The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-18
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I'M Ahnf hhAIUh4 y08tokOoys ~ 8uOWu Uy u.
thermometer at @. Duhsmel's, Ill Canal street
lately corner Benville and Chsrtres streets. wa.
as follows: At A. n. 6l degrees IL N. 64;
P.n. 81: 6P. N. 65.
In ALL the history Of jurisprudence in this
country there never was anything 80 ludicrous and
80 lamentable as the appearance of the iuries in
tne several courts OF this city. Ia the Fifth Dis.
rict Court, to-day, there are eight negroes tn
jury, and the case under trial is very import tsut
ano intricate one for damages. The writer took a
good look yesterday at the worthy eight-s
genuine circus horse or piebald group Ranging
from the bsckest Afric to the lightest hued octo.
room. They all are common place looking nigs
except two One of these is q muiatto, who
leans upon his goldhesded cane and glsres upon
everybody that enters the courtroom. The other
is coal-black. bald.headed old darky, whose
suavity of expression and glistening forehead
which ranges from his brow 10 the nape of his
neck remind one of Martin Van Buren. The
hyena and the fox.
Mr.. RODRIGUEZ AND HIS WYE who keep q
junk store corner st. Mary and Fulton s.ssa.-.
were arrested some time ago by special Oncsrs
Madden and Hntchinson f9r having oougat lot
stolen sSs% ifo%" "f Che gates Of Citizens n the the
Fourth District. The case was examined by Re-
sent before the First District Court for trial.
Quite number of our most respectable citizens
were In court 10 testify to their loss bat none
could positively swear to the identity of the goDgs
in court.
Mrs. Rodriguez. it appears from the evidence,
when informed by the officers that they had a
search warrant, took the gongs out Of the room In
which they had been deposited and brought the IN
into an adjoining lot, and buried them under man.
uTe and straw, whilst her husband couversed with
the officers. The boys who had been arrested by
Corporal Joseph on suspicion of having stolen the
goDgs, were released, as no positive evidence
could be adduced against them In court. Had
any Of the gongs been marked identifc alton would
have baQn n0aslhia nj naonla fak 10 md
have their goDgs marked hereafter, just to catch
these troublesome urchins.
MRS. UzsE. whose visit to the superintendent of
police TO make an affidavit of murder against her
husband, was recorded in the CRESCENT of yes,er-
cay. repaired, IL seems, on the same day to Re-
corder Jackson of the Fourth District, for the
same purpose, and also to procure q warrant for
the arrest of Victor HUFF, who she asserted had
been the only witness of the deed. But as this
latter was alleged to have taken place at Pass
hspchac, the recorder OF course informed the
applicant that he had no jurisdiction Ia the pre.
mises. Meanwhile her husband, who had previ.
ously surrendered himself at the Fourth District
station, remains in confinement there. He is
quiet. intelligent man, neat in appearance. aud
retiring in men, and, when our reporter called at
the station yesterday, was employed in writn ng
out bis statement of the.affsir. Mr.. Uzee was a
Confederate soldier, was both wounded aud a
prisoner and after the war served upon the police
in this city under Mayor Monroe. In Mobile 10
1868 be was married by the Rev. DR.. sampson. of
Christ Church. Arriving in New Orleans at the
cloee OF the war. be was employed for five months
on board the steamer Emery. Upon his return he
found that his wife had sold ell that was in their
house. and had gone to Texas. She returned,
how ever, about the period of the riots in 1896
(at which time her husband was on the police, as
previc usy alluded to- and asked him TO take
her back and provide for her. promising to be
faithful to him forever. The husband consented,
and they went to housekeeping. Shortly after
hio hafp rad fr1, &ho Ill. NJ
at the request of his cousin. went into the fishing
business for awhile, bat subsequently, finding il
would not support the two OF them, turned il over
TO his cousin and went TO work as painter. he
thus employed until the three remoyed to Pass
Msnchsc. Here some property was leased aud
house built, and here 1t was that the husband first
suspected en- intimacy between his wife and his
cousin. The difference seems finally to have
ripened into quarreling, which In turn ended ia
TIE tragedy OF Saturday last. Unless, however,
within the time specified by law q requisition
should come from the authorities of St. John the
Baptist parish, Mr.. Uzee will Undoubtedly be re.
stored TO that liberty Of which be has voluntarily
for the time being deprived himself.
CoLoRED Boy NAMED wM. Roberts, aged
fifteen years, was arrested by officer Cartwright,
on Howard street, about 1880 O'Clock, last even
ing. charged by Elizabeth Rowens, a colored
woman. with having cut and dane erously wound
ed her son, Carter R0wens, upon the neck and
arm.
THERE WAS NOTHING of sufficient public interest
10 be recorded by the CRESCENT, before the
Second, Third, Fourth. Sixth or Seventh District
Courts, yesterday. The same may be said of
Judge Gsstinel's, the recorder Of the Second
District. The coroner of the Second and Third
Districts had naught before him, either.
Henry NATHAN, whose arrest and release upon
bail under charge of arson was mentioned few
days since, was resrrested yesterday by Special
Officer Sinclair charged by Special Officer ]. d.
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sffidavit states that Mr.. Nathan did, on the sth
day of February, before Justice Shelley, swear
that the stock In his late store, No. l54 Poydras
street. which was burned on the 4th instant,
amounted to five or six thousand dollars, in cloth
ing and furnishing goods, and that his monthly
sales were five hundred dollars. These statements
the afiant urges were grossly exaggerated, with
intent 10 defrsud the FHemen's Insurance Com.
psny. The examination upon the original charge
of arson comes up to day.
MAYOR CONWAY yesterday received the follow.
ing communication:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 8, '69.
Dear Sir-Plesse let me know II there is a mer-
chant IN your city named VIM. McDuff, corner Of
Old Levee and Lafayette, residence IS Washing
ton. person representing himself to be son
of the above is swinoling number of people
here, also in Pbiadelphia and New York, obtain.
run away from school. A reply by return mail
will add in fsrieting this matter. Respectfully,
WAL. CHAcE, Treas. Dept.
Mr.. McDuf states that the individual referred
to is net bis son. and that all be knows concerning
him s that he has been obliged to disburse at va.
rious times money amounting to s27. in payment
Of telegraphic expenses on the subject.
A Few DAYS SINCE complaint was lodged with
the superintendent of police by a car driver en-
ployed on the Common and Claiborne street line,
to Ine effect that watch had been stolen from
him. The work Of recovering il was intrusted to
special officers Marks and Diepert who yesterday
about noon proceeded with q search warrant TO
room in q small house opposite the station, cor.
ner Common and Bocheblsve streets, occupied by
o young man named James Brennan, who, until
three months since, had been also employed es a
car driver. The officers searched trunk which
they found there, and though their investigations
did not lead TO the discovery Of the watch, they
yet brought to light check for S578, dated Feb.
ruary ., 1869 payable TO N. ID. Clark or order,
numbered 5l66. and drawn by the Union Ma
tional Bank, of New York, upon Samuel Smith &
Co., of this city. They also found counterfeit
bank notes as follows: "a 81 bill, Exchange Bank
of Illinois; two 81 b 5. Mining and NJ Manufacturing
Company Of Indiana; 500 bill, Hamburg Bank OF
South Carolina; 81 bill, Chippewa Bank of Wis.
consin; two 81 bills. Bank of Indiana; SO bill,
Merchants Bank of North Carolina; 81 bill, Bank
of State of Missouri; 81 bill, Mclean Company
Bank of Illinois 81 bill, Hide and Leather Bank