Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-03
ESCAPE OF THE mURDERRR OF
MAJOR NANCY.


The police authorities Of New Orleans
exhibited a most lanentable want of eff
6ciency in everything touching the muir
der Of Maj. Nancy. The difficulty which
ended in his death occurred in n public
restaurant and saloon in the most public
thoroughlare in the city, yet no police-
man appears to have been about to pre-
serve the peace. Indeed there was no
symptom Of a policeman until the whole
affair ended A policeman thenappeared,
wno testified that "he saw" at the cor
ner Of Burgundy and Canal streets, a
man with Panama hat and black coat,
the hat pressed over his eyes. He was
walking fast This man was not ar
rested, although he was seen to leave the
restaurant and hasten away under very
suspicious circumstances. The history
Of this affair shows .he most cuIpable
negligence on the part of the police. The
New Orleans Times Of the 3Oth ult says
Notwithstanding the great exertions of
our detective police, we believe it is admit.
ted QuinterO has escaped Satisfied that
their efforts in che pursuit have been so
exhaustive as to preclude any further
search We, with a disinteEsstedness, for
which the greatest credit is deserved, have
generously determined to come to the res
cue. Avoiding the weary night work re-
Crfsl cd he fnfl 4 e. Al.
residence Of the murderer, we sought Gard
ner'S Directory, and ascertained the exact
house to nicely, in one minute and half
by the clock. Unluckily for us, there was
no mysterious stranger to write on the
back Of an envelope the solution of the
riddle. A lady residing on Canal street
was the only person from whom we could
gain any assistance. We give her account
Of the affair for the benefit of the moral
and digni6ed" . r.|
Mrs. Meyers says on Friday morning.
the 10Th of June, about nine o'clock, | was
IN the grocery store of Fanny Sweet, on
Canal street, near CarrolltOn avenue. /
went there TO purchase some groceries.
had been there the evening before, and
when ! came in she said "last evening after
you left ! took in a right smart of money"
/ replied yes, that's good" She said she
had good customer come in last night, he
treated for five dollars in drinks She said
the poor man was in trouble. He had been
cutting a man up town. She told me he
had a gimblet knife covered with blood.
She volunteered to wash the blood of, but
he declined giving it to her. She told me
she had him in the house until about day
light in the morning, and she had the col
ored man watching on the road. He the
poor NAM was seated by the cistern. The
man told her Fanny Sweet to watch out
for a schooner that was coming down the |
new canal, that he was going TO Mobile.
Fanny said she stood out in the dark until |
her eyes became accustomed 10 il, and |
then she saw schooner passing near the |
bridge on Carrollton avenue. A police Of |
hcer whistled about this time, and the man |
waited until he passed. He then went |
through the field toward the schooner. He |
stated he was going TO Mobile She Fan.
ny Sweet told me no officer would take |
him out while he was in there. | heard /
her tell the same story 10 several gentle |
men,
The reporter for the Times found it an
easy matter to trace this man Quintero to
his hiding place, and to ascertain the di>
rection be took after leaving there, vet
the police do not seem to have done even
that much. They permitted him to. es,
cape, and SO far as known, we're utterly
ignorant Of his movements There was
none Of that enterprise which police
should exhibit on an occasion like this, /
and it leaves good ground for suspicion
that Quintero escaped through the con-
nivaneo Of those whose duty it was to
have arrested him. .a