The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-16
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TRAGEDY occurred at the corner of Adele
and Rousseau streets, about III O'Clock on Mon
day night resulting in the death of policeman
Henry Butler, of the Fourth District force. It
appears that the deceased, while pstrolling his
beat, said to be one of the most difficult and re-.
| sponsible in the city, was attracted by the dis
charge Of pistol at the point mentioned, and at
| once has,ened in that direction. He found three
| men, named James Jackson, Thomas Barlow and
Owen Duffy, and inquired the cause of the firing.
| He was then in turn himself attacked, and, in the
| melee which ensued, received a stab 10 the left
side, supposed to have been inflicted by Jackson.
| He was discovered lying bleeding upon the side
| walk by officers Fleming and Howard, who had
been summoned by the springing of his rattle
and was conveyed to the Rousseau street station,
| where, within three hours, he expired. Barlow
| and Duffy were subsequently arrested by Lieut..
| Madden and his specials and locked up to await
| examination; but at latest accounts. Jackson,
who is believed TO have inflicted the mortal
wound, had not been apprehended. Officer But
| Ter leaves a wife and three children, who, we
| grieve TO learn, are totally unprovided for and
left entirely dependent upon the charities of their
| friends. A post mortem examination Of the body
of deceased was made yesterday morning. result
| ing in the discovery that death had ensued from
| internal hemorrhsge, resulting from an inc sed
| wound in the left side below the shoulder and
| near the spinal column. Coroner Roche impan.
eled jury of inquest before whom the follow
| ing testimony was taken:
Thomas c. Fleming SlcO7n-Knows deceased.
When witness was going with deceased down
towards Tom Barlow's coffee house last evening,
about ii o'clock, saw Barlow outside on the ban
quette. Had pistol in his hand. Saw him fire
| one shot. Witness and deceased were about one
hundred yards from him when the shot was fired.
Witness and deceased advanced towards Barlow,
he having his pistol in his hand. As witness and
deceased met, about five yards from him, he
threw his pistol into the coffee house to a boy.
Placed him in arrest, when he drew a bowie knife
out of his belt. Barlow made stroke at the de-
ceased, who then took hold of his right hand.
Witness took him by the left. Barlow resisted.
Deceased took the knife from him. Witness and
| deceased endeavored TO bring him to the station
house, and after getting him TO the next corner a
crowd of about fifteen men collected. One man
of the party, who witness will point out inter-
fered and struck at witness. The man scufied
with witness and deceased, and knocked both of
them down. ! know about the cutting of de.
ceased. The man who knocked us down cut the
deceased. Barlow was disarmed ten minutes be-
fore the de- ed was done. He did not do the cut
ting. He was under the influence of liquor. Wit
did not see the prisoner, Owen Duffy, interfere.
He did not do the cutting. Witness brought Bar
low before the deceased before his death. He
| said, at was not him who cut me-"
VIM. Burns, seaman of the bark Moss Rose of
Liverpool, living at the foot of Adele street-Be
tween l03 and IL O'Clock last night, witness was
| on duty as watchman; the officers of the beat,
deceased and Fleming, came down and conversed
with him heard shot fred from Bsrlow's house !;
| the officers vent Immediately to the house did
not hear the conversation between Barlow and the
officers; they wanted to arrest him and he refused
| to go; there was a scuffle +; deceased came over
to Us and handed witness knife, which he said he
took from Barlow and asked me TO take care of it
and put IL away. Witness brought the knife away,
that nobody should get it; the knife shown wit
ness is the same knife witness took the knife on
board of the ship; officer Fleming asked fer il
after all was over. ! know nothing sboutthe cut
ting.
verdict was rendered in accordance with the
foregoing facts. The funeral of Officer Batter
took place from his late residence, No. la ST..
numerously attended by his late comrades of the
| police force, and others.
The BODY of an unknown man has been found
floating in the river, near the Algiers salt ware
house.
The CoMING OPERA SEAsON.-We had the
pleasure of a visit, day or Two ago. from Nom
sieur Normsndn. the associate of Calabresi in the
dire ctorship Of the New Opera House. Mr.. Nor
msndin has just received pretty full details from
his confrere, who writes from Paris, with regard
10 the troupe which is to appear next season on
the stage of the Opera House. Mr.. Engel, the
first tenor, from the Lyric Theater in Paris, is a
singer of rare merit. He was a pupil of the re-
| nowred DupreZ. and follows the method Of that
famous artist. Monsieur Perouet the barytone,
is young, handsome, and gifted With amagni6cent
voice and great brilliancy of style.
In drama and vaudeville there will be Monsieur
| ard Madame Moreau, both premier rOte JeJtle,
both possessing first rate talent and reputation,
and both from the principal theaters of Marseies
and Bordeaux. Then there will be Mile Stellini,
| soubrette, from the Paris thesters. who is said
to be as sprightly and naive in her acting as she
| is charming In face and form.
Some ofthe best of the former troupe are re-en-
gagged, among whom we may mention Messrs. Van
| Hufien, the accomplished basso, and PIeot, the
tenor. The great difficulty in Mons. Calabresi's
way towards completing bis troupe is the inord.
nate exsctions of the prime dORne. They seem
| 10 think the new world 10 be one mass of green.
backs, (as, indeed, it is-in certain portions and
that they should receive so many of them for an L..
psgement as to be able 10 spare enough from their
| savings 10 make pdpiRote papers withsl At any
rate, through the exertions Of such men as Gala.
| bresi and Normandn, we shall have a troupe at
the New Opera next winter equal in all, and per.
hsps superior in some respects to the one of last
season. They are expected to arrive by the 25th
| of October.
| ST. CHARLES STREET REDIvIvUs.-It is really
refreshing now a days TO walk, about the time Of
| the opening of the tbeaters, on this street from
| Commercial Alley to Poydras street. Where not
| two weeks ago one could wander dsconsOlstey
and almost solitarily, wishing for some excitement
| and some amusement, and listen to the ring of
| the workmen's hammer ndolently wondering II
| that pile of boards, and bricks, aud mortar ever
| could be moulded into anything at all useful or
ornamental listlessly weigh the chances as 10
whether Sam ever would come back, or the
| Academy reopen its doors, he can now behold
two theaters in full blast, attentive music
| loving crowd blocking up the sidewalks and
street and listening TO their nightly concert gen.
| erously donated them by enterprising managers
| saloons gorgeous in fresh paint and new sp'
| pointments lining either banquet, while in the
| face of every man he meets he can plainly read
| that the lazy hot summer Is over, and that the
| busy money-making season il once more upon Us
May these signa Of tie times multiply and m