New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-11-06
GAMING AN INDEBTED PARTY.
Arrest of the AssauIter.
HE RESISTS AND SHOOTS A POLICEMAN,
Excitement on st. Charles Street.
ARREST OF THE MURDERER.
Death of the Police Officer.
THE FUNERAL THIS EVENIN

Canal, and spoke to a well-known sporting
man, whose general manners are those of a
quiet, peaceable, well-dispOsed gentleman.
Half an hour afterward the reports of pistol
shots were heard, and crowds guttered on
St. Charles, from Gravier to Poydras, the
greater number congregating opposite
Strong's coffee-house and Fred's saloon.
The sequel proved that the man who
did the shooting was William Blevins, the
party referred to at the commencement of
this report, and that the man wounded was
policeman Frank Gebhard. The latter had
fallen on the banquette, opposite Freds
saloon, near the corner of POydras street.
where the crowd around the wounded and
apparently dying officer was immense.
1t seems that Charles Cohen, on Poydras
street, near the Moresque building, was in
debted to Blevins and that the latter in com
pany with friend went to the store where
Cohen was, called him out. and was Gaming
him when Officer Gebhard, whose beat
was on Camp street, from Canal to Poydras,
saw the affray and arrested Blevins, as it
was his duty to do. The latter asked to be
taken to the station by the way of Camp
street, Commercial Place and St. Charles
street, instead of going the. direct route.
This the officer consented to, and the pris-
oner went along peaceably until turning
into st. Charles street from Commercial
Place, some friend or acquaintance of Blev-
ins, who had evidently been reading
the report of the City Council pro-
ceedings and the editorials in the
Camp, Chartres and Poydras street
papers, declaring the Metropolitan Dis
trict Police law unconstitutional, and coun.
selling resistance to it, spoke to The pris-
oner and said, you are foolish to go along
with this officer" Other parties melted
BIevins to resistance. and when Policeman
Gebhard blew his whistle for assistance,
and other officers were approaching, Blev.
ins drew his revolver and shot Gebhard,
who fell at the point already mentioned
The ball entered the breast bone or ster-
mum, as it is technically stated, near the
abdomen, and lodged near the lung.
Blevins ran down st. Charles street to
Union, and thence to Carondelet, where
DDtClul OulGtT llUllludH pTdDDbu UlL0 DIV
the collar; but he jerked himself loose with
such force that Hollihan was thrown down
and temporarily stunned, his head having
struck the curbstone as he fell.
Blevins was pursued to the corner of
Baronne and Union streets, where he was
finally arrested by Officer Williams. Police
man Gavin also Joined in the pursuit. The
prisoner was taken to the First District
station.
Captain Cain, the Superintendent of Po.
lice, had the wounded policeman conveyed
to his residence on Rampant street two
doors below Canal, where surgical aid was
rendered by Dr.. Mckay, Police Surgeon, |
and another surgeon; but his wounds were
of such nature that his recovery was pro-
nounced impossible,
In company with Recorder Becker the
of Police went with Blevins
to the residence of the dying man. Here
the prisoner was confronted with the dying
man, who looked at him sharply and shook
his head slowly as il in doubt.
Recorder Becker asked the prisoner to |
turn around. He did turn, and still the
dying man was in doubt. Captain Cain |
then said "Mr Bleyins, please put on your
hat" Then the officer Immediately recog- |
the prisoner, making emphatic gestures
with his hand toward the prisoner, evil |
IDENTIFY being certain that Blevins was the |
man who shot him.
When questioned by Recorder Becker as
to whether he was sure, he said, Yes
yes r in very weak voice.
Policeman Keeer reported to the Super
that Mr.. Gebhard died at 1Ol
o'clock last night. Ten minutes before
b,, 10 oft
Dying p
Mr.. Kahleberlah asked him if he had any
hing to say, or if anything was on his
niud. He shook his head. One or two
minutes after that he called for man by
he name of Loeber,' but before the lat
er got to the room the officer was dead.
The following was issued last evening
1y the Superintendent Of Police:
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT oFl
METROPOLITAN POLICE : |
New Orleans, November 5, 1885 ! |
Il is with the deepest regret that the Su-
announces to the Metropolitan
Police force the killing of Patrolman F.
while in The faithful performance
If his duty, at about six o'clock p NJ. |
every policeman should render tribute to |
lis memory.
1t is therefore ordered that every mem
Der of the Metropolitan Police, who can |
possibly be spared from duty, will appear |
1t the Central Station, at 8 o'clock 2. NJ. |
the sixth inst, neatly attired. to |
attend the funeral obsequies. Captains |
will place competent officers in charge of |
their respective precincts, and will accom-
pany the men. They will be held strictly |
accountable for the prompt execution OF
this order. GEO. L. CAIN,
Superintendent MetrOpo itan Police.
Mr.. Gebhard came into this military de-
partment as a soldier in a Northern or
Western three months regiment. He SUBJ
sequently enlisted in the First Louisiana
Cavalry. He was appointed on the police
force early in the year 1867, and has served
with fidelity, winning the respect of those
who knew him.
He was at the time of his death Captain
of the Turner's Schuetzen Section. His
nneral to-day will be conducted by the
German Turner'S.
Mr.. Blevins was generally esteemed, and
much sympathy is felt for him that be
Welded to the incitement of men who
prompted him to commit a fearful and ter
rible murder.
He expresses the deepest regrets for the
,ot and declares that if he had not been
NV aog,s. lied to violence after he turned from
THu 'ial Place to st, Charles street, the
d ID would not have occurred, but
ba sbauld b. We gone quietly to the station
NJ pIo,; was arraigned before he,
Ill Ail. DleElnS I morning, but remanded
soroer Becker TN, It TO be made and for
Tor formal aihdaV. .igation before Coro-
the result of the inves, oanced at twelve
ner Avila, which conn