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

o'clock the Garden District was shocked by
one of the most horrible and deliberate
murders that has been recorded for years,
which appears to have resulted from com
bination of insanity and jealousy. Some
years ago John Clancy, keeper of grocery
at the corner of Adele and Rousseau streets,
married, and having lived tolerably pleas
antly with his spouse for two years or so she
died. During the time sister Of the wife
had been living in the family. After the
death of his wife Clancy took up with the
sister Ann, and without the formality of a
marriage ceremony the two dwelt together
until short time ago, when legal ceremo-
mics made the two one flesh. After this
Ann had been arrested several times on
charge of insanity, and Special Officer
Dumas informs US that on the occasion of
her last incarceration she threatened, in a
frenzy, to kill her husband as certain as life
was spared her to accomplish the deed.
Dumas fastened to inform Clancy of the in
tention of the wife, but he apparently took
no heed of the warning, and even made
light of the matter. On the date of her
former arrest she wished to swear to an aft.
davit that her husband had murdered her
three different times, and she was fearful that
the fourth was pending. Ann was sent to
the Insane Asylum for the third or fourth
time, but the husband again got her released
and took her home. At the time mentioned
he was lying asleep on his bed, when the
woman quietly and stealthily approached
him, and with a grocery cheese.knife ten
inches long deliberately forced the huge
blade into his left side, between
the ribs, the blade severing lung,
and of course awakening him to
terrible reality. He expired at ten
o'clock last night, but previous to his death
he informed those present of the woeful
transaction as well as he could, and made
his will, leaving considerable available
property. Mr.. Dumas found in the house
several thousand dollars, which were prop.
erly disposed of, and the Coroner held an
inquest. Soon alter Clancy received his
fatal wound he signitied wish to make his
will, 'and Judge Jackson being sent for was
present as witness, also Mr.. L. Won
Zinken. The poor man was too near eter-
nifty to sign his name to his last testament.
Officers Corbett and Willis arrested the
woman and took her to the Fourth District
stationhouse, where we conversed with
her, and, in our judgment, she is not as in.
sane as she pretends. Her maiden name
was Fox. Only last week she
was under arrest, but at the solicitation
of her husband was released, he vouching
in her behalf that he would be responsible
for any crime she might commit, and now
the voucher is in another world, sent there
by the hand that he claimed as his own.
Deceased related all the facts to Coroner
Roche, as nearly as he could, and the YER
dict is made in accordance with those
statements. The woman's tone of CONVEX
sation in prison is medley of love, ieal.
ousy, hatred, insanity, and of wrongs suf.
fered and endured. There is nothing
particularly noticeable in her personal
appearance, more than that she has a lean
and hungry look, not in the least crazed.
She was remanded to prison by Recorder
Jackson, and will be arraigned during the
present week.
APPOINTMENTS BY CIVIL SHERIFF MAXWELL.
j. F. Dick, Chief Deputy; Michael De
Armas, salesman; Arthur Hart bookkeeper;
s. NJ. Burnett, W. Walsh, G. H. Tardy, Paul
7. Abadie, Joshua Cortrew, R. YIlarubia,
L. E. Gardette, II. K. Nixon, j. 0. Loze, E.
Barbarino, James Mohan, Samuel Rous-
seau, George B. Mahan, ]. P. Virglini, s.
Robert, jules Sorapuru were appointed
Deputy Sheriffs. The list of appointees is
not completed. H
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNIoN.-The following
officers were elected at meeting of the
New Orleans typographical Union held
Sunday, the fifth instant:
H. W. Weaver, President; Robert Risk,
Vice-P President; James P. Gordon, Record.
ing Secretary; NJ. NJ. Wooten, Financial
Secretary; Robert Hall, Treasurer; and ].
Blackstone, Doorkeeper.
SENTENCES Howe yesterday pro.
nounced the following sentences:
Walter Gaines, feloniously entering
dwelling house, five years hard labor in the
Penitentiary.
Albert Pascal one year Penitentiary.
James Wilson, burglary and larceny, six
months Pen1tenttary.i i
Henry White, horse stealing and larceny
one year Penitentiary,
Jacob Patterson, larceny, three months
Parish Prison.
7 Mahoney, larceny, three months Parish
Prison. s..a 49,.
John Davis, larceny, three months Parish
Prison.
City ITEMS IN BRIEF.-Judge Gastinel,
Second District Recorders court, having
concluded to recreate few days has retired
to his plantation down the coast to look
after his coming crop, to shoot little, fish
a trihe, and breathe fresh air good deal.
His seat was flled by Assistant Recorder
Sturoken, who among his first acts fined
John Harris SIS for carrying concealed
weapons, and Martha Crosby a like sum
for being disturber of the peace of Frank
lin street. Thirty others got little sugar
in theirs.
The st. Charles, St. James, and st. Louis
hotels are dusty looking places, showing
closed doors and being quite otherwise than
sanity in existence.
There is music in the AIR as Miss Pru.
nella said when she saw Flora McFlimsey on
Canal street with an entire brass band on
her head.
The reason why Lawyer L, wears such an
unusually long.tailed coat is because his
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