New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-02
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Accidental killing of n Mother by her Child
i An inquest was held yesterday upon the body |
Of Josephine Charles Plique, a native of France,
about thirty-three years old, who came to her
death from a ball shot out Of toy cannon, such
as is used by children, on Sunday last. She had
three sons-the Oldest about thirteen, and the
youngest about nine years Of age-who were
amusing themselves by loading and firing the toy
Unfortunately, one of the children put ball Or
some other missile into the little gun, and fired 1t
in the direction of the mother, not dreaming OF
the Injury it might do. The missile entered the
right side and, penetrating the heart, was almost
| Immediately fatal.
Tile deceased is represented to us as being
| very worthy woman, who sustained herself and
| four children by her labors as a washerwoman.
Her youngest child, babe not three months old,
was in her arms at the time the accident occurred,
| and although the poor woman was shot through
the breast, the infant was unnjured. The follow
ing is the evidence introduced before the coroner
Naston Bardon sgorn-Sunday evening
heard loud report, and at the same moment
there came to my door a c0lored woman, who
told me there was something the matter the next
door Immediately went there, and found
the deceased sitting upon the steps to her kitchen
door and bleeding at the left side. boy, VINO
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have wounded mother" Some ladies coming
from every quarter took her up in their arms,
while witness ran for the doctor.
Mrs. Lanc6tin PeIissier S1oorr1Was IN my
room opposite the residence Of the deceased
Upon going to the latter place the sight OF the
wounded body produced such an impression that
ran home again. Suppose the death was caused
bv the miniature cannon. As to my knowledge
the children of the deceased had been playing
the Sunday previous with small gun
The verdict was in accordance with the above
facts.
The other inquests were upon the bodies Of
Charlotte Bennett, TWO infants, colored stepher
Little, and Leon Fribo also colored.
Suicide OF j. B. Meunie-Coroner's Inquest
In the CRESCENT of yesterday morning We havt
already given an account Of the death OF j. 3
i, Meuni& well known gas filter Of French eXtrac
= ton. Below we now give the evidence Of two 0
his old friends taken at the coroner's inquest:
j. Llura1l sworn-Was in the habit Of playn
cards every evening at a coteehouse. On Thur:
day evening. 2IthO September, the deceased j
r MeuniG did not seem to be in his usual gop
humor: said he was very much mortified at haV
ing been put IN prison At about : T. n. LEI
him in the cotfeeAouse; did not see him until Sur
day when we found him lying upon the tioor deaC
p. r. Caller stcOrll-Knew the deceased to b
industrious and hard-workng. Aweek beforefb
Id occurrence the deceased seemed low-spiritet
His family had just left him-a matter with whie
m. he seemed much afflicted. Last Thursday he cam
ID | to the cotfeehouse where he was spending all
is his evenings complaining that he had been robbie
OF everything during an imprisonment which !
its had recently sustained. II nave been put q
prison y he said to some Of his friends, lit is Il
E, fault of my eldest daughter" l know nothing
"a. | the cause of his death.
cb We had hoped that sufficient evidence wou
he have been brought forward to have explain
some matters that remain obscure, and thus sa
uslthe embarrassment of making any stateme
upon our own information alone. 1t will be {
served that the evidence of the daughter who
charged with being the remote cause of
20 ofepse was not taken-er indeed, any member
the family of deceased, although he left wife g
eight children-and that what appears singu
ith and unnatural in the daughters conduct, mig
Ma have been partially or wholly explained.
But as the old family quarrel has been ripp
open by the evidence, we shall proceed to sti
what little we know that refers to the matt
= According to our information, Meunt some mont
before his death went as security upon note
$500, upon which he afterwards was sued, q
mad Judgment recovered against him. But
property Of his could now be found upon VIII
&. to serve the Writs.
1t is said by some that it was to the daugh
hls alluded to in the evidence that the property v
~ transferred and that his arrest arose from
eccentric conduct and excessive drinking. Af
K he was released, he drove his family away fr
= his house and lived alone ogaccording to othe
; they left Of their own accord. The funit
was then claimed by the latter and removed II
Muani5's house.
M. We state the above facts with some relucta
and as carefully as we can. If We have unint
tionally done any of the parties injustice we 81
be prompt to make the correction
A letter from the deceased which we have p
lished already, and in which he admitted him
to be the author of the deed, was the only OF
evidence that it was thought necessary to in
duce. The verdict was that the deceased cf
to his death by his own hand.