New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-11


covered in the rear Of the premises No. 80
Union street, occupied by Messrs. Simmons
g. Pace and Clapp Brothers & Co., about
half-past three o'clock yesterday morning.
The fire was extinguished by members OF
Perseverance No. 10 without necessity for
an alarm, and before any material damage
was done.
CRIMINAL CoURT.-An affidavit against
w. H. Brewer, charged with having as
saulted with dangerous weapon, at the
Upper City Hotel, Officer George Simpson,
was dismissed.
Edward Woods pleaded guilty to the
charge of assault, and remanded for SEN
tence.
Nelson Jordan, charged with assault and
battery, was convicted.
The motion for j. Reynolds 500 was
continued, and 10 Boil holds on to it in the
meantime.
In. the case of Edward Murphy, charged
with the murder of Michael P. Ryan, bail
was fixed at $1,000.
James McQuaid, who pleaded guilty to
assault and battery, was sentenced to pay
costs ($47), or ten days Parish Prison.
Thomas Brady, convicted of assault with
dangerous weapon, was sentenced to three
months Parish Prison.
Sarah Finley and Ann Spillman, both
house thieves who hire out, steal and va
NOSE, were convicted and each sentenced
to one year Penitentiary.
William Thomas, convicted of stealing
sI2 on the twenty-ffth of June from Henry
Snartman, was sentenced to one year Peni-
Tertiary.
The bail of James Thompson, charged
with assaulting Mr.. Alex. G. Hutchinson,
with intent to murder, was reduced to
$4,000.
THE TOULOUSE STREET HOMICIDE.-The
following will, in part, show how. deter
mined Pueira was in dealing the blow that
sent A. Coralles to his last account:
At an autopsy made by DR.. j. B. Cooper
on the body Of Antonio COralles, death was
found to have been caused by sharp cut
ting instrument entering the thorax through
the right pecteralis muscle, cutting off the
third and fourth ribs near the sternum,
making an incision through the muscle some
two inches in length, passing downward
through the right lung and through the
heart, with an incisiOn one and one-haH
inches in length, then through the liver and
penetrating the stomach, causing internal
hemOrrhage and death Immediately.
Coroner jackson, yesterday, held an in
quest and obtained some important evil
dence.
Gustave Warner deposed that he was
sitting on a chair in Mr.. Rivas' cigar manu-
factory, on Toulouse street, cleaning to-
bacco stems with the accused. The deceased
was outside calling the accused. The &C
cused went out with knife in his hand,
and the deceased slapped him in the face.
Witness saw nothing more. To questions;
This was between one and two o'clock on
the ninth of August, on Toulouse street.
between Charities and Old Levee; the affair
occurred on the street; l saw the man fall
into the gutter; / saw deceased strike the
accused with his fist; l did not see the ac-
cused stab the deceased; did not, see any
weapon in the hands of the deceased; 1 did
not know the deceased, but would know
him if ! saw him again; did not see the de-
ceased make any motion after he struc K the
accused: did not see where the &C cused
went after striking; witness has been
working with the accused for about two
weeks at Mr. Rivas' cigar mandatory, No.
"a Toulouse street; knows the accused only
by the name of Manuel.
Officer Donovan was the next witness,
who testified to the arrest of the accused,
and the taking of the body to the police
station,
The witness Warner being recalled, was
asked whether he would know the knife
which Pueira, the accused, had in his hand.
He described it as being knife about a
foot long and with long blade.
r. Hubert was sitting at his working
| bench at Rivas' cigar mandatory ton the
| ground floor fronting on the street); the de-
| ceased, COrailes, came to the entrance door
| and called Pueira, who was inside clearing
| stems; Pueira, who is nicknamed Manuel
/ Pereira, went out, and witness saw de-
| ceased strike him with his hand; witness,
| from the position he was inside, could not
| see the balance of the affair, which Oc-
| CURED at the door nearest the north; wit
| ness works opposite this door, about the
middle of the room; the parties became
| concealed behind the wall, Oh the north
| side of the door, and, therefore, could not
| see them; Coralles had been to the manu-
| factory two or three times previously, ask
ing for Pueira in an excited manner; Pueira
seemed to be under the influence of LIQUOR;
he had something in his hand, wrapped up
in grocery paper; he was cursing, and say
ing that he wanted to whip somebody; a
short time after Pueira was struck witness
saw COralles lying dead in the gutter.
P. Carriere says that he was working at
the mandatory No. "a Toulouse street;
COralles came to the mandatory two or
three times and asked for Manuel 1.-THE &C
cused) in Spanish; witness does not under
stand Spanish, but understood that COralles
was swearing; Manuel was out; between
one and two o'clock Manuel was at work,
and COralles came to the door and called
him out; Manuel went out to the threshold;
when he got there Coralles struck him in
the face; thereafter both became concealed
behind the wall, and witness@saw nothing
more; Manuel was standing inside the house
on the threshold when COralles struck him.
More testimony vas taken, but does not
vary materially from the above.
DIED IN PRIsox.-Too much strong drink,
probably, caused the death Of Eugene
Pierre, Swiss, torty-fve years old. He
was arrested in the Second District Friday,
and placed in cell in the third precinct