The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-01
A BRUTAL MURDER.
An Escaped Convict Cuts {
WOman'S Throat in Cold
Blood.
The Coroner's Inquest.

| At an early hour Monday morning noto-
rious character named George Morris, Just
ont of the Penitentiary, called at the house
of George Jones, alias Sarah Jones, No. 253
St. Louis street, who had also served term
in the Penitentiary, and who had left that in
stitution some six months before he had He
raped on the door, and when the woman
found out who it was, she refused to let him
in, stating that she wanted nothing more to
do with him.
He remained in front of the house for about
ten minutes and then left and walked as far
as the corner, where he sat down on barrel
until o'clock, when he returned to the house
and again raped on the door and asked to
see Sarah Jones. Mr.. Louis Joseph
asked Morris what he wanted with her. He
answered that he wished to say few words to
her. The man seemed perfectly sober and
quiet, and Joseph, not knowing what he in
tended doing, opened the door.
As soon as the door was opened, he pulled
out large carving knife, and rushed into the
house after Sarah, who ran through the room,
in the direction of the yard He caught her
on the back gallery, and plunged the knife
into her back. She then ran out through the
alleyway, and on to the street. Morris, with
murder ia his heart, pursued her to the oppo-
site side Of the street, where she fell against
the wall.
He then with an oath jumped on top Of her
and cut her throat from ear to ear and stabbed
her in the left side of the abdomen, cutting
the small intestines in two places, and then
in the left shoulder from behind, cutting the
third rib in two, passing forward, divided the
superior lobe of the left lung, glancing on the
third rib in front and passing out through the
breast, causing instant death Not satisfied
at killing her, he went to work and literally
carved her to pieces.
After she was dead he stabbed her five
times in the left and twice in the right arm.
He was arrested by Officer Larkin and locked
up in the Fourth Precinct Station.
The dead woman was placed on a stretcher
and taken to the Fourth Precint Station
where an autopsy was held by DR. Schumacher,
city physician, when it was found that death
was caused instantly from some fifteen cuts.
Three of them were mortal and would have
killed her without the necessity of
giving her another blow; one across
the throat from ear to ear, one cut
in the left shoulder, struck from behind,
cutting the third rib in two passing forward
through the body, and dividing the superior
lobe of the left lung, passing out through the
breast, and one in the abdomen. Coroner
DeBlanc held an inquest, and the following
witnesses were examined:
Louis Joseph-The accused came to my
house last night I was in bed at the time.
Sallie's friend told my wife to wake me up. l
got up and asked what was the matter. Mr..
A. asked me to make this man go away from
in front of the door. My wife and myself
opened the gate, and 1 asked the accused
who he wanted to see. He said he wanted tc
see Sall.es friend. I replied that Sallie's
friend did not wish to see him, and told him,
as friend, to retire from my residence, as
did not wish to have any trouble. He then
walked away two or three steps, and came to
the window and said he must see Sallie's
friend. l told him to get away from my
house, and he said, for my sake, he would go
away. He then walked towards the corner,
whis,ling "Mollie Darling"
This morning about o'clock l went to the
grocery store to get some sugar, and | saw the
man sitting on potato barrel in front of Mr..
Pat Gannon's store; | imm sdiately went back
to the house and told the deceased that saw
the man and that he looked desperate; Sallie's
friend got up, took his breakfast and left the
house; when the accused saw Sallies friend
leave the house he came to the door and tried
to pull it open; ran to the door and asked
wanted to see Miss Sallie, he had two words
to say to her; the deceased came to the door
and said she did not wish to see him and ran
to the back door and fastened it; the accused
then drew his knife while standing at the
door and made an attempt to cut nae and
showed me out of the way; l ran behind and
got underneath the bed; he then bursted the
door open, and ran out and halloed 81 MUIR
der ~
| saw the deceased running. and he (Morris)
after her with knife in his hand. She ran
out of the house over to the opposite side of
the street. and tried to get inside gate,
followed by the accused, who caught hold of
her and commenced to work on her with his
knife 1 can't say how many times he cut
her. The accused then jumped up, walked
to the curb stone, and sharpened his knife;
returned, and picked the woman up in his
arms just as if he was hugging her and drew
the knife across her throat Officer Larkin
came up and arrested the murderer, while he
was still holding his victim in his hands.
Mrs Josephine Joseph corroborates the
statement of her husband.
Officer Larkin-I went home yesterday
morning and retired to bed. After being there
a short time | was aroused by cries and a
policemaus whistle. l Immediately jumped
up and grabbed my pistol, and ran out.
L
pointed out to me as the man who had CON-
mitted the murder. The citizens told me
that would have to shoot him, as he would
not drop that knife. l drew my revolver, and
ran towards him and ordered him to drop
the knife, which he did. then took hold of
him and told him to come with me. He said
he would, that he was willing to die. He
said he was determined to kill that woman,
and had done SO. l brought him towards the
station.
On the way he admitted that he had come
sixteen hundred miles for the express pur-
pose of killing that woman. She had been
his wife and was false to him, and that ne
could not see another man live with her and
live himself at the same time. He stated that
he went to the Poydras Market this morning
early and stole large butcher knife from
stall in the market for the purpose of killing
the woman. At the time | arrested him he
still had his arms around the woman and was
STOPPING down and reclining against the
house.
The Coroners Jury returned the following