New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-07

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pocket of Mrs. Riley. Citizen =. J. N..
shall arrested him.
Buck Sam, who is no spring chicken. ca,
! be found in the WOrkhouse AZ 4 vagrant.
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JEwELEp REcovERED.--Specias oificc,
Pearson Yesterday arrested Mary kearney
fifteen years old. fox stealing two hundred
dollars worth Of jewel1.y from Mrs. Laba.,
corner of Rampant and st. Andrew streets,
| two months ago. Soon after tho robbery i,
was discovered that Mary had gone up Red
riyeH SAa. as the time Of the theft. WIS a
J servant with Mrs. Labat. She returned a
I few days ago. when it was discovered tina.
she had deposited the i,welry with . girl a.
| the eo-ncs Of Lafayette and Dryales
J streets. where Nix. Pearson recovered the
most Of it.
I 4 eI~iancholy Traxedy-A.saaeiuntio On
Trait.
Wecop1 tire following FROM TIE SUNNI:
| lMississippiI TINES:
Last Tuesday Sheriff fr.we:e removes!
the prisoner James w. Head, charged with
! the murder Of ADram Hitler. from the .,ai.
! Of Pike county. with Il view Of conveying
F.; him to vicksburg for safe custody. SON:
! apUreheH>ions of an attempt at rescue be-
| tween Hulmesvi!lc and Magnolia we're ia.
| tcrtain.d, and the Sheriff took the prcea..-
| ton 10 provide II sufficient guard 10 resist
successfully any effort OF that sort. When he
. entered the ears vt Magnolia, however, he
supposed that Ill danger OF the kind was
| c.rr. and orly took with him two guards
besides himself. AL armed witt. duusle-
! barreel shot guns and pistols.
When the train stepped at johnson sta
tioNfvc miles above this place, SIX :uen
entered the back door % tie coach cor
tanning the prisoner and his guards. just
as the train was beginning to move of, one
Of The desperadoes rang the bell and stopped
the train, and then cut the rope, SO that the
conductor, who was i'll on" Of the rear cars
st the time. could not give the startin::
signal for some seconds. This gaze the
desperate and daring outlaws tiluc to ac:.
and they improved it with fearful rapidly.
Before the guards could realize their sit,l:.-
ton and peril. in fact. before they di.;ncd
the character Of the newcomers. three
shots were fired 1T the Sheriff, NJ. A. II.
Prcwett, one ut his son. young Prewett, and
one at the other guard. Mr.. COnev. The
shots were fired at the back OF the sheriff,
without any notification whatever, and took
effect in the neck. shoulder and back, the
latter penetrating nearly through the body.
and at once pronounced mortal by Drs.
Bowen and Martin. who probed it :ls soon
as the train reached Brockhaven.
Young Prewctt was shot III the f.eshy part
OF the right shoulder. inflictins . painful,
though not dangerous wound. One Of the
desperadoes caught the double barreel shot
gun in the hands Of Mr.. Conev and leveled
his navy-six at his head and fired it. A
fortunate dodge of the head, allowed the
ball to pass harmlessly by Conveys neck.
thus saving his life almost AS If by miracle.
AT this juncture Young Prewctt shot one of
the outlaws with his shotgun lo;nled with
twelve bucl1-sl,ot. The fellow. evidently
severely wounded. dropped his weapon i'm.
'mediatcIy and exclaimed, '"For Cod, sake.
carry l,f, out of here" Til. whole ,,:,rty
then ceased to tire. bat disarlncd the guards
OF ali their weapon, Immediately and left.
Of course Head. the prisoner. escaped.
1t was clearly the desig1ko the Icspcra-
does 10 kill all the guards without regard
to the necessity OF such thing. Being six
to three. each armed with two navy six
shooters, having all the advantage of posi-
ton, and takin. the whole guarding part
ny surprise, it really seems that they could
>have accomplished the liberation OF their
friend without killing. Their actions, how
ever. showed the keenness ct their lust for
the blood of innocent men. and their firing
upon the backs OF their victims without
giving them Il living chancc. stamps the
terrible tragedy Us a cold-hloodci and ,ias-
taidly ;lssassnatiun-such Il one as arouscs
the mingled emotions of horror Indignation
and disgust III the hearts OF every brave
and honest man i'll the country.
The writer of this saw Prawett u few
hours before the shooting. lie WIS per
fec.ly composed. and in the full possession
of al his intellectual faculties. Thorough!y
that his wound was mort;.!, he
seemed perfectly resigned ut his approach
ing dissolution, and expressed much more
concern Tor the fate "f his country. tom
and distracted by such acts Of lawlc~sncss.
For himself, he said, he cared not, for Eo
had always tried to do his diity, and death
his children, who must live i'll this country.
and for their sakes. as veil as the
whole people, he did hope that law and
order could be maintained. He expressed
!. wish that the Chapter at Summit, OF which
he is an houoIed member. be requested tO
have his body put away masonically. lie
WIS lingering ut Inst accounts, his pains be
ing quoted by morphine. Scarcely any
hope of his recovery was entertained ~ his
physicians.
Thus. probably before these lines meet the
nyc Of the reader, a vaisa BILE citizen, - good
md true man-perhal,S one OF the best ana
unrest .,Icn OF the county-wii lave been
,luttied oil b. ,Ee hand of an outrageous
violence.
L,rEE-By q special dispatch received al
his office today, we learn that Prewrtt,,a
is better and that strong hopes
IRE now entertained of his recovery. 4 |
'urthcr examination OF the wound supposed
% he mortal discloses the fact that the ball
lid net penetrate to the hollow, and ~ not !
constitution, his physicians are low sa--
rune that he viii be able to wrestle with !
l,a fearful ,rnunt