New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-23

poor wretch was s'6ung Oft aud died quickly and
easily. Ho must have suffered thousand deaths
in fearing one.
RodSers'5 claim Of Inconsistencies as to having
committed rAurder, was based upon the fact that
he was drunk when he killed DR., Garden. This
fact would have iRclined some people to lenency
in his behalf, but for the other fact that this
his Htt1'd murdcT-he having previously killed .wo
men at. difIersnI times, So it was generally
| agreed that such a man would be best out of the
| way; and Rodgers had no mourneTs.
Some timeago an ex. Confederate soldier, whose
name here heard but have forgotten, was to have
been hung at Galveston for the murder of U. s.
negro soldier at that place. He escaped just be-
fore Che appointed day, and has ever since been in
Matamoros. He is a New Orleans man, and
understand has sent for his family.
! may state that there are numerous persons in
Matamoros whose necks depend upon their stick
ing to the southern side of the Rio Grande. The
absence of an eStraditon law causes
l curious and bad state of affairs, To a
E person like myself, who has the free run
' of both Brownsville and MatamOros, it seems
t odd to mingle, in each city, with free-looking
people, who dare not for therliyes cross the river
A robber on either side makes haul, gets onRthe
g other side, and is gentleman. The river is CON
stantly being crossed by these gentry,
a few weeks since, barber and barkeeper
in Matamoros went in @ cahoots, y and ran OF with
L the money-box of a monte bank They turned up
!. III Brownsville, and squared fer splurge. The
is owner of tie money, of course, could do nothing
for its recoyery but he had Mexican friends there
with good memories and just for satisfaction had
l. the barkeeper arrested for some supPosed-to-be
e forgotten crime in bygone days committed OIL
e tha. side OF the river and the fellow IS in prison
IT yet. This shows that man must keep a c!eaI
le bill on one side of the river, at least.
'e Lately, young man, giving his name as Arthur
.e F Montgomery, but believed to be really uameC
q Etitelara and stating Hoboken N, j.. to be Iii
" lome, obtained q situation as 2ompositor in the
N Btughefo office, being pretty good printer. Hi
e. 4uawelsome disposition. however, keeping tho
III office nearly always in broil finally led TO his dis
N charge. Having previously paid his debts pune
81 ually his credit was good and after getting intJ
H. the debt of various persons abon town he robbed
a 2Er. D. v Whiting OF $500 in gold and crossed
III over to Brownsville. Mr. Whiting had been Span
al sh editor and translator of the Ranelero, AMI
had taken Montgomery into his confidence, allow
ing him to frequent His store where be carried OF
d the book selling and soda water and general bro
p iSerage business and allowing him to sleep there
? at night with Ills son.
O. Montgomery played the man Of ease abou
,- Brownsville; and being visited by several of hi
IN NTa1aD4Oros creditors who Of cor1sa hal fl, conf
as rs surpIcan+a maid +bpr, +hair droe mt nj +bt
g. gold he had stolan. He is ha,iavei to have left
n for New Orleans by the last trp If the Clinton.
10 When MONTGOMERY FIRST annlofI MI the Rannberr
b. office he was accomnanisd bv rather handsome
ID and tvlishl dressed vor+h named 41lnntt haiIino
n from f,opisyiIIa XIV This zopno man vras otsC
g. erploved in the office a. hook, keaner and mai