New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-11
VOLUME XVI.
Eotal SntelIiaellte.
The Tragedy at st. Peter and CIaiborn
streets.


The Tragedy at st. Peter and Claiborne
| streets.
| AT one of those houses of the above locality
which have furnished rooms to rent, and which !.
Kept by qgadroon, (Nareisse by pamel a
Stranger cailed about noon on Tuesday and
engaged lodgings. He gave only tile name of
Lnllle, ana stated that he would go with Mar.
cisse on the day after, to a house on RovaI
street, 70 pay IN advance for his board The
room was taken and Emile remained. in if dur.
ing 'ne aay. lie had been travelling from Natchez,
ne stated-was in bad health, and was in need Of
| ieS'' turing most OF the day, therefore, he
! lay down upon his bed but getting up frequently,
WIN fathef restless air, and occasionally going
OUT 70 chat with Narcisse. Narcisse during the
| aay hHd MADE some Inquiries Of a neighbor who
hau once boarded her lodger under the same name
OF Einlle, and had heard good character given
OF nam. She was informed that he was of an
amlabe, not to say religious disposition, a little
eccentric, never seen with anybody and very much
given to reading. Some years ago he had been
considered person of means. He was creole
by birth, though he claimed no relations, and de-
Voted MS attention to disposng of goods carried
from thls city to other towns in the interior. 9th
tEWlse he was scrupuously neat in his personal
habits, and in every way good lodger
bnle, during the day, ate his dinner with
sufficiently good appetite, and in the evening read
aloud all OF the accounts Of the sinking of the
Evening Star to Narcsse and her daughter. com
menting uponthe facts where they needed expla-
nation. Before retiring, his andlady, naturally
recurled as the subject uppermost in her mind, to
the subject of payment of lodging His last
words were to demand gaily, "Can you doubt
meE AS she retired she saw him null his cur.
talns before his windows, and heard him. after he
had fastened the door behind her, draw bs mos.
quito bar Emile then partially undressed, and
after carefully hanging up his clothes and orderly
placing his shoes and socks by his bedside retired
He did not make his appearance in the morn
ing, and asit was supposed he was wearied with
his recent travels the matter did not excite m1cb
comment. Narcisse was absent during the roorn.
ing, but about o'clock the matter again rectirred
to her mind. Entering his room she examined
his bed, and would have concluded that he had
gone out but that his hat was lying upon the man.
ueplece. Examining again, she discovered that he
had covered himself up completely with the bed
clothes before retiring that the body of her
lougef was reclining in a cramped position
WIN one hand to his face, and that from tbis
oouy all life had long since departed. Upon
the hahueplece was spoon which contained
small quantity Of powder, in taste not unlike that
OF morphiae Close to this was a small pile Of
papers neatly arranged, and npon the top of it
was sealed letter. There was absolutely no
othcr evidence of suicide, and the papers threw
nc light upon tile cause Of the rash step. the name
OF the deceased or his past history. The onty
two documents out of which any meaning could
pc extracted were few lines in poetry and let.
Ter which read as follows:
pear Ef'aae-Your letter has come to hand,
J1lia ana will be glad to see you.
Afecticnately yours
The poetry referred to was stanza from,
Byron, and singularly enough was upon the sub
ject of hope;
White as white sail dusky sea-
When half the horizon is cloudy and halffree
tluttering between the dun waste and the sky
Is hopes last CLEAN in mans extremity
Her anchor parts, but still her snowy sail
Attracts our eye amidst the rudest rale
Though every she climbs divides us more
The heart still follows from the loneiest shore
The body was still lying as first seen last night
and awaits the coroner.