The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-12-21
CRIME III TIE CRESCENT CITY.
A Batch of Assassins Their Crimes-Interview
with Iwo Of the Conference.-The Knife,
the Pistol and the Club-Glimpses
Into the World OF Crime.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 1871.
Il isnot often In the daily Of life thar
person can confront and hold council with twelve
strong men W hose hands are 'stained with blood"
a gathering OF mucn less startling character
might well afford matter for serious consideration;
but to witness their actions to hear their expires
sons, their hopes and their desires, Is not COM
mon incident in the life OF any one man III any
capacity soever.
New Orleans, famous as she has ever been as
city for the lack OF moral and social eminence, pre-
sents 10 day fair index to the character OF her
people az she did when she was queen among ner
sister cities. The many Clements and nationalit'es
making up her population place ner on an unequal
footing, and when viewed under the light OF her
daily hist ory, the preponderance Of her crimes Is
VIGOROUSLY apparent
The age OF her orazen wickedncss has passed
away. The wealth OF the continent lavished
upon her Is now diverted TO other uses, ana her
commerce s barely sufficient to SATISFY the extrava-
CANT demands upon IT. There IA nothing. however.
In her statistics which may not be found sanity
Boston or the City OF Brotherly Love; not 80 much
wretchedness perhaps, but more pride, more strong
drink and more homicide.
1t was with such reflections as these that the
HERALD reporter entered the parish prison, anl re-
ceiving the courtesy OF the officers, at once
conducted to the condemned cell occupied by James
Garvey ana Charles Earle rude table stood Of
the further end OF the room upon which was taste
fully arranged small altar ana an image OF the
Virgin Mary. Flowers and evergrecns adorned the
table on either side, and the whole presented a
pleasant picture, when viewed IN the contrast OF
the bare walls. The condemned were idly lettering
about on the veranda when the reporter entered,
ana, upon learning his MISSION seemed su.len and
withdrew little; but on learning mat he was not
''local," but HERALD man, they Immediately ex-
tended their hands, which the reporter took, ana
frankly opened the purpose OF his VISIT
Carney and Earle were tried In juno last ana
found guilty OF murder In the nrst degree. They
were formerly policemen In this city and arterward
bore q good reputation as Industrious and SOBER
men, but their crime was such at the Time OF its
commission as almost TO stupefy the community
Madelalne SalllnCer, nearly seventy years or aye,
residing at 6ll AnnuncatlOn street, her husband be-
ing employed as night watcbman IN one OF the cotton
presses II the CITY, on the night OF the oath of April
the house was buglaronsly entered, the old lady
stranged as she lay asleep and the little money
which they mad saved Tor years was carried on.
few hours after their arrest Garvey, VINO seems TO
an informal confession, which was followed soon
after ny proper declaration from his accOmpllce,
charles Ear e certlned to before she Coroner who
only evidence tnat was produced against them on
the ria or that could be Of any weight In enabling
the jury to deterBllne the case Fare saws
We walked back 10 tneen, OF the lot lie Gar
vey) climbed over the fence and tried the picket
right next to me and 1t would not come loose. lie
told me to get over ana try 1t on the other side
where the little Cabbage garden IS. lie took tho
came on very easy lie told me 10 take hold
OF TIE next PICKET, and he Inserted the chlse and
ro ea sne ~, ener h one OIL we waRea sen inside
gate there. never had opened II before. and we
were some time before We got IL open. opened It
a. last. went into the prlvy. lie iGarveyl had his
shoes Off at this tlme. When came out at the other
end OF the yard my dog was barking. ! told HIM
we had better get out lie SAID, mo, by God as we
came IN We must end the BUSINESS
he asked me which way the oed lay, saying "l'll
OF the room. He went to the room where tho door
was open. He asked me II the other door was
sSs soua sSt s We Ne S went into Sm
n There % Was no yo1e what
| pered to me to light the candle.
TnrN THERE WAS STIR IN THE DEp.
"a Inc eo eeS o s Of inc or IN one
she naue little noise IN the 1ed-a sort OF chok-
caade Inc &C sanis was sos two o weeks ago on
Tcnolpitoulas street: We opened the armOirc tnen
nna mere Nv w tne s og 10 see N mat
under the bed aud looked into it, but ala not find
anything. We came away from the bedroom Tic
said she hal tainted or somethng-tnat she was
white.
He then first noticed box on the right hand side
as you go IN, behind the door, took the candle
ana looked at the box, seeing 1t was locked. In
looking IN the drawer OF the armore Garves found
key. told MIN IL there. 1 thought 1t was q
door key, and he was going TO try IL WIN cnse.
lie went and got 1t and unlocked the chest.
over, but could not ind anything. Garvey opened
the little TIL that was there at the eud OF the chest.
l held the nd He pulled IT open and took . book
out OF IL, and handed It to Some money dropped
out OF II. examined the book and took all the
greenbacks there was IN u, ana rolled II up put
more money tnan this here; they've got 1t stuck
somewhere He raised another little lid on the
out something Ike sack. l TOOK q hold OF IL and
eniptled It into the trunk. II had some KIND OF
another, ana It mad pocketbook In It. He SAID
then, 'inats all; there's couple o. thousand there,
sure. Let's 90" We let then, going out the same
way we came IN, only going out on SIKH street,
through The church yard gate. Between Felicity
road and 81. May street we met police officer.
Garvev stopped aud spoke 10 him. We went down
on ichoupltouas street. ON the way gong down
he threw thar cnlsel ne mad over the fence. That
was between Girod and LAFAYETTE streets, OH the
lett hand side as you 20 down. Tnere was conee
house open there, and We had DRINKS and sat and
He asked the parkeepcr If he had any other room
besides inc coffee house. The barkceper told him
yes. he gave as candle ana showed ns 70 TIE TIE,
water closet, and he held the candle aud we divided
the money. When we eame OUT we had the sack
and pocketboQk still. lie told me to throw tnat In
the river. WdNboth went 20 the river, and threw
In. went no the lcyee ana put the money IN pile
OF slaves between Seventh and Eighth streets.
couldn't tell how much money there was. We mad
about eighty dollars IN gold and three hundred and
mere were some to divide AFTER having three
buncnes OF 500 each. There were 81 IN silver.
baTVey h'tu tic cliscl lpoutcu ouD W toroucil ~
SGinger's house, and saw the end OF revolver IN
his pocket. l dld not know Mrs. Sanger
was dead until alter 1 was arrested. j
didn't 20 near tie bed. Garvcy laid across
the bed. ON Monday morning ! came home
and changed my clothes, ana told my wife would
go 20 the evee ami II that salt was IN. Garvey
came over while was changing my clothes, and
asked me II was gong to work. told HIN Yes;
wait n minute until put on my WORKING ciothes.n
As soon as got through we went down 10 Kfauss'
ana mad drink Garvey did not tell me where he
put his money. When he went into his house 10 get
The chisel asked him II his vile would not HIM.
He sand, son, that's all right" Speaking OF Mrs.
Salinger he SAID she might have ''cr0aGed.n
Sucn were the statements made by Earle after his
arrest. They are gwen IN rambling kind Oh way,
have many inaccuracies, aud al tue best could onlv
be received subject 10 grave doubts Coming from
any 0tner source 1t certainly would be suspicious,
as the details are so graphic as could only DC FUR.
nlshed by an accompllce. But taking the paper as
10 IS, there Is ample evidence IN It's character TO
sloW LAT LII foLllMing out the history OF The mur.