New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-26
THE ACCUSED HELD FOR TRIAL
Ten Thousand Dollars Bonds.
RETURN To IMPRIsON MEN II


alleged to be connected with the Charities
street incendiarism, was concluded yester
day before Recorder Gastinel. 1t has al
ready been mentioned that the counsel for
the prosecution were Messrs. T. G. Hunt
and Albert VOORHEES,, and that the counsel
for the defense were Messrs. Pierre Soule
Emile Charvet, j. B. Cotton, and John E.
Holland.
The first witness called yesterday for the
prosecution was:
f. p. Tricout.-Witness entered the store
1876 Chartres street, on the 18th inst, about
o'clock A. M, with the chief of police, for
the purpose of taking an inventory of the
goods in said store; saw the preparations
that had been made to set the house on fire;
witness went to work, with one Mr.. Derfoux,
to take an inventory of the stock; the great
est portion of the goods were scattered on
the counter; on the shelves were boxes SINH
lar to the one now in court Ga paper boX) !;
great quantity of them were empty; of
every ten boxes eight were empty; witness
thinks there were not $500 worth of goods
in the whole 249 boxes in the store; witness
worked Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on
the inventory, and got through about IL
o'clock Saturday; gave the inventory to the
chief Of police: the amount Of inventory
was, in all, SSH; witness looked
for the lamp and the cover
of the camphene can, but neither could be
found. Looked carefully, and cleaned the
store up, but could not find either of these
articles. [ 1t was testified by a witness on
Saturday that Dubois told him in the parish
prison he put the can of camphene on the
shelf and put on the cover
The appraisement was made partly from
the invoices found in the store ard partly
from an estimate of the value OF the goods.
Part of the goods were perfectly fresh and
all in good order. There were some $1,000
worth of cloth and silk cloaks for winter
wear among the stock. The goods were of
| a class known as fancy dry goods and were
worth about the same as six months pre-
yious. There were no staple goods in the
stock. We appraised them at a fair value.
| Estimated about onc-fourth of the goods at
| the invoice price without taking into con-
| sideration the cost of freight, drayage, in
surancc, or storage. Estimated the goods at
the price we could have gone into a whole
sale store and bought them for except those
| from the invoice list of prices.
The wholesale price Of goods of this class
| in this city is about twenty-five per cent.
| above the cost to the dealers here allowing
ten per cent for expenses, and fifteen per
cent. for profits. In making the estimate,
it was confined to the goods and did not
| include fixtures or counters Witness does
| not recollect that he did not take any item
of the invoice from the bills of Gooden,
| Thaver & Co. He might not have done so.
| The invoice was made at the instance of the
chief of police. Witness is engaged in the
purchase of fancy goods, and has been en-
| ployed in dry goods store.
Police officer Conners-The testimony OF
| the witness is substantially repetition OF
that by Mr.. Farrell before reported; as he
| is the officer who engaged room at the
Orleans hotel, and watched the proceedings
and parties connected with the incendiar
| A. Of ~ To, al
| to the chief of police. On Saturday evening
| witness was on the gallery of the Orleans
hotel, saw the store closed, but received no
signal, such as Farrell, the aid, had iu
formed would be made by Levie. The sig
nal was to be as described by previous
| witness, and already reported.
On the evening of the attempted fire as
the cathedral clock struck seven Dubois
commenced putting up the shutters on the
| store window, DaRocha came from st. Louis
street smoking a cigar; went into the store,
| and remained there about three and hall
minutes. Dubois in putting up the cross
bar on the store window seemed very eX
cited; let the end of the bar fall three times
which did not happen any other evening
| while witness was there. Dubois and LeviC
| were standing in the door, and DaRocha
passed out between them; Leyie locked the
| door. DaRocha walked down almost to the
corner, crossing Charities street almost tc
1
Levie walked to the corner together. LeviC
made the signal by taking OFF his hat, ETC.,
| that the fire had been started. Farrell came
| then and asked witness if he saw the signal
| Witness replied that he did, and was looking
to see which way the parties were going
In the hall Farrell took out his watch, and
| witness saw by it that the time was exactly
| four minutes past seven. Witness and Far
rel went to the corner of Toulouse and
| Chartres streets till Leyie returned. A few
minutes afterward witness saw the chief Of
police, Mr.. Youennes, and Captain Adams
come down the street.
| The chief of police bought candle at O
corner grocery and unlocked and entered
Davies store, followed by the parties before
| mentioned. Witness related what has been
previously reported about the discovery and
| extinction of the fire. After this the chic
of police left witness outside OF the store &c
guard the entrance and see that no one
| went in, Witness was subsequently re
lieyed by another officer and went to the
house of DaRocha, corner of Derbigny and
| Ursulines streets, with Farrell and lizard
Farrell told DaRocha his store on Chartre:
street was on fire. DaRocha said he had nc
store on Charities street. Farrell said thai
store YOU were in this afternoon, H. S
Davies" DaRocha said he was in no store
that evening. Then by the chiefs orders
the officers arrested DaRocha and Dubois
Witness was afterward ordered by the chic
to go to l36 Charities street at six O'Clock
next morning and relieve the officer there
Witness, from the gallery of the Orlean!
hotel, could see into Davies store about
eight or ten feet. When DaRocha entered
the store that evening he went bach
in the store till witness lost sight O
him. During that time Levie was
standing inside the door. Dubois wa
standing on the outside putting up thu
shutters, When DaRocha came out Dubois
was through putting up the shutters. Levi
assisted Dubois in putting up the bar aftel
Dubois had let 1t fall three times. The ties
timony of Corners was then closed.
Mr.. Voorhies, by consent of the counse
for the accused, introduced the policies o
insurance on the stock of Davies, amount
ing to $1,000 policy of the Home Insurance.
company $4,000, the Citizens Insuranc,
company $1,000, both dated May Goth, 1867
and the Merchants Insurance company
$4,000 dated June 23d he also introduced
| as evidence to support the testimony tina
there had been delay in effecting the In
surance, and a consequent postponement
Davies, to the Etna company for $1,000 insur
ance above the $4,000 already obtained
| which was refused after investigation BY tn
| agent of the company, on the ground tina
Ii would be an excessive insurance, and thu
stock was not worth $1,000.
Il Mr.. Souie, for the defense, alluded to tn
inventory In court, to sustain the point tina
the stock was not oyerinsured. The answe
TO the idea that there was excessive insur
| ance Ia dispelled, he maintained, by tn,
policy of 5000, made after investigation b.
the Merchant Insurance company. Judg
Cotton, also for the accused, maintained
that the rejected application was inadmissi
bic. The recorder decided 10 admit IL.
Thomas r. Adams, chief, OF police, re