The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-16
THE CITY.

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> opened his grocery store, at the corner of Or.
t leans and Roman streets, burly negro en-.
9 tered the store and priced some of the hams.
t Mr.. l.. told him that he sold them by the
l pound, and it depended entirely on the
, weight what ham would cost him. Ths
negro then asked to see one of the hams.
r The proprietor got his hook and long pole to
) reach one of the hams from the ceiling, where
they hung. In taking the ham down, lii
slipped from the spike on the pole and fell on
| the floor.
Mr.. Leon stopped to pick it up when he
. was struck stunning blow in the side of the
} face by the negro with a large rock, weighing
! about five pounds. After his recovery Mr.
Leon found that the negro thief had taken
the ham and made his escape And thus dc
these semi barbarians attempt mans life for
the paltry price of ham.
The KNIFE ON DECK.-Sunday evening,
about o'clock. difficulty took place on tho
English bark Theresa. lying at the head of Rof-
fgnac street. betweenFrederick Therman and
George Beevis, two sailors, in which the latter
was badly cut and dangerously wounded by
the former in the back Of the neck.
It appears that Therman had been on shore,
lndulging in spree, and when he returned
to the ship the man Beevis told him he could
not go out, whereupon Therman started of.
and as he got on the stage Beevis struck anN
knocked him down. When Therman re-.
gained his feet he did the cutting. He was
arrested and locked up, while the wounded:
man was taken by Capt Taylor to DR.. DAVIS,
| who dressed the wounds.
In HoT PERsUIT.-On Saturday night aboua-
o'clock, man was seen rushing wildly up,
st. Charles street toward Common. The cry
of stop thief, stop thief was screamed by sew
eral voices when the cry was taken M by
a wbn1a orOyud .0c
drivers. policemen and other persons who
were on the street; the fugitive few as if borne
upon the wind.
Everyone followed in hot pursuit quicker,
quicker grew the pace of the thief, until he
was far ahead of his pursuers, who by this,
time were huddled pell-mell together, pant
ing and blowing like high-pressure steam
boat, until at last Detective Walsh fired ct
the flying man and called on q citizen to.
" give it to him."
"Bang, bang went the revolvers and
back went the crowd. save few who followed
the fellow down Common to Camp. up Camp
to Gravier to Bank Alley or Newsboys' Re-
treat, where the thief crouching in the dark
made his escape and disappointed the multi
tude. 1t was then discovered that the,fellow
had entered the Crescent Hall Bar-Room, at
the corner of Canal and ST. Charles and forced
the cash drawer open taking therefrom severan
dollars in change which had been left there
from the days sales.
It is not positively known whether the thies
was hit by any of the pistol shots.
A PIcKPocKET.-T following communists
ton was received at this office last evening".
Dear Local-Yesterday, Sunday morning,
about A. NJ, l was standing in the French
Market with W. H. Dougherty, a friend of
mine, when q party came up and went DELHI
erately to work to rife Mr. D. pocket.
h k1,oo NJ 4
then gave him a sound thrashing l did not
arrest him because some time ago there was &.
pickpocket arrested and when we went
10 prosecute him he had flown from iail.a
Yours. ETC., ANDY ANDERSON
Special Officer Morgan's Louisiana and Texas.
Railroad.
New Orleans, February Is, 1875.
SENT Down UNDER BAr.-The prelims-
larry examination of the Blackburn warrant
obbery was to-day ended before Judge.
1vans OF the First Municipal Police Court.
lessrs. Barnett Cammack were sent before
he First District Court under $4,000 bail each.
Which was furnished.
Their attorneys waived all testimony for
he defense. Hennessy was sent before the
superior Criminal Court under $4,000 bonds.
q default of which he was remanded to the
'arish Prison.
To THE PUBL1c.-About 10 last evening".
roustabout by the name of Harry Holbrook
'as arrested for some minor charge and
,dged in the Fourth Precinct Station. Whess
sarched a lady's gold hunting-case watch
as found upon him, which is supposed to-
ave been stolen, and which is now in pos
ession of Capt. Schrieber Chief of Detee-
YES.
HOSPITAL PAT1ENrs.-John Reed, a native.
the United States, and Chas. Beckman,
,ed Il, also of the United States, were sent
} the Charity Hospital Yesterday, having
zen IN found ~ din in sick and destitute condition
AVE- ~ 10A"' ''ioo' y
THE MISSING FoUND.-Some time age the,
,quaintances of Dr. A. Fl. Burret residing
| this city, went to the First Precinct Station
I'd informed Capt. Schneider Chief of De-
ctives, that the doctor had been missing and
lat they knew the old man had been fouiiy
salt with; they almost could smell the
God upon his murderer's hands, for he was;
zen gone eight days.
The detectives set to work and learned in
cir search that the Doctor had o son in,
untsville, Ala, to which place they had the.
rethought to telegraph, and this morning re-
lved the following telegram
HUNTSVILLE ALA, Feb. IA, 1875.
lief of Detectives, New. Orleans:
Or. A. II. Burnt is here with me, and iss
10 anu sound A. X. BURNT.
This IS sufficient to put on end to his
ends fears concerning his welfare.
Hamilton, aged %, and a.
tive . OF Ireland, became tired of serving
MI and deserted from his regiment, 18th,
fantry U. 5: A. He was arrested Yesterday
Dauphine, between st. Peter and Toulouse.
eets and turned over to the proper author
CHARITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS Kate Thomas.
woman aged % years. was sent to the Char
Hospital, having been found at 1Aos
houpltoulas street in a sick and destitute
ndition.
rriscilla Shields. aged 40, having been
md in the same condition, at the corner Of
Joseph and Foucher streets.