American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-01-02
Bloody Affair in New Orleans.


Ahout halt-p"St eleven o'cl.ck
Saturday moruIug, Il d''ii"u'tv took
pace az Canal street, between Roy
al aud Boui bon, in which eN-(Iov.
Warmoth and Mr.. ID. G. E>eily,
manager OF the BHiie,ia new Sl,apr,',
were engaged, in wnich both gentle
met were Vereiy wounded.
From the statement at gentlemen
Who were pear at the time. 1t APP
pears Gov. Warm It'll WAS standing
talh ,ug To IL friend. when Mr.. Byer-
~ came up aUd stack bin one, OF
twice over the head with IL cane
(wirther loaded or not dies not
lrdns',''e.) Ipev then clircbed ana
Il ii to he barquetie, When Gov.
" IrmuutI, DO was berwiSc u,i>
armed. d CIV bis kni:e aud stabbed
Mr.. Bye " several tunes.
STATEMENT OF TUE POLICE.
An alarm having beeu raise |, the
police ran up at tue cry OF the citi
ZeDs. Warnoth was upon his back
Oil The street, just in trout of Pifet $
one arm )!iug III The gutter.
With tue other he bad drawn out
ii kuife, and drawing his arm back
stabbed Eye,Iy. who was lyipg close
on top of him holding him down.
ThiS was done some four or five
times, aud When Byerly was pulled
OH, he was in a faintiug condition.
Gov. Waruoth at once delivered
himself over to the police, and was
carried before Judge Staes.
Mr.. Byerley WAS conveyed to the
office of DIR. Beard, on Daupbine
street. he was tourd to have been
wounded five or six times i'll the
stomach. 1be wounds were not
very deep, but proved serious. In
deed, Mr.. Byerlys condition was
represeuted AS quite critical. The
do, forS were not able to probe
or fully Investigate rhen. owing TO
Mr.. Byer!y's restless condition, he
having beeu driukiug considerable.
Immediately upon asceruaining
these facts Il visit was paid to the
Third Police Precinct, where Gov.
Wa, mouth was beld in charge. Up
on being questioned, he stated as
follows
GOV. WAcuor Us S~ATENENT.
l was standing on The street con-
versing with "a nIeId, When L WAS
stuck over the head with what |
thought was loaded cane. Turn
ing. L saw Mr.. ByerIy, who struck
me twice more with the same cane,
iDdictiug severe wounds. l then
grappled him and we fell. Seeing
him endeavOriog to draw what l
thought was apistoi, drew out my
pocket knife and defended my
self.
l had received and accepted
from Mr.. Jewell, of the
TO fight on Monday, and
as under all the rules of the code,
thought Twas out OF danger from
attack by M. JEWELS friends, and
was very much surprised when Mr..
Eye'ly, the friend of Mr.. Jewell,
made this assault. L was going to
ny business affairs at the
time, and as l, under any under
standing between honorable men,
thought l was safe fiOm attack, L
was uua' med.
Gov. WarmOuth'S wounds were
quite severe, his head being bloody
and it being necessary to send for Il
WHO dressed them, but
them not at all danger
Dus. He was removed to the Par
sh Prison.
Touching the duel which had been
to take place between Gov.
Wan moth and MIR. Edwin l.. Jewell,
sditor OF the Bulletin, Mr.. Wash-
ng;On Marks, who has been acting
Tor MIR. Jewell in the flair, authori-
zrs us to say that the rencOunter
above described bad no connection
whatever With it. and that MIR. By,
,rly acted without the knowledge
If Mr. Jewell.
We have no doubt that any state
nent made by Mr.. Marks will re
,eive the respect and consideration
)f the community.
TIE WEAPON.
The instrument used by Gov.
W armOth in the leDcOuutre is a
'pring knife. with a blade about
lree and halt or four inches long.
t is a new pattern, being that kind |
which springs by the pulling of IA
ing in the end Of the handle.
@aving this in his pocket, Gov.
NarmOth was enabled; owing to the
AGILITY with which it opened, to de
end himself SO cffectually.
DEAiH OF MR.. EyERLY.
About 1879 p. ~. the fears OF
DIR. Byerly's friends and attendants
Fere realized by the decease of that
Gentlemen. He had been very low
" several hodrs previous, with
iammy and cold hands, and
eathly palIor oversprrading his
The physicians be-
eved internal hemotrhage to be
Ding on; though they hoped the
rounded would survive until morn.
lg. Great numbers called during
he afternoon aud evening to in
uire after Mr.. Dyerly's condition
nd in other ways to manifest the
ympatby and regard which were
prevalent throughout the
1T soon became appa-
ent, however, that there was no
ope, and at the hour already spcci-
ed M. Eyerly expired.
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