The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-14
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Wild Wagner, and seeing him, the aforesaid
buck, raised her ire and she pitched in and wooled
him TO her hearts content amid the jeerings OF
the crowd. After the belligerents were separated
a darky preacher said, I" Is dat your husband 2"
When the wench replied, "Afore God-no-my
lawful husband is gone and dead four years ago,
but dat Internal rogue Niger has got me In an
interesting condition, and Use got no furder use
for sich niger, and II kill him yit, if he don't
lock cut"
The last seen Of the buck was on the bow Of the
Wild Wagner, singing " All h-ah--ho-ho-ho-
o-o."
The Case OF DIR. Thiele Changed with Arson.
The case of DIR. Thiele, charged by Officer III.
Degro with having, on the night Of the 24th Feb
ruary, set fire TO house on Bienvile street, be.
tween IRENE and Marais, came up for trial yester
Gay before Recorder Gastinel.
Henry Degr0 SIcoTn-Resded on Bienville, be-
tween IRENE and Msrais. On the night Of the
oath of February, 1869, about IL o'clock, was
awakened by his wife, who told him that there was
fire in the ooctors room. Witness rushed down
stairs and found that the door had been burst
open. Found nothing burning except a desk.
Heard several stories that night which led witness
to believe that Siebtz had set the fire, or caused
it to be set, and therefore arrested SiebltZ. Wit
ness is police officer. Witness says that Sieb
II was insured for $4,000 in the Phoenix Insurance
Company Of New York. $1,000 on his furniture.
Mrs. Michel SlcoTT-Resides at No. 222 Bien-
vile street. On Monday evening, two days before
q
accused's premises; does not know what was in the
trunk saw nobody in the Doctors house at the
time.
CToss-erdmined- Witness saw the wife of the
accused fully dressed about an hour after the
alarm was given; saw the brother OF accused
after the fire, also dressed.
Luke 0'Brien s,rOTn-Resides at the corner of
Villere and Dumaine. On the night il question
saw smoke coming out OF the front door OF the
premises Of the accused; burst open the door saw
the bureau burning could not see anything 10 the
room on account of the smoke. Witness took the
wife of accused from the gallery of the kitchen
over a shed, where he lett her. She was fully
dressed when witness first saw her and had
basket on her arm. Witness took charge of the
basket She would not 60 down the stairs on ac-
count of the smoke. She did appear much moved.
The glass witness saw burst was the glass of the
light over the front door. There was no watch
man near when witness took Mrs. Thiele down
from the gallery on the shed.
Albert LeleightneT SleOr3-ln September last
he sold about two hundred dollars worth of fur
niture TO DR.. Thiele.
Herman LeleightneT SlcOrTl-Moved accused
into the premises where the fire occurred. Far
niture was worth about five hundred dollars. Wit
ness hauled four heavy loads in all.
MI. Como slcOIn-Says he is police officer.
Saw the are in the room. Could see no other fur
niture but few chairs and the desk in the room,
on account of the smoke.
At this juucture Recorder Gastinel declared that
the State had not made out its case and he there.
|. fore dismissed the accused.
The accused expressed his desire to file an affi-
davit against Mr. Degro. but deferred doing so for
the time being on being advised by the recorder
to take legal advice in the matter.
Board of Police Commtss,oners.
The following sentences have been passed by
the Board of Police Commissioners upon officers
arraigDed for trial upon charges, viz:
Thomas Clark, patrolman, No. Al. third precinct.
Dismissed from the service.
J. B. Gilmore, patrolman, No. 30, third precinct.
Forfeits five days pay.
G. Clarke, patrolmsn, No. II, fourth precinct.
Forfeits three days pay.
Thos. Hart pstrolman, No. 3, river precinct.
Forfeits one days pay.
J. Schultz. special pstrolman, third precinct.
Dropped from the rolls.
]. j. Sexton, special pstrolman, third precinct.
Forfeits two days pay.
l.. Lachaux. pstrolman, No. %, fourth precinct.
Forfeits two days pay.
G. II. Nelson, special patrolman, third precinct.
ReprimaDded.
The following cases continued until Monday,
March 18th :
J. r. Foster. J. Hsckett. E. Simonds. A. Martin,
Jas johnson, S. Faiman, patrolmen; E. McCabe,
d. Battell special patrolmen Joe Hunter, cor
poIsl.