New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-15
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Criminal ceurs-.Iuare Tlo,ys

Criminal Ceurt-ayudEe Howe.
John Bateman, William Douglas, mot the
sergeant of police,) and Henry Richards
were yesterday arraigned and tried on an
indictment for manslanghter, in having
killed Hector Atenor on the fifth of last
March, on spain, between Casacalyo and
Greatmen streets. Hector wgs only nine.
teen years old, and his death resulted from
u wound ia his heart with n sharp instru.
ment. His reputation was that Of o very
quiet boy. The history of the affair is about
as follows
The day on which the killing occurred
was Mardi Gras. A lot of boys by some
aggravation became involved in scrim.
mage, during which missiles were thrown
quite viciously. white man in the imme.
diate neighborhood was struck during the
melee, and nothing has been proved to show
that 1t happened maliciously. During tho
tracas Atenor was murdered.
The most direct testimony In the case was
given by Alexandrine Daniels who stated
that she was following party of maskers
on Spain street when she saw Douglas draw
knife; she was standing only twenty PAGES
from them; Douglas drew the knife from
his pocket; Douglas approached deceased,
who was standing in the middle OF the
street defending himself from crowd Oi
persons; did not see him strike the blow.
Officer Howard, third district police, ar
rested Douglas few days after the killing;
in conversation with accused, accused ad
mitted that he had been engaged in the
troubles.
A. F. Tervalon, with others, was going up
Spain street and when near corner Casa
calvo heard a noise which came from some
boys fghting;. went toward them, but stop
ped when he heard voice ''Show me the
man who struck you aud I'll blow the black
son of a his brains out;' when
witness got on Spain street he saw deceased
lying partly on the banquette and partly in
the street, face downward, both arms spread
out; on being informed that the man who
committed the deed had run toward Great
men street, went in pursuit of him; at the
corner OF Poet and Greatmen streets mel
tho father and brother OF deceased, and
others, at the door of a barber shop; tho
father said to witness that he wanted TO &C
into the barber shop to revenge his son, Il:
the murderer was in there; a policeman
came up, when the father said to him
''They have killed my son, and the one who
did it is in that house, the officer arrested
the father and took him to Spain street
where the dead son was lying; the fathel
threw himself on the corpse; the office
caught the father by the coat collar ant
said, "Get out of this;p officer asked witness
If he knew the man who had committed tht
murder; did not know; witness soon afteI
met d. @. Smith, who said, 81 know the
man who killed him, and can recognize him.
Smith was put on the witness stand ant
stated that he saw the murder committed
saw the white man when he drew the knif
and plunged IL Into the breast of deceased
helped Atenor out Of the gutter after he fell
saw the whole transaction, and is positiv
| he would know the man who did the deed
neither one OF the accused is the man;
positive of that; when witness first saw dc
ceased he was running along the street, az
parently endeayoring 70 fee from lot Q
| little boys who were pursuing him; whe
deceased arrived at the corner white ma
| was standing there, who slapped him in tn
face, and said, How dare you strike
white boy2s Deceased ran along and 60
| into a crowd, where the boys overlook him
the white man had also gone toward hin
and then, in the middle Of the street, SAL
that man stab Atenor with 6nife; hasneve
seen him since
Laurie Forester stated that she saw thre
young white men fighting with colore
man; was on the opposite side of the street
saw each OF the three men strike deceased
one of them (Douglas) held deceased by tn
| collar; Bateman struck him with o stick |
! the face, and Richards did the stabbiEg
Atenor, after he was stabbed came over t
the place whers witness stood, and fell &
her feet; accused then ran down Greatme
l street, followed by a crowd; is positive thI
Bateman struck deceased with stick; tbs
Douglas held him BY the collar, and thI
Richards stabbed Atenor.
After q little more testimony had bee
| given the court concluded to continue thi
case, as it was late in The day.
A Man Found Drswned.
Last evening the body Of drowned ma
was discovered at the head of Piety stree
II
| ceeded to the locality, and shortly afte
ward removed the corpse 70 the second di
trict Etationhousc, where several persons {
once declared IL to be that Of Captain Blonl
recently sergeant Of Ihe river police. Blon
hearing that no had been found drowned
visited the stati0nhousc and succeeded
convincing several inries that he is sti
alive.
The drowned man Is stout built, abov
a1ty years old, and on his right arm
i India ink Is printed man and woma
shaking hands, With something like lettel
underneath. It was plain that the bod
had been in the water but a very shol
space Of time, as o car ticket in his pockl
was not soaked through. There were n
papers or anything on the body TO oshow WI
he was. IL IS reported that when found u
hands were tied, and on the back of b
head was bruise that might have cause
death. TIE faco Uaa cieanly shaved and Il
under elothingi Is quite dne. AZ midnigl
no one had identified deceased, bat it Is So
| posed he belonged 70 somo vessel In port.
Coroner Bradford win this morning no
an inquest and q post mortem examination
TnF1ous lEattera.
| Thomas I. Dix has been elected cashier
the Merchants bank or thi1 city.
Between eleven and twelve o'clock Thu
day night an old een1eDan named Hart
was robbed of q pocket hoak containing s
In greenbacts, so in now three-dollar CT
notes, q golf watch and chain, In q hOu
on where, near C1nnoD steet.
On Thur tg niIht he fesfdance Of NJ
Ceist on AIoi1 street between L1ou1t q
iagnolll HN'f b entered 81