New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-09

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some time 40. He ~. reminded for OK
animation BY Reeocder Hoaehton on the
a6davits made against him yesterday.
KNOCKED Down sr CAR.-At seven
o'clock yesterday morning Widow r. Keller,
residing on Tchoupitoulas street. between
Napoleon avenue and Berlin streets, was
knocked down on Napoleon avenue by ac-
commodation car No. 60, Of the st. Charles
street line. She was struck on the forehead
by brake, and was afterward taken to
her residence. The driver Of the car is
locked up in the Jefferson station.
MURDER AND ITS REsULTs.-The Pcay,sne
is informed that on Friday, March 81, a
youth named John Lee, eighteen years of
age, killed q gentleman named August Yes
tering, eighteen miles from the town Of
CovinSton, Louisiana. Young Lee subse-
quently surrendered himself to the author
tiles. Was tried on Monday, April 3, acquit-
ted and released from custody. Whereupon
the citizens, who seemed to be greatly in
censed against the accused, took the mat
ter in hand and endeavored to apprehend
him.. Failing to find him, however, they
arrested his father and brother, who are
now held in custody, charged with being
accessories to the crime. r. n,s.-4
DR1vEs.-We copy this item from the
Picayune: 4i4 sfas 81 a
There are more elegant private turn-outs
and fast teams now in New Orleans than
were ever here before, even prior to the
war, and there would be . great many
around our city. When the contemplated
protection levee shall be completed, New
Orleans will fairly travel ON wheels. BY
the way, we are gratifed to learn that
there is q fair prospect tor the early COM
pletiOn Of the st. Charles avenue contract.
And when we express the hope that when
once commenced it may be pushed rapidly
forward, we know that twO-thirds Of the
community will say alnen. :.
SUICIDE IN THE FIFTH DIsrR1cr.-John
Supper, German by birth and shoemaker
BY trade, aged about thirty-six years. COM
mitted suicide yesterday morning ON the
premises of Mr.. Jean T. Webert, by whom
he was employed. Coroner Creagh was
notified early in the morning and held an
inquest. The following was the evidence:
next to that in which the body of deceased
was found; about, or . little after, twelve
o'clock on Saturday morning was awakened
by noise resembling some one dancing;
witness got out of bed, and while doing 90
heard peculiar booming noise, like some
one falling; lit candle and fastened into
the room; saw deceased hanging to the post
at the foot of the bed; he was evidently
dead, having apparently just expired; wit
ness did not interfere with the body nor
disturb the family; about six o'clock the next
morning, when Mr.. Weber got up, witness
informed him of what had happened; when
witness saw deceased the latter was hang
ing by q linen rag.
Jean T. Webert, sworn -Deceased came
to the house Of depOnent about two weeks
ago; wanted work witness engaged him,
morning, with a lot of furniture, and &C.
companied by little boy, his SON when
deceased first came to work for witness, he
looked as if he had been indulging in dis
sipatiOn; witness promised to shelter his
boy, if he behaved properly deceased did
not work all of last week, but drank con-
stantly witness told deceased that he
must elt0or WOrK OF leave tue pr0mlSoS,
thereup0n deceased returned his boy to the
asylum where the child had previously been;
last Monday morning deceased commenced
work, and continued working in desultOry
way until Friday, when he did full days
work, keeping sober; witness saw deceased
the last time alive about ten o'clock on Fri
day night; was called on Saturday morning,
about six O'Clock, by the workman Stephen,
who informed him of the catastrophe; wit
ness did not see the body until summoned
before the coroner's jury, having horror
of such sights; witness has formed the
opinion, from the general conduct OF de-
ceased, that he was insane; that the crazi-
ness was Immediately caused by drinking.
he buried his wife about two months ago,
and his conversation showed that he was
deeply affected by the loss.
F. The coroner's jury rendered verdict to
the following effect:
Deceased came to his death from strangu-
latiOn and dislOcatiOn of the neck caused by
hanging; said hanging being done by the
hands Of the deceased while labOring under
temporary insanity, caused by the exces:
sive use Of alcoholic liquors"
P. CREAGH, Coroner.
N. H. TOY,
A. DUMONT,
WE. DUNCAN,
GEORGE GERARD,
Z. Y. AMES,