New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-11
The Larceny from the steamship Lizzie

The Larceny from the Steamship Lizzie,
a. J. Schwartzman and Jerry Diggs were ar
faIgned before Recorder Ahern yesterday, on a
charge OF stealing sum between $2200 and $230O
from on board the steamer Lizzie as she was
lylhg at the New Basin, on Thursday evening
last, between the hours Of eight and ten o'clock
1t IS charged that the captains room was en-.
tered and valise taken from it containing the
amount stated and gold watch valued at'sl40-
ana several letters supposed to contain money.
Inc vessel had just arrived from Pensacola. and
the letters were believed to contain re1nittances
from that place to parties in this city. By tee-
gfaphc communication, since the theft, il has
been discovered that at least $1,000 were ipclosed
AS soon as the larceny was discovered, Mr..
smith iZard, aid to the chief of police was
charged with the discovery Of the thieves. and he
caused the arrest of the parties arraipned. sus.
plclon against them was first raised by their mr.
chases IN Mr. S. n. Moody's furnishing establish
ment, on Canal street. to the extent Of two
hundred dollars, and offering in payment five
hundred dollar treasury note. Mr.. lizard being IN.
formed of this fact, and discovering that both
had made preparations to leave the city. he ar
rested them. Schwartzman was an assistant
engineer on the boat but Dggs was EMPLOYED
upon her. Schwartzman gave notice to the can
tain, on sa turday or Sunday, that he intended to
leave the vessel Immediately, and this circum
stance confirmed the suspicious previously aroused
by the transaction at Mr.. Moody's He was ar.
rested on steamer as she was about departing
for Vicksburg, and Diggs as he starting on the
Jackson railroad.
Trial of Negro Soldiers for Disturbanee In q
The case of Green, Lewis, and two other co1orod
soldiers, who were arrested about ten davs since
for disturbance in a car upon st. Charles street
came on for hearing last evening, before Re,
corder Ahern. The fact of the disturbance was
proved without any difficulty, no evidence beinq
on the side of the defense. Messrs
Morgan and Shannon, the two witnesses stated
that the car was boarded about 10 O'Clock at night
ny some elght or ten colored soldiers, who ran
ana Jumped into it while it was in motion Oneof
tnem, VINO was colored sergeant, gave an
order to take possession of the car, although
another of the negroes remarked at the
time that it was white car. The order was
carried out one Of them remarking as he entered
that ne would kill any man who ordered them ont |
and called them negroes. One of the negroes |
named Lewis, who had been a slave Of Mr.. Nor |
gam took his former masters part. The soldiers |
concluded to leave the car. bnt re- |
peated their curses and abuse. They also leaned
with their backs against it as if endeayoring to
force it off the track. -Four of the negroes. fthe
0nes that We're in court) were subsequently ar
rested in a star car.
The negroes were defended, or rather were
have fair trial by the Judge advocate of the
department who conceded without argument that
me man Green was guilty Of violence, but did not
,hnk the proof was conclusive against the others
Lhlrty days imprisonment were imposed upon
Jreen and ten upon each of the others, with the
exception Of Lewis, who was DISCHARGED