New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-28
TIE Tcuour11ouLAs STREET HOMICIDE

IHE 1CIIOUPITOULAS SrREEI HOMICIDE
The REPUBLICAN of Sunday published,
exclusively, such details as could then be
obtained OF the fearful ARRAY on Tchonpi-
,oulas street; beginning with wite-beating
ry an intoxicated man. Michael Mungey,
followed by Mungey striking Officer Crow
7ey with an iron bar, and ending with pistol
shots. one of which took effect on the per-
-on of Mungey. The latter died, at the
Charity Hospital, after our report closed.
Coroner Creagh held an inquest, yesterday
morning on the body of Mungey. when the
following facts were elected:
Officer A. VI. C. Hersev stated that on the
night in question, hearing Il call rap. he
went to the house 1877 Tchonpitoulas street,
and saw Officer Mckenzie at the door: some
one was then crying watch, and we Went to
the third story. in rear, where several ladies
we're standing; one of them said she wanted
.hat man arrested, saying he was i'll his
room; We demanded admission, and the man
said the first man who came into the room
ne would kill; getting light from one Of
he ladies went to the back window and
raised it about One-fourth; the light was
blown out bv some one on the inside: at that
moment the door was opened and lady
cried out che is going down stairs
Officer Crowley went TO the door to see
+ he had gone out: the defendant
ran out with bar OF iron and at the
same time the light was extingulshed
/ saw the deceased strike Crowley with the
ron bar and knock him down: ! caught
Crowley, thinking it was the deceased;
Mckenzie remarked. 1T is Crowley, and
n about IA minute after / heard the shot
tired: the deceased was coming toward the
back window with bar of iron, where Ne
;rht I Z
Who fired p some one said. Il did, but
don't know who; when the light was brought
the deceased was lying on the floor; Officer
Crowley was knocked senseless by the de-
ceased while he was standing at the door,
but knew nothing about the shooting; he
was the first officer called in: he was re-
1uesteG BIZ the wife of the deceased to arrest
sim.
Mrs Ellen Cromley said: On the night in
question was in the house No. Is, Tchoup-
roulas street; about ten o'clock Mr.. Mungey
turned his wife out let her in: have no
bedstead, but my husband and another man
we're lying on the bed ticking. telling stories;
as soon as Mungey found that his wife was
in nv room, he commenced breaking through
over where the children were asleep, with a
bar of iron; he broke the glass over the
door and threw the bar of iron into the
room: | hallooed watch" and murder
and so did she and her children; we hallOOed
loudly; Mungey began to break the furnf.
.ure again, and his children hallooed
murder" on the porch; two watchmen
then ran up stairs: they came to his
iront door and asked him to open
IL: he said that the first man that would
enter his door he'd knock his brains out;
thew went around to the window, and were
N the act of raising it, when the hight was
clown out; at that time the door was
ouened: the officer attempted to go IN, and
went into nay room to hight the lamp
heard the officer grooming, but did not see
him struck; as | was coming out the room,
an officer told me clear ont, that he was
going to shoot; they were taking the
wounded police officer down stairs; the de-
ceased was a Quarrelsome man when ne was
.ntoxicated; about four O'Clock tnat eve
ring the deceased attempted to kick me; ut
ne same time he kicked Il boy -
Mrs Sarah Sewell-Resides at No. lS'
Tch0upitoulas street. l occupy me lfoht
room. and the deceased, Michael Mungey,
wed in the back room heard the cries OF
murder" and watch between eleven and
Twelve o'clock Saturday; previous TO that,
and about the same time, heard a noise as
OF some person was breaking the furniture;
! remained in my room, not leaving 1t at all;
! heard the report OF pistol, nut nave no
knowledge who fired it.
Mrs Margaret Cain said she had ire
,uently requested the officer Of the beat to
arrest the deceased, but he refused, stating
that he was not permitted TO enter house
unless there was IL cry OF watch.
The wife of the deceased repeated the
statement already published.
The jury returned d verdict IN accordance
wjth the facts.
The Times reporter interviewed Officer
Mckenzie. who was arrested and locked up
on suspicion of having fred the pistol whici
killed Mungey, and this is the reported
statement of Mckenzie;
Myself and Officer Crowley were standing
at the St Mary Market. when we heard a ie
male voice repeatedly screaming murder =
and ..watcl' We ran to NO. lo| lrhoupitou
LIS street. where the cries were still repeated
IN the second story we looked through
window i'll the door and saw the deceased
standing beside the door, his hand resting
on the door. keeping us out ASKED
hun to open the door; he said we conld
rot enter; he would kill the first one tn;''
stepped inside we pushed against 1nt
door. and IA woman in the front room toio
us TO arrest the man and open the door; the
deceased still kept us out, when omcei
Crowley pushed his club between the door;
1 told him to remove the club, rs Mungey
would get hold of it, and then 60 for US.
We then saw the deceased etoop down to