The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-13
SUNDAYS CRIME RECORD.
Blood in Every Quarter.

On 81. Anthony Stfeet, near MorssleS Street.
yesterday, between the hours OF and =
o'clock A. NJ, another one Of those Of late
too frequent tragedies was enacted by the
stabbing and killing Of Paul Despinas, color
ed, by Joseph Folk, who makes q statement
to the following effect:
"At half past seven o'clock on Sunday
morning, was going up st. Anthony street
toward the levee, and when near Morales
street, Despinas came up and asked me tor
money to get drinks; saw that he was drunk
and refused To avoid him I crossed the
street; he followed and struck me, and de-
Tended myself Ithen walked away. acted
SO because he was stronger and larger than
am. After that hurried away, followed by
some boys, and when 1 was on Esplanade,
between Royal and Chartres streets, l was
pointed out to Capt. Josephs, who arrested
me-"
Here the prisoner refused to say anything
more concerning the case. Folk is rather a
small man, Frenchman about forty-tive
years old, he has always borne good reputa-
ton both for honesty and sobriety. The de-
ce ased, Paul Desplnas, is cigar maker,
twenty-six years old, a native of Louisiana.
The body was taken to his mothers residence
on st. Anthony, near Robinson street, where
it Law perfectly bathed in blood. The wound
was a deep, long. ugly cash, penetrating the
abdomen few inches to the left Of the navel,
ranging down and penetrating the defending
''aorta," which produced death
Mrs. Despinas, his sister-in-law, states that
she saw Folk run, chased BY Despinas, whom
she heard cry out: ..You have stabbed me-"
When they reached the corner OF Goodchil-
dren street the wounded man fell, and when
picked up life was extinct. Coroner DeBlanc
continued the investigation until tomorrow
evening at o'clock.
A STRANGE sTABBING.
About the hour of midnight on Saturday, q
tall white man about thirty years Of age, and
from appearances q German, went to the
house No. 1873 Rampant street, and ramained
there until 3 o'clock A. M. Sunday, when he
arose to take his departure, the girl Mollie
Thompson, whom he had visited all the while,
speaking pleasantly to him.
He stopped in front of the door on the
pavement, the girl standing in the doorway
facing him. III apparently good humored
manner he said, "Good-bye," aud at the same
time plunged knife into the left side OF her
abdomen Just above the hip, and then ran
of. The girl at first did not know that she
was wounded, but thought that the man had
kicked her, and called on Emma Smith, the
housekeeper, for assistance. A policeman was
called and the woman conveyed to the hospi-
tai. She considers the mans conduct unac-
countable, as she had never seen the man
before to her knowledge, and had given no
provocation for the deed. Her condition is
critical, though the wound is not altogether
considered fatal.
BLOOD IN GROCERY.
Yesterday, between the hours Of II and l
o'clock, Hypolite Billet and 10 .chim Marquee
became engaged in an ARRAY at Michaels
prcgcery. corner of Ursulints and Marais
streets, which resulted in Marquee receiving
a severe cash in the face, inflicted by knife.
From information CLEANED, it seems that the
men had been playing cards since o'clock
A. Nj. of the same morning Marquee in
yited Billet, who refused to drink.
MARQUEE then smashed several glasses, say
ing "this is how l would fracture any one
that had anything against me-" One word
brought on another, until they came to blows,
when they were thrown out into the street.
They fought tor a short time, when Billet
drew his pocket-knifs and cut Marquee from
the ear to the mouth, laying the cheek en-
tirely open. He then ran away, but was pur-
sued and overtaksn by a policeman. who ran
him into the Fourth Precinct Station. Mar.
auez was conducted to his room, No. 1877
Rocheblave street. His wound was pro.
nounced not dangerous.
IT Is BLOOD.
A couple Of old tars became engaged IN
diff Guilty last night at half-past o'clock.
McFarlan and Perry were their respective
names. They hove eff for battle and had
quite lively time Of it for awhile. until
Perry, finding that his man was too large to
deal with, went down for his knife and draw
ing it, gave McEarlan severe cash across the
| mouth.
Perry then took in a reef and tackled off,
LEAVING the disabled hull to take care Of HIM
self, until he was lowed into his moorlngs on
Victory, near Elysian Fields street, BY q
( kindly peeler.
| BLOOD on BOARD.
At 10 o'clock last night wien the Il. E
Lee arrived. the Harbor Police were Informed
that a Mr. ORourke s on board, Who had
been cut ard severely wounded in the head
by an axe in the hands Of an unknown deck
hand, at Red River landing. The wounded
man was conveyed to the Charity Hospital.
A national conference Of repre- sentative work