The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-12-02
THE CITY.
An Attempted Wife Murder.
Mrs. Toole, Pursued by Her Husband,
Jumps from SecOnd.>tOry Win.
dow into the Yard.


About o'clock yesterday afternoon a diff
Guilty took place in the second story OF house
on Pearl near Calliope street, between man
named Patrick Toole and his wife, Johanna,
during which the latter received severe
wound in the head with co.ton-hook in the
hands Of her infatuated husband, who seemed
determined upon putting an end to her exist
ence, for, after cutting her in the head the
first time, he pursued her, and finding but one
place to keep away from her husbands blows,
she made for an open window and jumped help
lessly into the next-door yard, breaking her
right leg below le knee.
She was Immediately picked up by citizens
in the vicinity who were attracted to the
spot by the woman's cries for help and re-
moved to the Charity Hospital, where her
wounds were examined and pronounced dan
gerous. Patrick Toole Was arrested some fif-
teen or twenty minutes afterwards and locked
up in the First Precinct Station, where he
vas interviewed, but denied having struck his
wife, He stated that he got home about IL
o'clock in the morning with a dollar and a
quarter and asked his wife to cook him some
dinner.
After waiting about an hour for something
to eat, he jumped up and called on Johanna
to bring the dinner in; then it was that he
found that in place Of getting provisions from
the market, she wandered Off and got drunk.
Exasperated at her conduct. he struck mt her,
but did not hit her. She then broke for the
window and jumped out.
| STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED. John
p. Montamat, OF the Third Precinct Station,
recovered four gold chains valued at $500,
being part of a robbery committed by young
Perez and others at the Cont Eeranda Hotel
some nights ago.
! DANGEROUS AND SUSPICIOUS Henry John
son aud Willis Clay were. ut 6 o'clock last
evening, landed in the First Precinct Station
| by Specials Devereaux, Pecora and Ruiz,
from the levee, head OF Canal street, charged
with being dangerous and suspicious charac-
| ters and Migrants.
| SWIspLING.-Of Officer Francisco, at half-past
| o'clock las. evening, arrested man named
Andrew McCormac, at the corner ol Grayier
and Claiborne streets Tor swlndllnS MIR. Jas.
Nash, who resides at No. .! ST Thomas
street. out or a lot Of yaluables. He was COP
fined in the Central Station.
| SHOOTING AE1RAY ON BOARD THE HENRY
1ETE.-On Tuesday morning. between the
hours of and , o'clock, while the aInboat
| Henry Teta was loading sugar ut the st.
joseph plantation, st. James parish a li1ii-
Guilty occurred between the second mate Pat
| Carney. and coiored deck hand. VIM. Wal
| lace, about !. hogshead If sugar that had
become unnlanageabte an: ha. .olla,. over
! board.
(; The mats. a.te- c..rsiug Wallace. ordered
! him to assist Il -aising tie hogshead this
| Wallace refused to do after having been
cursed. TIE mate drew his revolver. as he
sars 70 strife the negro, but unfortunately it
went off and took effect in the negros right
cheek, maxim, a large and ugly hole. The
wound though pain .ul is not dangerous one
The boat arrived at the landing last evening
and the mate fearing arrest, made coed his
| escape. The wounded man was taken L. lis
residence OF 1iysian Fields street.
CflAE1rY Hosp1TA1 REPORT ron No, E5.srR,
1s74.-Nunber OF patients admitted
| Foreigners SlS
United States ....=.. .. oO2
-
Totai ......-.......... 20
! Males .27: females g:
-'a.n9e- y ls'iei''s "i7on'A aa-
-aa--' X
! 9-1'"-'' ~
, ~, .,-
| ..,-. = q,
sutiloe- - ,.5t,s,ia q. ~ $500
III ~ ~ s''''' 49, ''''''7 a.,
.era.es ....... ......-.-.. 100
-
-o.a. ... .... $40
A. JOHNSON. Clerk.
.17.or, ,as+o,,o,.. Evo,,o Edition
LIioii' 'e9'' '''s e'A7 --'''' 'N''
! LAEGENI. About II o'clock last night
man named Charles Simmons walked into
Mrs Eebecca Johnson's residence, at the cor
ner OF Ichoupltouias and Ihalla Streets and
was about getting off for parts unknown with
obou5 twelve dollars worth Of dry goods,
| when Officer Ford halted him distance OF
about halt square from where he hooked the
11 pra.;nct Stdtnn nere tha lad ~
,lreferraI .,araes aganst hin for larceny
'o>' 0-'''' -
VAGRANrs. Robert Hunter, John 1Iorrey
W. Riley, John Kramer and George Miller
were all marched into the Fifth Precinct Sta
ton bv one policeman, named Ferrand, at 8
clocA l:s' niSn'' I'm 4r .ne .iI 1 -, 10
liaue a,i,' ~ a.;.I' ho;,,l,
on"i ~ - 80 oAl'0e-
AN ATTEMPT At FELoNY.-Jim Wells was,