vomited and purged
dnriBg the night She was better in the morning
0 when some paTagoric and oil was administered to
a her, and that evening she was entirely well. She
5 has enjoyed good health since. She was at her
. aunt's the day she ate the cream and ate there
: pancakes. The attack seemed like cholera mOrbus
, About The 18th of August Mrs. Crouch informed
the dodgers that thenceforth they should look upon
{ Mrs. Brown as their landlady. On the morn
] ing after witnesses child was sick Mrs. Brown
d brought up some wine for the child. Witness
d gave her some which she vomited. Witness no
tCed no effect from the wine the child's teeth
d Captain Henry @. Riordd1, husband OF th&
last wtness,) sC0T3l-His testimony in regard Il
e her mother, adding, however, that the child ii
y vomiting threw up the cake she had eaten, seem
e ngly indigested On the morning Mrs. Croucl
d died Mrs Brown called witness up stairs and tOlt
3 him she had bought The furniture; had not pait
h for it account of Mrs. Crouch's sickness bu
y the money was all safe in in Mrs. CrOuch'
II ROOM Next day she told witness she had paid 70
the furniture, and showed him q bill of sale ac
knowledging the receipt eff thousand fifteel
s hundred dollars. Witness observed there was bu
g one witness to the bill, Mrs. Theard Mrs
II Brown answered that was mere matter of form
and asked witness if he would notsign it, which h
&c refused with expression of indignation. Subse
% quently saw the same bill of sale, attested by tw
II witnesses.
III AT 10 O'Clock it was agreed that it would b
impossible to get through the last night, an
the court adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning.