New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-22
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER p, 1866.

Heron, the deceased asked "Who's there ?'i Mr. |
johnson replied, g | am a friend ); / don't want
to arrest you, upon my word do not" AT that
time Heron, the deceased opened the door and
made tor johnson, saying, { Cd d-n yon, what
do you want at my house?n Without waiting for
reply the deceased struck or pushed- back the
officer, don't know which, and | heard the re.
port Of a pistol l can't say who firedit. Fbave
seen the deceased several times in liquor.
John H. Rogers, s1e0ral q live on Spain street
near Victory. have known the deceased, He
ron, for five or siXyears. He was, in my opinion,
an industrious, hard working man. Yesterday
was called by Mr. Simpson and came totlle wiz
dow, when ] saw Mrs. Heron, wife of the de-
ceased, sitting at my door. She was crying, and
complaining very bitterly. Mr. Johnson niolfce
officer, requested her to go to his mothers house.
She said she would not go without her
child. Afterwards saw the same officer; told her
he would go and see her husband. He came to
the house Of the deceased--zuocked at the door
and said "Ned, my name is Patrick Johnson
upon my honori don't come to arrest you" A
moment after the deceased opened the door. i
saw him out on the sidewalk. don't know
whether he had any weapons he called the officer
| a id son of abb; he wanted TO know what
business he had to knock at his door: with that
heard tllereport ofIa pistol. had seen the de-
ceased at aboutg9 o'clockP. M. he seemed to be
| slightly intoxicated.
Charles Simpson sacorrt-LiTe at No. % Spain
street, As far as know, deceased was2a indus
trious, soner, hard-WorkiDg man. About 10 P. ".
yesterday heard a woman crying. I jumped out
Of bed, and looking through the window, saw the
woman passing by my door. | did not want her
! to see me. She went further and sat on the steps
of the next house, crying and sobbing. A police
man asked her what was the matter Did not un-
derstand all she said; but it seemed TO me she
complained of having been beaten by her hus
| band. then called la man who was boarding in
the same house with me- and told him to get up,
that there was some row in the street. The wo-
man was crying and telling the policeman the
trouble she had had with her husband. The
policeman walked in front Of my house, and
tapped four times. He received no answer.
Tapped four times again, and an officer came from
the other side of the street. The woman got up
and came to my house still crying. One of the
| officers told her to go to hsmother. One of the
| policemen offered to try to get the child With
those words he started down and came TO the door
Of the deceased and knocked three or four times.
Heard no answer--poiceman knocked again
again no answer. The deceased finally came To
the door and spoke some words, among others cali
ing the deceased a id son of b--h, at
the same time I saw the fash and heard the re-
port OF pistol. | heard the words "My God.t'
and went out. I came to Heron's grocery with
MI. Rogers behind me. did not like to come too
neaFt the door, and stood at the sidewalk near the
grocery. While ! was on the sidewalk the police
man sprung his rattle, and soon large crowd
gathering, | went home Do not know who did
4 the shooting.
The verdict Of the coroner was that the de,
ceased came to his death from wound inflicted
BY some party or parties unknown. We under
stand the ease will come upfor trial before the re-
corder on Monday or Tuesday next.