New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-16

THE CLARES AssAssISATIoN-One Han
ArTestcd.-On the night o. the third instant.
E1Ward Claren, retired merchant of this
city, was assassinated at the New basin.
near the steamship Lizzie, and his bod Y
thrown into the canal, where it was found
| early next morning. The case was a mys.
FERROUS one, and although every effort was
! made to obtain some clue by Detectives
Smith, Harris and Pearson, nothing was
found. &. w. Garrison, Waterman tor the
Lizzie, on watch that night, was questioned,
but did not furnish particle of informa.
ton. combination of circumstances
caused the detectives to suspect that CARR
son knew more than he would tell: in fact,
ne cOntradicted himself several times, and
finally acknowledged that he had made a.
false statement. He has been a prisoner
ever since. Two days after the murder an
iron skewer was found on the wharf near
the canal office. This is about seven inches
long, and on the point was discovered spots
OF blood The size and shape Of the four
wounds leads to the belief that it was the
instrument used to kill Claren. Up to the
present time the skewera history is un.
known.
The inquest was held last Monday and
Tuesday, but the Jury did not agree on a
verdict, as one member was unwilling to
say that Garrison was the man who did the
deed. but he signed yesterday. with quail
itication. On this an affidavit was made
against Garrison for murder.
An emplOye on the Lizzie states. that on
the morning of the fourth, on arriving at
the vessel, before the body was found, met
Garrison pacing the deck, apparently ex-
cited.
Joseph Ryan says, that after the body
was found, he saw Garrison, who told him
Of the murder. He asked who did the
deed, when Garrison turned away, without
answering.
Captain n C. Felsher, master of the
steamship Lizzie, testified that some three
weeks before the murder he found small
dagger in GarrisOn's room; he asked Gar
risOn what he wanted the dagger for, and
he replied, significantly, for other purposes
than cutting ropes.
George Slidell, the steward of the Lizzie,
stated that he left the Lizzie on the night
of the murder, leaving Garrison on watch;
hs returned at one o'clock in the morning
and found Garrison asleep; he took his pipe
from him and went down into the cabin;
finding no tobacco there, he came on deck
and woke him up.
This evidence simply shows that Garrison
had slept during the night, though he
strenuously claims that he did not, but kept
strict watch.
. A. Pullbrese stated that he passed the
Lizzie about one o'clock on Saturday morn
ing, going toward his own ship in the basin.
He saw one man on board the ship and
another on the wharf. The latter crouched
behind the freight till he passed, but not
before Mr.. Pullbrese obtained full view
of his person. He mlnutely described the
dress aud appearance of the man on the
whatf, which exactly correspondent with
that of Garrison.
Ed. Hansen testified that on Saturday
morning at eleven o'clock he was talking to
Garrison about the murder, when that per.
son volunteered information as to how the
deed was done. He said that Clarer, had
been murdered on Dryades street, thrown
into the basin, and the body tloated down; he
said it was done with Mexican stiletto the
murderer throwing his left arm across the
throat OF his victim and plunging the stllet-
to four times into his breast.
w. Cromwell said he was by when Gar
rison impaired this information.
Several other witnesses were examined,
and the coroner's jury returned verdict
that Claren had come to his death by
sharp pointed instrument in the hands of
Garrison. One of the jurors, Frank Waiter,
dissented, saying that he did not believe
Garrison committed the murder, but thought
he had some connection with it,