New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-15
gqU Orleans 4atlg Qrestent.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1866
highway Robbery in Alemphls.
From the Argusl

From the August
Une oil the most outrageous highway robberes
ana Illustrations of rntianism that ever disgraced
Memphis occurred between II aud 10 O'Clock on
Friday night, by which gentleman was robbed
death, W
The name Of the gentleman is Mr.. j. NJ. Free.
man, ana the circumstances, as nearly as we could
oRlaln them, are about as follows:
1t seems that Mr.. Freeman, who has been in the
Guy ABOUT month, designed leaving for Illinois
on the O'Clock train yesterday morning to make
an investment IN real estate. He had $4,000 in
money During the day he placed it in a belt
worn next to the skin, where he intended keep.
ing it.
Ordinary precautions would have suggested
converting the funds into exchange, but we learn
ne reared he could not so readily use the exchange
IN Lhe interior town where his business called him,
and the train was to leave too early for the amount
to be drawn out Of one of our banks, if deposited
there for safe keeping over night
number Of gentlemen and ladies', Mr.. Free
man among them, spent Friday evening at the
residence of Mr.. j. W. Page, Jr., CD Third street,
above Exchange. About Ii o'clock in company
with Mr.. A. j. Lynn, he left Mr. Pages. The two
walked down Third street to Court, where they
separated, Mr.. Lynn going to his lodgings in
Ayres Block. Mr. Freeman, who boards at Mr..
Gbbs's in the Greenlaw Block, Madison street,
soon turned the corner, and entered Madison on
his way home.
He had proceeded probably as far as the inter
section Of DeSOto street. when he was suddenly
approached from behind by three men, one Of
whom fe!ted him to the earth by blow from
sungshot He arose aud struck one of the high.
waymen, who fell from the effects of the blow
Another is served the same way; whereupon the
third rushed upon him with knife. A desperate
struggle ensued, and at one time Mr.. Freeman OBJ
tanned possession of the knife, but was quickly
oyerpowered by the entire party, knocked down
and kicked and beaten until nsensbe. The des.
peration Of the struggle may be imagined from the
1aet that Mr. freeman's vest aud hat were cut in
several places
While lying on the pavement senseess, he was
robbed OF the SjOOO his gold watch and Ma
sonic ring known to those familiar with the
higher degrees of the craft as the "32d.n Be-
tween one and two O'Clock yesterday morning he
appeared at Mr.. Gibbs door, covered with blood.
He was then conscious, and upon reaching his
room he narrated to Mr.. Gibbs the particulars of
the outrage. In walking from the scene Of the
robbery to the house he fell several times from
sheer exhaustion.
Upon being placed n bed Mr.. Freeman again
became unconscious, and has been SO, with the
exception OF few moments a few hours later in
the morning, ever since. The Masonic brethren
nave taken him in charge, in conjunction with his
other friends, and every possible attention is being
shown him.
Mr.. Freeman is unmarried and is a resident of
New York city, and until recently was stock
broker. He has quite number of friends here.
the most intimate of whom are Mr.. Page, of the
Commercial Bank, and Mr.. Ainsler of the German
National Bank He is spoken of as a thorough
gentleman in every respect.
This outrage for cold blooded determination on
the part OF its authors has scarcely parallel. We
have no doubt that the highwaymen in some man
ner learned that he had a large sum of money on
his person, that they tracked him to Mr.. Pages
laid in wait and followed him on the way home,
being compelled to defer the assault until Mr..
Freeman's company left him. That the scoundrels
meant to murder him, their conduct goes to prove;
but we have little hope that any of them will be
apprehended. 1t is a melancholy commentary on
the efficiency of our police that man could be
senseless on one of our most public streets for
two hours without being discovered.