New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-02
HOMICIDE IN THIRD DISTRICT
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CORONER
Homicide in the Fourth District
PERPETRATOR IN PRISON

April, for the month closed in blood Tw
young men, daily laborers, both well know
III the neighborhood where they lived, wer
melted to quarrel over some trifing matter
the end of which was the taking of the lii
OF Isaac jackson by Henry Stevens, at 0
near the corner of Rousseau and ST. Ar
drew streets. Fortunately the assassin wa
arrested few seconds after he committe,
The terrible deed, the bloody weapon still il
his hand, ready to stab any one who darec
TO interrupt his fight The following eyl
dence before Coroner Crcagh tells the tale
T. III. Pfaeffiin saw the deceased fall arc
die soon afterward on the street, while
! Policeman was present.
Bertha Pfaetftin-Saw two men fighting
between four and five o'clock Sunday eve
Hing, while l was standing at my house
corner OF st. Andrew and Rousseau streets:
thought they were playing at first; the man
wearing the black coat III. Stevens1 came
up with an open knife in his hand; the other
man had his hand in his right pocket; that
was all saw. as | was afraid: after deceased
tel saw him IN the gutter: then the man
with the black coat ran down Rousseau
street; saw the accused in custody of Mr..
| Won Zinken and an officer
Miss Caroline Miller-About five o'clock
Sunday evening was proceeding toward
Rousseau street from her home No. 60 ST.
| Andrew street; saw two coiored men near
! the corner of the streets; the man wearing
the black coat walked over to the other one
and slapped the other mans (deceased'sl i
lace; the man who was slapped said,
| whats this !" and then struck him hack:
then the man with the black clothing drew
knife. and the other put his hand into his
| POCKET; accused (pointing out the prisoner
who had just been brought inl then plunged
| his knife into the other mans breast; STE
phens then ran of jackson ran a few steps
and tell lnto gutter; the knife now before
me is similar To the one | saw in the hands
OF accused at the time of the affray The
weapon is large e-sized pocket knife. two
blades, the largest one being about four
inches long. There is small quantity OF
Diood On the handle and on the blade.l
Bertha Pfaetfiin was recalled to see if she
would recognize accused. To the best of
her belief he is the man; he is dressed the
same. Mr. Pfaeffiin was recalled, but was
unwilling TO say whether the prisoner is the
man or not; is unable 10 say.
Phillip Stephens-My attention was
called to two men IL the street uuarreIing.
the accused had his right hand raised. and
IN It was a knife, blade open: some
women cried out TO prisoner to run fearing
that he would be cut; man with a green
striped shirt Henry Stevensl was running:
accused ran into the street toward the
other one. but turned and ran down Rous-
seau street: the prisoner had this knife or
Une that looks ike it III his hand when Mr..
Won Llnken and an officer had him in
custody.
Paul Deckerman-Heard child saw that
some one was murdered; saw a colored man
lying In the gutter, bleeding; saw the pris-
oner running off; called to him to stop: he
did not stop; | ran toward him: Mr.. Cline
caught him. prisoner had a knife in his
hand; the knife before me is the knife the
accused had; | recognize the prisoner as tie
lnan the knife was taken from.
Colonel Leon Won Zinken-About five
0 CLOCK sunday evening | was at the corner !
OF St. Mary and Rousseau streets. heard |
people III the street cry out ''stop him" saw |
a coIored man, Stevens, the prisoner, run |
ming down Rousseau street; two men at |
tempted to take hold of Stevens; Officer |
smith ran toward the place after | blew nv |
whistle, and took charge of the prisoner: / |
had accused by the wrist, and the officer |
also had hold of him; accused had a knife |
IN hls right hand; the knife now before me
is the one; the blades were not open: ac-
eused tried to open it, but | prevented him;
Phlllp Stephens took the knife from ac- |
cused
Officer Charles Smith eorroborated Col
1neI Won Zinken's statements.
The coroner's jury rendered verdict to
he effect that Isaac Jackson came to his
ieath at the hands of Henry Stevens.
We have still another homicide to report.
ihe inhabitants of the Third District found
ause for some excitement Sunday evening
'Ver the details of homicide which oc
urred about two clock, in barroom at
he corner of Delery and Levee streets.
Coroner jackson yesterday took the fol-
owing testimony, which in part explains
ne causes of so dreadful deed:
Officer A. j. SanbOrn, fifth precinct r
worn: About three O'Clock | was staudinn |
u my beat, corner of Delery and Leyee
Ireets; heard some persons disputing in
DC eofeehouse at the above corner. and
7cognlZed one party TO be Vinet, the bar !
eeper OF the cotfeehouse, and the other I
nip Lam0ureux; my attention was called ,
some outside parties, saying there viii be
row tnere dIrectIy2I stepped in front OF the
DOR OF the cOtfeehOuse and saw both men I
cry excited; deceased held a glass CON I
lnIng some kind of liquor. in his left hand.
III made motion as If lie was going TO
row II, but did not throw it; | saw de- S
ased reaching over the counter with his ! 5
1t hand, as If to catch the barkeeper: the
cused then threw it at the deceased. =
men missed him. accused then made
me remark IN French, ending with the c
ora Ptstolet; accused then ran to the end +
the bar and took a pistol which was ~
.nglng on the wall and came back opposite T
e deceased, who had his hand on the
inter- and fired the pistol at the o
was then about four feet fl
)m the man who was shot; Jumped over =,
e counter and arrested the barkeeper. y
net, who done the shooting. L
T. Why did the deceased use his left n
nd over the counter instead of his right I,
nd A. suppose, because his right arm ;,
oaralyzed The pistol was sixshooter, of y
2 French pattern. III
officer Fred Engelmann, fifth precinct. to
the former statement. He adds,
wever, that since nine o'clock in the
rning the parties had been disputing and
mixing.
lie took the deceased from the ioorsteps &C
a bench near by, and told HIN to keep
et. Ihis was about half-past nine o'clock. ii,
e barkeeper then invited the deceased in
e, and they drank together. CO
Dr. j. b. Cooper, City Physician testified w
i having made the post mOrtem examin- W,
IN on the body of Philip Larmoureux; c,.
I the ball entered the th0rax some four n,
nes below the left nipple, penetrated the II
x OF the heart, causing internal hem IN
hage and death cl,
ne deceased was native of France, and ce
'7slx years old, and being paralyzed, OF
re viii be but little ground for plea of is
defense on part of the accused.
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