The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-09
NUMBER I52.

| house at the corner of Rampant and Tonlouse
/ streets. Berlin parted from the witness and Wat
son there. with the understanding that they were
| TO meet at O'Clock at the corner OF Custom
house and Royal On the way Watson went into
| an alley on Toulouse street, and brought out A
bag Of tools, which Cspdeyille carried. They
went into cOfeehOuse at the corner
| Of Exchange Alley and BienviIIe street and
played dominos there. In that house they met
Hogsn and Bertin, and Hogan went out and had
a conversation. The witness saw nothing more
on Hogan that night. About hslfpast Bertin,
watson and Cspdeville met at the corner of Bien-
vile and Royal streets. Watson directed Capde-
VILE to stand at the corner of CustomhOuse and
Royal until he heard an explosion, which would
take place when the safe was being blown up.
Beftn and Wilson entered Galpn's restau-
rant, which was unoeupied and Capde-
ville's instructions were to give them a
signal il either the sergeant OF corporal of police
came along. Capdeville stood at his post until
O'Clock in the morning, when he heard the explO-
sion, and then he left. The tools which were in
the bag were found in the shop, when il was
opened by one Of the proprietors, in the morning.
Cspdeyille was living with Larue, aud he ident-
lied crow-bar found in the shop as one ne had
seen on the premises Of Lsrue. who keeps a coal
yard on Customhouse street. Besides, CspdeviIls
averred that Larue was one of the parties who
agreed, the day before. to assist in the burglary.
The remarks dropped by Recorder Gastinel in
the course of the investigation indicate that he
VIII commit oil the prisoners for trial.
The recorder sent Cspdeville with two police
officers, during the investigation, TO point out the
alley from which Wilson brought the bag of
tools and the officers reported on their return
that the witness said it was one OF two adjoining
alleys, be did not know which, and one of those
aneys was an entrance to house in which Foster
lived.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.-Mr. r. n. Gin, residing at
No. leo Pleasant street, was assaulted by a cou-
Ile of rsscsls, about O'Clock on Friday evening,
and after being go severely beaten that he was
rendered insensble, was robbed of gold hunting
watch and q pocket book containing vsluables
amounting TO $3.50. The perpetrators Of this dar-
ing robbery hsve not been arrested.
BURGLAR CAUGHT-Edward Power was caught
on Friday evening in the lOcksmth shop of III.
Slack, No. ~ PerddO street, which he had bur-
glariousy entered with intent TO steal. The ar
rest was made by policeman P. Gaffney Power
was arraigned before Recorder Neville yesterday
morning, and his case was fixed for the l7sh
February, bail $500.
FIRE.-A fire, for which, however, no alarm
was given, broke out at the residence of Mr.. F.
Lacour, on Fourth street, near Camp, about 8
o'clock on Friday evening, but was exiingushed
before efecting any serious damage.
FIRST DISTRICT CoURr.-The following sen.
tences were passed by Judge Howe yesterday:
George Taylor, colored, for assault and battery
on Jacob Seither. fifteen days imprisonment.
John White, cOlored, for shooting Robert Wash
iDgtOn colored, with musket with intent to kill.
two months in the Parish Prison from date Of first
imprisonment.
Lizzie Frank for assault and battery on Mary
Proctor, one month in the Parish Prison.
George Setch, colOred, for assault aRd battery
on James Nesbet, fifteen days in the Parish
Prison.
Cornelius Casey. for assault and battery on
Caroline Frank fined ten dollars.
John Crawford, cOlored, for assault and battery
on Patrick II. Cunningham.
James Adams, for stealing 500 from Joseph
Klein; two months in the Parish Prison.
Richard cta
articles valued at over one hundred dollars, from
the residence of Mrs. F. E. Walker; six months in
the Penitentiary.
James Austin. colored, for cutting James C.
Clark, six months at hard labor in the Peniten-
tisry.
Jack Lawrence, for wounding Nicholas Galvo-
rini, with knife six months in the Parish Prison.
Henry Woods and John Lewis, cOlored, for
stealing bolt of velvet. the property OF John b.
Letenbacker; Woods three months in the Parish
Prison, and Lewis six months at hard labor in the
Penltentisry.
RECORDER NEvrLLs's COURT.-J. Baldwin Duff
and Angeliue Leroy, the parties concerned in the
feticide affair mentioned in yesterdays CRESCENT
were arrsigned before the recorder Yesterday.
who fixed the case for examination on the l4th
inst. DUFF was admitted to bail In the sum of
$500, and the girl remanded she being unable at
the time to give bonds of $500 to answer for her
appearance.
A. Bowen, A. Lorenzo and c. T. Kuell will
have hearing on the I'D inst. on charge Of en-
beZZlement.
Ann Riley was up for pilferng on the levee,
and was sent down TO the Workhouse, where her
disposition for picking things will be practically
applied to oakum, or something else.
James O'Brien, for stealing shoes, goes to the
Parish Prson for thirty days.
Eliza Brown, who is also known as Mary Henry,
is accused by Mrs. Sarah Mendez of stealing from
the domicil Of the latter, No. 2l0 Ersto street,
three silver plated candesticks, some jewelry and
some clothing. Mrs. Mendez il not quite so gene
rous as Hugo's character. PAbbe Mynie, she
means to keep her candlesticks and prosecute
Eliza. Case fixed for the l4th. Bail fixed at
$3.50.
Henry Beecher, Jim Jones and John Harding,
cOlored, were each sent for thirty days TO the
Parish Prison for maliciously burning railroad
property.
RECORDER GAsTNEL's CoURr. Mrs. eeOrge
Foster, colored has been arrested and given bail
10 answer charge of stealing dress from Vir-
giDia Douglass colored.
Sarah Brown, Dora Jones, Emma Walker and
Josephine Smith, cOlored women, are under ar
est, charged with stealing sixty dollars from VIM.
Jasten.