New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-03
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE


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States, In the Postofice, had apparently been |
dropped into oblivion, yet several officers |
have been secretly active in efforts to ferret |
out anything relative to the robbery. Sew |
eral days ago Mike Farrel, aid to chief Of
police, put his eyes on a stranger and then
placed his hands on said individual, who
gives his name as John Lee. Circum-
stances surrounding this young man led Mr.. |
Farrell TO confront Mr.. Lapeyre and Lee,
when MT. Lapeyre Immediately affirmed |
that to the best of his belief and memory |
Lee is the man who was standing by him at |
the posteffice window and called his atten- |
tion to the decoy dollar bill on the floor. |
Yesterday John Lee was brought from !
prison and placed on trial before Judge |
Gastinel, recorder of the second district. |
Judge Atocha appeared for the prisoner and |
asked that the prisoner be discharged under |
the statute Of limitation, asserting that over |
one year had elapsed since the commission |
Of the crime and the date of this prosecu- |
ton. The court ruled the objection as of |
no avail, and at once proceeded to formal |
investigation.
Mr.. Lapeyre was the first witness placed
on the stand. He is positive that the &C.
cused is the person who spoke to him, call
| ing his attention to the decoy dollar; l
stopped to pick up the bill, and in half a
second resumed an upright position, and at
| once discovered that one of two packages of
| S2O, 900 each had disappeared; the accused
remained by the window several minutes
after the loss; there were several other
| persons near us; the robbery was COM
mitted on the 10th of November, 1866, in the
postottlce OF this city; the general appear
| ance OF the accused is, to the best OF nay
belief, precisely that of the man who was at
my left hand who spoke to me; had never
| seen the party previously, but am hrm In
the belief that this is the man; had some
conversation with accused while he was in
| prison.
Smith lsard, aid to chief of police, sworn.
Said that he did not know the prisoner, or
anything of the case.
Mr.. N. Farrell sworn. Says that he ar
rested accused in company with q profess
siOnal thief, on Royal street; saw him again
also with a professional thief; arrested him
because he was with these thieves; knows
nothing of this man in connection with the
Lapeyere robbery.
, Lieutenant Manning, second district
police: Knows nothing Of the case ON trial d;
accused told me that he was in New York
at the time of the robbery; believe that
| when Mr.. Lapeyere went to see Ac-
cused in prison he said that he could not
!, swear to Lee being the man who was by
l him at the time he was robbed.
Lees own account of himself was as fol
+ lows: Left New York on the LIST Of April
q last and went to Hot Springs, Arkansas;
' went to Memphis and Mobile and attended
a the races; became acquainted with man
. named Butts here; don't know that he is 8
;, professional thief; keep cigar and sample
room in New York.
r The court gave its opinion as follows
1t There being insufficient evidence for me x
v send accused before the first district court
n / will be compelled to discharge him in thi
" case; but as he can not give a good aceoun
n of himself or his reasons for being here,
= feel it nv duty to place him under 5000
Is bonds, and in default of giving it, let hin
u go to the workhouse. In case he wishe
r. any time to leave the city he can do so b.
ct producing proof that he will depart.
=, Lee is medium sized man, quite full Il
re flesh, about thirty;hve years old, black hair
s. nearly bald on the top of his head, blue
\, gray eye, and of tolerably genteel ar
y pearance, When our reporter left the couT
y Lee had failed to furnish bonds.
9F We understand that an affidavit is or wa
ls pending against accused in another court
ar the first district.
is COrOner's Statistics.
lg Coroner Bradford gives the following Q
re the number of deaths in this city from tn
d; lst to the 3lst of December 1867;
"a Freedmen dead without medical assls
r ance, including 20 deaths from cholera, 8.
.. .. cholera, whites, 5; yellow fever, l; foun
% drowned, 8; killed by an accidental fall
~ killed bv the accidental discharge of a r.
w volver, /; accidentally run over by a cart,
It; homicide, 6; various diseases, 8; total, So.
tx Free LOdgers.
" The second district station-house has |
IL much or more business in the way of fu
IN nishlng lodgings than a first class hote
Every inclement night from ten to thir
be human waits ask as boon that the POI
It's privilege be granted them of hiding the
Wearied and poYerty-strlcken selves in
.at bare prison room. They know no home, l
- rooftree, and of verify must have fallt
w low in the scale of life. The history Of eaC
w one of these unfortunates would doubtle
Is; form entertaining pages for Dickens.
W DIR. Bayou John.
II This is a character, charlatan, one wi
NJ by working on the credulity of the ignorA
ne has become able to ride in his own oaTriag
ng Or, John was yesterday before Record
re Gastinel charged by a black girl with ha
is log received from her SIG as fee to bril-
,ss back to her her recused husband throul
tie fundamentally of blowing in trumpt
giving spider web pills, or some other SUI
ne foolishness. Old Bayou failedto charm Il
ire unfaithful husband back to his bed, boar
and disconsOlate wife. Now she comes in
ne court, and demands that the "poor 0
lr- humbug refund her her money, and
,as SISTED that the Judge become a collectC
ar However the old charmer finally in OPP
inr court gave the complainant $40, when s
ioe departed, growing because she could n
Vi get $40 more to pay for loss of time.
Developments COncerAing a Dead Ma
iat Andrew Walker, the burglar who W
i've shot and killed by Mr.. Theo. Marks a f
~ nights ago, it now appears. was an cid re
- dent of this city, and years ago man
good business standing. In consequence
serious troubles he fell into bad habits, a.
M. finally disappeared from New Orleans.
week or more ago Judge Alexander Walk
found in his postoffice box a letter whiC
on reading, evidently was meant for 9th
hands and eyes, as the subject matter W
M. of good localities to rob. The Judge We
| a properly handed the document to the ch
of police. When Walkers body was scare
Ia, ed a slip of paper was found on which "
H. noted several stores to be robbed. 1t is sS
lns that former slave of Walkers identifl
,eu the corpse.
Dy Mr.. Marks underwent formal inYestil
tion yesterday morning before Judge !
an vile, and was discharged, the eVider
not showing that the killing was justifable.
ter A Little Girl Accidentally Killed.
yes A young girl named Pauline Never. at
the corner of Third and Fulton streets, Was
Wednesday killed by an accidental 81
IaD from pistol in the hands of a man nan
~ Lewis Brookhouse, who was immediat
0u' arrested.
~ James WAtson, the Notorious.
tae No less than three Afidavits are on rec,
ihg in the first district recorders court agai
vas this irrepregsible young man. Oae is
being drunk and disturbing the peace Of
on Charles street, and another is for haYi
the unprovokedly assaulted and badly beai
fellow prisoner while in the lookup.
- these and other charges he viii learn on
~, thing to his disadvantage on the 1854 IN
anu He IS at present in the Workhopse uhe
bonds Of $1,000.
A Msrue and Euaay aEhsalns.
ION, Two Young gentlemen 0n New Year ID