New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-07

The following is the substance of the re-
port in the Times of yesterday morning:
About nine o'clock Saturday evening
Michael Bradley, car driver on the Bar
racks line, was, with his little son, cut sew
eral times over the head with Ratchet
and terribly mutilated by colored pas
senger, who made his escape. The old
man died almost instantly from the effects
of the wounds, but his son, who was
brought in fainting condition to the
Poland street station, revived sufficiently
to give some details of the horrible affair.
1t appears that the colored man went
down in the Dauphine street car, and as
was his privilege, entered without paying,
the car running from the stables to the
Barracks. There was in the car at that
time policeman, a soldier, two men in citi-
zan's dress, the colored man, the drivers
| son and the deceased. Reaching the Bar
racks, all got out but the colored man.
The boy had come after his father to go to
supper, and intended making that trip
with him. :
When the car started on the return trip
the driver asked the colored man for his
fare. Although the car is used as an ac-
commodation to the passengers on the
other lines, it is customary to collect fare
from transient passengers going between
the stables and the Barracks. The colOred
man refused to pay and the driver threat.
! ened to put him out,
A violent alteration ensued, and at
| length the colored man, starting up like a
mad man, seized a hatchet lying on the
seat beside him and buried it in the drivers
skull. The boy screamed with terror, aud
received blow on the head which laid
| him PROSTATE on the floor The driver.
falling over the rail in front of the car, was
struck another blow across the forehead,
the Ratchet imbedding itself nearly 10 his
ear. This, of course, produced almost
| instant death. Reaching out of the vehicle
he seized the mule by the bride, and turn
| ing he car off the track, escaped to the
fields. ''
The tragedy occurred on place called
COffee's Lane, which runs across from the
down to the return track. The starter on
| duty at the stables becoming alarmed at
the long a5aence of the car sent messen-
ger down to inquire about it. He found
the victims weItering in their blood, the
driver stark and stiff and his son barely
breathing. trst -ea
Using all possible has e, the car was re-
| placed on the track and brought to the
stables. There medical attendance was
procured, and The boy revived as above
stated. The body of the murdered man
was taken TO his residence on Eughien
street. The boy was left at the stable, it
! being considered dangerous to move him.
Captain White, chief of detectives, went
| down to the Poland street station yester-
day morning to see the boy and get from
him more particular description of the
| offender and the details of the outrage, but
the attending physician forbid him to speak,
aud before five O'Clock last evening the boy
was dead.
1t can hardly be possible that the per-
petrator OF these terrible crimes can
escape. The police are making every
effort to discover the murderer.
Coroner Avila, yesterday, held an in
quest on the body of Michael Brady, and
the jury rendered verdict to the effect
that he came to his dea h from complicated
wounds Of the skull, inflicted with blunt
instrument by some person or persons un-
known, three of these wounds heing mortal
General Grant,s Fo-tuna