The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-24
THE CITY.
THE ROW IN REDWITZ.S SALOON.
Statement OF Witnesses.

# erence to our report Of the disturbance /
Redwitz's beer saloon They declare the +,
port does their friends great in Justice; TIL
4 Mr. Keiffer. instead Of beng the otfendin
party. was the one attacked They ask, 0
behalf Of Messrs keitfer and Hays, 4 sus
! pension Of public opinion until the full fact
: OF the ease are developed n the trial
A reporter Of The BULLETIN then tollowe
: the matter up, and cleaned from gentleme
, who We're present the
Following Statements:
7Hc Gateuel{ of Hr + II. B,,rton, B,tilde,
~ FI,yt 5ttcet | was GOING out Of the door q
Hugo RedwitIs beer saloon, on Saturday
between and 3 O'Clock, when | saw two 0
three men fighting Mr.. Hoffman, the bar
keeper, and ] saw "a small man strike Hofi
man; this man asked me, when | took th
part Of peace-rnaScr, ''W hat the he'll have yol
to with it, lie then drew 9imlet knife anC
made rush for Hoffman, behind his back.
tiled to wrest the knife from his hand, and il
doing 50 | had four fingers cRt, one being Gu
to the bone, and cut IN the palm Of my hand
the man VINO had the knife had a fur cap on
then went ont on the banquettc, when the small
man with fur cap said, Have you got any
! thing against me- / think that Holman
: life was in danger
iSt,ieniptH N Dir. Lorenzo Gnfbo c0rUer O
| Bolle,tpr and Lnuti str,ets / came in, on
! last SATURDAY, to the saloon Of Hugo Red
witt to take II drink with Messrs. A. Palacio
and A. Dcben. ] was standing at the counter
| taking glass Of ale. | heard high words be
tween scout man, with black mustache, in
an alteration with Hoffman, the bar-keeper.
| heard the words, :" You are no gentleman,
used | don't know who used the words
The stout man witha black mustache reached
over the counter from the outside and struck
II.,lf, | Il
not know who, got hold Of the stout man.
Then Mr. Hoffman got pistol and got on
the outside Of the counter, evidently to de-
fend himself or TO resent the blow, | don't
know which. The pistol had closed leather
case on it; then some party present took the
pistol from Hoffman; | saw Mr.. l.. I'll. Burton
take away man with light colored mus
tache and a fur cap on; he was a small man,
who would weigh about 100 to 1870 pounds;
when Burton took the man with the fur cap
away, Burton said, why did you strike that
man! was not close enough to see the knife
which ! heard was drawn | saw man raise
a chair, bat who he was | could not say; !
could recognize the two men if | saw them
again, unless they put On disguise.
Pant HaHer, 10 camp Street-On Saturday
between ? and O'clock | was IN Mr.. Redwitzs
beer saloon, taking drink. | heard keltfer
say to Hoffman. III yon are man come out
OF here Hoffman said Il have no time, my
place is behind the counter Keitier said to
Hoffman "You are no gentleman" Hoffman re-
piled man that would acta you did yesterday
is no gentleman. Hoffman was leaning against
the inside Of the counter, when keiifer jumped
on the railing and struck Hoffman, who fell
back against the wall. Hoffman then seized
a revolver and Jumped over the counter to de-
fend himself. Some parties around took the
pistol away from Hoffman. The small man
with far cap, raised chair to strike Hofl-
man, who took the chair away from him.
Then Mr.. Redwitz came in and put them out
Mr. Burton took the small man away and said |
81 don't want to see three or four men jump |
on one.
Statement Of /. Palacio, Ey}. resting on 81. |
thd3es, betreen AuSbrUc atd Eieouore streets.
On last Saturday VA, in Redwitz saloon;
went in with Mr.. Carlo. | saw a stout man
come in, walk up to the bar and begin quar-
reling with the bar-keeper Suddenly the
stout man reached across the counter and
struck the bar-keeper, who stopped under the
when | heard some one cry out,
9 bottles, bottles Il | then went out not
wishing to be struck with bottle
Statement ~ Officer ,JOlu .Nhld,q, of he
First Precinct Station | was standing at the
corner OF St Charles and Common streets, on
asst Saturday. about or 3 0 clock. | saw a
,rowd in front Of Redwtz's beer saloon; |
went over there; saw man on the ban
Iuette with gimlet-knite in his hand about
light inches long; the man was a small man
With reddish moustache, who had a scar on
lis neck: | asked MIR. RedwitZ if he would
make charges against the man; Eedwitz was
Xcited and made me no answer; | then took
he knife away from the man; there was a
tout man with him, and there were some
hroe men holding him; Mr.. Thos. Cramer,
gent of the jackson Railroad Ticket Office,
anne to me and said the man was a friend of
lis, and that the knife was the only protec-
ion he had, and that he (the small man) was .
oing away that evening; | then gave the
niie up to Cramer. ,
Statement Of j. 4. de Ben, ctgar store, corner !
\ Charles aRd tonl0ton streets About or 3 }
clock last Saturday saw fuss in Red +.
TitZ 5 saloon | saw some one whom | did !
OF know strike Hoffman, who keeps bar ct
.edwitz's beer saloon. then left the saloon. {
Statement " NJ. Hauy Holtran, II T. T. |
'diaers capd store On last Saturday, be- =
xeen , and o'clock, | was in Redwitz's
lloon, ut 1872 Common street. | called for a ,
lass of beer when stout man with black !
lustache, whose name is Morris ketfer, =
epped up TO the bar and said to Hoffman, !.
IL barkeeper Ii you are gentleman you !
Ill come out. g
liolman SAID: | am no lighting man; | .
ont want to fight, but still say what have !,
ready stated, If you were gentleman ),
on would not have acted as you did +
eifier said: There is not the blood of ;,
gentleman in You. And as he said so he !
,ached over the counter and struck Hoffman
blow that split his face. and caused the
lood to run out freely. Mr. Keiffer then t.
rasped me and broke my watch guard and k
re my coat, when some parties caught him ii
I'd prevented him from striking any one O
Sc When keitter attacked me | ia
ruck him; | have the marks of his Il
eth my hands yet. Hoffman then n
ooped DOM, got a pistol, jumped lc
.er the counter ana attempted to defend
mself. Hoffman is so weak with rheuma-
SIN that he can scarcely use his limbs. |
en saw a small man with light mustache, r
ho was IN company with keitfer. draw VI
inlet knife and attempted 10 take Hotfman's
e. if MIR. Burton a carpenter boss, had not
Id him. Mr.. Burtcns hands We're cut and :,
re full of blood while attempting TO take y
Q knife from him. Mr.. Kedwitz then came