New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-22
A Remarkable Crime.

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Pennsylvanis avenue. The facts as given
below, while they, show conclusively that
an outrageous crime was perpetrated, fail
to give any real or imaginary cause for il.
and in the event of the death of the injured
man. his plain statement on the one side
and the equally plain denial of the man he
accuses. will combine to make this case one
known by frequenters of Pennsylvania
svenne, the boilding on that street, near
Seventh, formerly occupied by Lockwood,
Hufty Taylor, is now undergoing extern
sive repairs. the plasterers being engaged
at their work in the second story. Yester-
day afternoon. about halfpast four o'clock,
the workmen were surprised and Mortified by
the entrance of man whose head and
face were covered with blood, and who
asked in a weak voice for glass of
water. The water was handed to him, and
in response to the anxious inquiries of
the men, he informed them that he had
been assaulted and brutually beaten in the
building. A glance satisfied them that his
wounds were serious, and one of the man,
ber was Immediately dispatched for an
officer, aud in response Officers Daily and
ha1son were soon on the spot. The first
move was to secure the attendance of a
physician, WHICH was done by calling in DR..
Cornelius Boyle, who dressed the wounds,
eight in number, in various portions of the
head, several of them being Of a very seri.
Gus nature. Mr. Lawton was left in charge
of the wounded man, and Mr.. Daily pro-
ceeded to heaGquarters and reported the
duty at the time, accompanied Mr.. Daily to
the building, and as soon as the doctor had
finished dressing the wounds he inquired Of
/ the wounded man who he was. In reply
he stated that his name was General Sut-
ton. He was then asked who had beaten
him, and he replied that he would tell all
about it when he got little stronger.
Fearing that he would get weaker instead
of stronger, the detective pressed him to
tell, aud he finally said that he had been
assaulted by General Ross.
Leaving him in charge Of Officer Lawton,
the detective, in company with Officer
Daily, startled in search of Ross. This
part of the job was an easy one, for it was
soon ascertained that Ross boarded in the
Metropolitan. and tho number of his room
being ascertained, the two Officicial soon
ever to the rap, and it was repeated, when
the door was opened by General Ross, the
gentleman they were looking for. As they
stepped into the room it was noticed that
the General had just completed clothing
himself in clean garments, and the pfacticod
eyes also discovered that there was . cut on
one of the fingers of the right hand, which
nau n1 ouI leoey Iay 1eon ."iLSHppou wl.n
o;osu o;u ." a.non ..S o... .o,,,. r.sa.s ,nL;oI
Iixni n;S Saso ~au rrpnIeI = ha .t.;naS
with blood. The object of their visit was
made known by the officers, ut which the
General expressed great surprise, and on
hearing the full statement Of the case as
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ase xa,so 4ho Ino Cana-oS om was ;nforreS W. ha
,uHHi u"',id VIZ hava ~ oco"mnanv tho ofs;csrs to
heod"rar.ovs ,,r5"r orras+ which ha Ala "
n1Hot 1n tho ,oasrt;rna NJ Snt+c,, haJ racov
~ ,% o;nn.I~ ~ ha tohan ~ h.adnror,ors
atsJ, aau WIZ =; no. .no ~ fSmndent
R;ohorJs Ch;sf Ratsct;va Csrrvoa Dstac'
t;,.a MoEaO;tt O 90 r,.nr o+hers WV -o'eo
$500 statan,ant 10 .uh.+ort;a,,, s
f,1Ioss. a. so;J rh.+ ha anS ~ aen:,sed
,era the hest Of fr;ands and had heen for
,',oro than th;rtv raars thav HAVING 'sarvad
+orathar IN ths Max;can any, var RecantIu
Ross had fitted mn and onened the Metro.
noI;tan h;ll;erd room and ha iSnttorl hod
H iHnrastaa IN s. "a rartrar the ann ,of xa001
in cash Yestar1av afternoon thav had
n1ava5 friendly game of hi1,iaris ord
ahcnt three o;cloch Rosa aaked him to on
with him and lool- at the rooms in the I. T.ocir.
wood Hnftv g. Tavior huildinp. ma he want.
ed to make an estimate for furnishinp them.
He willingly complied with the reouest. and
tbe two nroeeedef from the billiard room to
inc. insnect;no and measur;ng the several
rooms. Iii the while talk1ng pleasantly.
FINALLY one of the rear rooms in the fifth
storv was reached. and there. aa thev had
done in the other rooms. thev halted to
talk Sntton held in his hand a ANAL niece
Of naper and a lead pencil. with which he
had heen fipnrinp. and as he turned 10 look
ont Of the widow toward the SAaton
Honse totally unsusn;cions Of anv danger
Ross ou ieaf I'm baw on tho my h:ck ua1ki of his
head with a hammer. He turned Instantly
and crannled with his assailant. RECEIVING
a second Severe blow After that ha does
not ramember ANYTHING nntil ha woke nm
alona IN the room and crawled down stairs
to where ~ The niasterers wera at worI.
Hnr;nc the recital of the story Rass
stood =, ~ on ;ntsras+sd and .ttant;va Es'
w;tb a vo;ca which d;d not show tho
Least tremor, that sstha man was crazy.
he had not seen him durinc the day'''
Snh.ennentIv Assistent .D;strict Attor.
new 1arr;nyton arrived and tn S;m
NJ sutton mada formal. chsroa If
assault snd battery with intent to kill.
which WAS dnlv aworn In a converaaf;on
ass;on No nossihla reason for the act and |
thet % fsr ~ as ha was concerned T Sa al; AID 1" not
car" no 1o nrosecnte M Rcss. ali he vanted him
=" 40 ~ va.' TO nav his eyranaes wh;ia s;oi1
ner;od wh,cb ka then i1ed at ahont two
pv. wpeaIs at the turtbsst' Init Dr. Rovle states
thot T. 10 ona of thosa sar;ons ca:es ah"nt
.h;ch GS =, - nbns;c;an does not care 49, :" s1nross
y hastr apn;y;on py""AA ~o0' A0' o"Ao -" pAoo'
!" Afteyy y Tbs statamart had haon made .ra
tho fo"t sworr :" Sntton I vss 49, raun"ued 10 :"
Prov;dsnce iS1 ,iSs So Hosn;tai MI 1'''N 80" ''e0 ~
Ros. wss c;nost;oned q. +c thu ,o++ar hr
tho Satact;veas hnt refnsed 70 .sv anvthinsy
further fur than to make 2 positive and EN-.