New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-10

| Nhtn on Unt Salltfy we Uncovered some
excitement on the banquette near Victors;
TN looking l recognized Mr.. Wheyland and
| Mr.. Devices; | noticed Mr.. Devices leave
tie banquette and 90 into Eict"rs; then
noticed Mr.. Mccullough, whom | had pre-
! v!ouslv met III company with &. W. Carter,
tonch Wheyland on the shoulder, saying,
1ou are my prisoner" the reply by de
! ceased was that he recognized no sergeant
| alarms OF that kind then Mccullough
drew his pistol and fired, before any
| resistance had been made by deceased; he
! slightly resisted the police officers. in whose
company he was; | suppose they were
policeman, because they wore blue uni
forms; | saw Captain Mccormack, an en-
ploye IN the Cust0mhouse. with Mr. Me
| Cullough; saw Mccormack, III company with
| some one l did not recognize at the time
| the men also arrested Mr.. Devices, but he
| was released previous to the arrest OF Mr.
| Nheyland; l am positive that Mr..
| Mccullough shot deceased; ! can re
cognize Mr.. McCullough at any time;
! there was no difficulty between the accused
and deceased at the time of the shooting; |
| saw 40 difficulty between any OF the men
before the shooting took place; saw no one
| produce any warrant, and noticed no
| badges on the men: saw a new revolver ln
| Mr. Met Cul0ugh's hand az the time: | was
| not ten feet off at the time: the assailants
| were not III unitorm did not hear any OF the
| men say anything to deceased previous To
| the shooting, except Mccullough say, " You
are my nisoncr;' Mccullough is about
| titty-thIer years Old, five feet six
| inches and a half or seven high, gray halr,
| oneeye has a cast.
William Mooney sworn-About halfpast
four o'clock Tuesday evening | Was re-
Qufstcd to accompany M"ssrs. Devices,
Matthew and Whryland to Victor's restsur-
ant; when on Canal street | noticed Mr..
Art 'D,Tu1rE flp Montreal prplguU " pf CANA!
| street; said 70 Wheyland, Let us 20 on
quick: see there Is posse here watch
ing Mccormack, noticed him give signal;
we reached the banQuette III front OF
Victor's, where | met Detective
Dumas, when l told him there was
follow i'll the rear; arriving al Nictor's, Nc
Cormack stepped up and reached for Mr..
Devices; Mccormack was pushed back.
when rcvOlvers were drawn; four men drew
revolvers and took hold of deceased and
pointed their weapons at his head without
saying u word, ! took hold of Mccormack,
and there was scutilc, We going into the
street, Mccormack still holding his pis-
to- in his hand; | took Whcyland
! from him; Just at that time de
ceased was shot from the rea.: McCor-
| mack snapped his pistol, the hammer
catching the flesh of my hand; Whryl.nd
turucd and said, Bill. I'm shot" Nc
Cormack threw down his pistol, and |
took him prisoner and turned him over 10
the Chief Of Police: | know Mccullough
we'll, and saw him there with pistol IN his
hand: he was one of the three arrested;
after the arrest ! saw d badge on McCor
! nack's coat it was white badge with
black letters on it: the men did not
say word to either OF us
| before the scuttie commenced: Mccormack
was the first TO lay hands on Whey land; ii
man, whose name, believe, is johnson, as
sisted hcCormack; he has Is sandy NOUS
tache. and is thick set. when Mccormack
was 81 arched a pepper box pistol was found
! on hlm; he threw pistol away on Canal
street; do not know who shot deceased.
Detective J. Dumas corroborates ar.
MONEYS testimony, and adds that he Is
positive thar the man who gave his name ~
Mccullough, now under arrest. is the
who shot deceased.
ION the person of Mccormack were found
some sort of documents signed by G. W
Carter, one III blank for sergeant alarms
also one IN writing appointing some one 4
sergeant.
I-idore Mccormack and William NJ
CullouEh had ribbon badges on which
was printed "a>sistaut scrgeant-;tt-armS,
Hons" of Representatives.
+. W DE Hcrs-HrtWetn four and five
o'clock Tuesday evening / met iessrs.
/ Matthew aud Wheyland on Dry yados street,
on their way to the restaurant; Captain
hcCann instructed some Of bis officers to
accompany and protect Us; when about
! half way across Canal street. say lsdorc
! Mccormack approaching, when we hurried
! along. as he and Mccullough had previously
! waylaid me; as reached tts lower side of
| Canal street. |. Mccormack grabbed me
| and said, Il arrest you," at the same time
| drawing his revolver; ! saw others draw
| ing pistols, when SOM, one pushed me into
/ the iaurant; heard a shot tirad, hut can
| not say who fired it.
T. Fleury-About half past four o'clock
| Tuesday evening ! Wa7 on Canal street,
| near the corner OF Burgundy: SAN two men
I take hold of deceased III front Of Elctur's
! restaurant; they scnitlvd into th street. de
! ceased ende;.voring to leave: then nstN an
/ old man 90 our Of the crowd. uriw a re
! vnlVrr and shoot deceased in tie side. ami
/ then sturjcd of but some one caught Aiin
he wore Il gray hat; bad no viii ,r.-.
! Captain NcCaun-Ahout il" O'Clock
| Tuesday evenir. was on DcyadeS street.
! near Common. v hon my attention was at
/ trart,d tG Canal street hv proI ic yuuning;
! reaching jhr neutral ground ou { maj street,
i saw licensed; Corporal Witt nd tAtrol-
man t. j Sullivan srutiIing vita twG III Il
! in IA" street II front Of Nirtu.'> restaurant;
when g.'t within ten or twelve tsrt ui tie
cc.,~'l. a nl?u s'Hrnad out ii til" crowd
pear by and M nachrd de- Cd .r2I
hrrinl pni eAct lHm il tie back
wi,liy ho as Lsid hy two men. I,dure
:,n', John NoForuilrh: t'r pistol gts about
q tJut from Gccg.-,! a. the titu" ni the
shooting; arrested the man who shot ana
took hold VI his htud rs he WHa in the act
oi cor!iiuE h's pistol again. ha toid IN |
had 10 authority Z" ;'rr"-t him, n ha va 4
Srig ;.nt n arius Of Il House OF Gspr"sautl-
tiv'S ond he wns pursuing h,7 ddiy; lie