New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-16
INQUEST IN THE LOWE
Case
The Verdict.

INV sCbuHCte
The Lowe case was resumed las. evening
at six O'Clock before Coroner De Blanc.
Mr. James Dirkin was recalled and tes.
titled as follows:
met Mr. Bray at the corner of Canal
and Royal streets at -! =. NJ and gave him
the watch: ! identified DriscOll Yesterday
morning at the central station, and Mat
thew Gainnie at the Parish Prison yester-
day afternoon, as the parties who were in
company with Moran when bought the
watch; the watch was offered for sale by
Moran, and Driscoll was the one who
handed it to me and got the money he was
the party that told me to give Moran 81 80
for his trouble in selling the watch; Moran
then said, Jim. you can keep the money,
for you have done favOrs enough for me-
John McIntyre-I am private watchman
at the Bismarck saloon, No. 42 Royal street:
on Tuesday morning about one O'Clock |
was walking out Bienville street, and
when near the corner of Daupbine street /
heard the cries of watch, murder; imme
diately ran toward Burgundy street, the
direction where the following was, and met a
strange gentleman on the corner dressed in
dark clothes and white vest, which was
stained with blood or mud; could not
be positive. as it was very dark: at
that time Officer Augustine was in
prrsuit OF a man that the gentleman
stated had robbed him of his gold
watch and chain; after pursuing him for
block down Burgundy street the officer
captured him and brought him back to
where we were standing, assisted by the of.
ticer on Burgundy street. and informed the
gentleman that he would have to go to the
station and make the charge: thew all
started off together; after they had got a
half block ahead two young men dressed in
gray came up to me and asked who the
man was that was going to Jail; thew
seemed anxious to find out: proposed to
follow them to the station and fl nd out every.
thing: the two men accepted the proposition,
aud we started; after walking a square
they stopped and said they would not 90
and went back; did not know the mans
name that was robbed, but afterward
found out through the papers that i: was
Mr.. James Long. of the st. James Hotel:
tho gentleman told me that he had lost
some money the same time that his watch
was taken; the two young men were ex-
ceedingly anxious about the party that
was arrested; did not go to the station.
Officer II. Grelette-My beat is on Cont
street; at a quarter to eleven O'Clock Mon
day nigh: Mr.. James Lowe came to me at |
the corner of Cont and Villere streets: l |
was in company with two gentlemen, James |
JOhens, who resides on the corner of Cont |
and Marals streets, and man named Sam,
whose other name do not know. who
keeps a shoe store near the corner; Lowe |
asked me where a washwoman lived near !
there, on Cont street; l answered that it |
was next door to the corner; he went to the |
house and came back where We were stand. |
ing. very much excited. and said that he |
would give anything to find his wash
as she had some seven dollars !
worth OF washing belonging to him: he !
asked me did she have d husband; an
'wered that l did not know: he then left |
and walked up Villere street toward Canal.
alone. the same way that he came; he had |
gold watch and chain on, and seemed to
De intoxicated: before leaving he pulled /
,ut his watch to see the time and stated !
hat it was exactly eleven o'clock: think
hat the watch recovered looks like the one I
Hr. Lowe pulled out; he was not 80 drunk
would have taken him in charge.
The coroner's jury, after about ten min
ties deliberation. returned the following
'erdct:
That upon the evidence before them, they
ay that he was assaulted and afterward
brown into Carondelet canal at Claiborne
treet. on the eighth of June, 1875, between }
he hours of two and four o'clock in the
lorning, and charge, upon the evidence
efore them, Matthew Gainnie, August !
CHRISTOPHER. alias Santa Anna. William Mo.
an, William Kelley. Fred Miller, James !
'riscoll and Patrick Feeley as being acces-
Dries to the robbing, assauiting and death
{ the aforesaid James Lowe.
Coroner DeBlanc will make affidavits
yainst the parties this morning before
udye Gastire!.