New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-29

THE THIRD DISTRICT HoMICIDE-Eri-
dence before the Coroner's Jury.-CoroneI
Avla yesterday held an inquest in the case
Of the killiL q Of Charles Hansen, found dead
in the fifth precinct stationhouse. Elysian
Fields street, some of the details of which
we're given in the REPUBLICAN yesterday.
The following gentlemen composed the
Jury: Hugh Finnegan, X. Allen. P. "A. Snaer,
P. Swan, A. Wallace. The inquest was con-
Quoted as it should have been, and Henry
Castellanos. ESQ.,, appeared for the friends
Of deceased.
Reiss Canonge testified that on Monday
night, at fifteen minutes before midnight, he
stood at the corner of Moreau and French
men streets q while heard a noise as If near
the corner of Victory and Frenchmen
streets; policeman came up with deceased;
when he got where witness was the police
man was clubbing deceased on his arm the
officer had nippers on the man, dragging
him by them; the nippers were on the man S
two hands: the nippers broke while the
officer was clubbing him deceased then ran
toward MOreau street, the officer after him,
in the street the officer then ti1pped HIM,
first putting his arm round him: deceased
the OiuCeT Iucu CluUDcO I'LL III tHC siuc.
deceased did not speak after that; the
officer called him very bad name while
he was clubbing him; deceased twice said
to the officer, ''Do not for Gods sake club
lie this way;" afterward deceased appeared
as if dead: witness followed them to the
stationhouse: the officer had not made Il
call rap at the time the nippers broke: it
was then call rap was made; while the
officer was running after deceased, three
officers answered the call; they all took up
deceased from the pavement; they tired to
make him stand up; he could not stand;
they took him near the gutter corner OF
Moreau and Frenchmen streets; the officer,
the one who had been clubbing him, then
looked into his tace, they then carried him
on their clubs, his face downward, proceed
ing toward the Elysian Fields street station
house; at the time they took deceased from
the street to the gutter, one of the patrol
men fell, cutting his own head; deceased's
body also fell when the officer slipped; on
the way the officers halted to rest, lying the
body down, face under; when they
arrived at the stationhouse the man was
dead; a policeman in the stationhouse
shook deceased's head and put his finger in
his mouth the boOk-keeper told them to
take the body to the rear, which they did
saw Nine. Daniel at the lookup at the time
Mr. A. Guvens was also there. When wit
ness first saw the Ofhcer clubbing deceased,
he saw that it was kept up for about TWEEN
ty-five yards: the prisoner was in liquor
when witness first saw him; when he broke
from the officer he ran to the corner on
which witness was standing, and he said to
witness, thinking he was an officer, =" Do
not club me-" l, witness, did not see de-
ceased give any cause to be dubbed. Wit
ness would know the officer if he should see
him; witness lives near the corner where
the affair took place
Matthew Scarra.-On the night in ques-
ton witness was in his room on French
men street, between Victory and Moreau,
and not asleep. Hearing the noise he
looked out of the window from his bed,
which is right at the window. Saw the
officer coming with his prisoner at the cor
ner Of Victory and Frenchmen, taxing him
On Frenchmen toward M0reau. The officer
mad the nippers on the prisoner, and, i'm
stead Of walking, was trying to run with