New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-22

zion comprising over thirty carriages, ant
not less than 1000 people on foot. For al
hour before the time for the funeral. tn.
house was surrounded by an excitef
crowd, and detachment Vi ponce wer'
REQUIRED to keep guard on the premises
The circumstances attending the death o
the mother and children we're such az II
create the strongest interest, which paI
takes largely of indignation. Bessinger i
the keeper OF . saloon here. and lis fam
lily consisted Of himself, wife and three
small children, a boy and two girls. His
mother also made her home with the IAN
lily. OF late, it ia said, there has been COZ,
siderable unhappinees between man and
wife, caused, 30 say the neighbors, by the
treatment Of Mrs. Bessipger by her HUSBAND
and his mother. The report commonly
accepted is that Bessinger had bestowed
his affections upon an unmarried w0'
man from Philadelphia. whom he fire.
boldly accorded authority denied his wife.
On Monday, 30 tits stated. quarrel too
place bet ween Mr.. and Mrs. Bessinger on this
account, and be ordered her this wite) out
of his sight He told her be would give
her $1,000 to go away and return no more;
abe to take the t NO girls and he to keep the
boy, and, furthermore, he threatened to
kill her If she returned. The pros.
pect of q separation from one OF
her children, added TO her previous unhap-
piness, fnanifestly preyed upon her mind,
and che was very much depressed. On
Tuesday, accompanied by her three chill
dren, she left the house and entered a street
car, in which she rode out OF the city for q
distance of about two and a half miles, to
spoint on the bank OF the canal. sd She n ;.d
basket with her, and this she filled with
stones, her children assisting her
to do So Having filed it, she bound it
securely to her waist, and then taking
child und.r each arm, and holding the
third child to her breast, she jumped into
the canal The cries Of the children
attracted the attention Of a man who
could not swim. and before he could
get help, all were drowned. The bodies
were recovered, and removed to the
house of her husband, and he was
notified of the occurrence, receiving the
news, it is said, while in company with
the woman who caused the uDhaplness.
So great was the indignation among the
people Of large that o detachment OF police
was kept guarding his house from the first
until alter the funeral.
II is stated that in the crowd in attend
-ance yesterday not less than fifty men and
even women were armed with pistols
for the avowed purpose of shooting
BessiDger. He was guarded by the police
all the way to the grave and back, and as
further protection the coffin containing
the little boys body was placed in the car
riage with him. When the bodies had been
lowered into the graves part OF the crowd
hooted ut Bessinger, and number OF
women endesvored to get at him. One
shot was fred at him without effect. He
was instantly hustled into bis carriage and
driven of. Another shot was fired in pass
ing the gate but is supposed to have struck
him, as be was carried from the carriage
into the louise. Great Indignation still ex-
ar md To- Tn no froo1vy
A. Black Hills Victim.
OMAHA, August 2l.-John Gordon, a
Black Hills miner, who was brought here
some weeks ago by order of the court for
hearing, on q writ Of habeas corpus, was |
released on parole this morning He, with |
his lawyer. appeared at the Office of Gen. |
eral RuRgles, Assistant Adiutant General,
Department of the Platte, surren-
dered his parole and them, by direc-
ton Of his counsel, attempted to
escape. The General Immediately ordered
his clerks and Orderlies, who are enlisted
men, to arrest him, but Gordon offered
most emphatic resistance, and in this was
assisted by his lawyer. He was arrested
and taken to Omaha Barracks, where he
was confined in the guardhOuse. Since the
above occurrence he has had General Rug
giles arrested for false imprisonment and
his clerks flor assault and battery. The
trial of the cases is set down for Wednesday
next.
A Clergyman Drowned.
TUCKERTON, N. j., August 21.-Rev.
Henry X. Smith. Of Philadelphia, was
drowned at Beach Haven to-day. The
suicide.
MEMPHIS, August 2l.-F. A. Schreger.
hospital steward at the Jail, committed sui.
eide this afternoon by taking strychnine.
The alleged intidelity Of his wife was the
Q ause assigned. When she brought his
Inner to-day they quarreled, and a. she lett
he told her he would kill himself, which ste
advised him to do. Schreger killed Esquire
John Norton, Of this city, in 1871 and fled. !
LAST May he was arrested in Wheeling end
brought back, and for some time had filled I
he Office of hospital steward
Probabilities.
War DEPARTMENT.
Office Chief Signal officer,
Washington, August 81, ISIS, 400 p. N.
For the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf .
.tates, cloudy weather, and rain, with
light changes in temperature, northelly to 9
asterly winds and rising barometer during 9
he night. For the southwest, local rains, .
With east to south winds, and slight .
hanges in temperature and barometer. q
The lower Ohio river and the Mississippi n
& stations above Helena will fall slowly. q
It Vlcksburg and Helena the river will e
ema:n stationary or rise very slightly. Q
Special River Report.
The Mississippi has fallen six inches at =
:. Louis, thirty-five inches at Cairo and y
hres inches ct Memphis. 1t has remained -
tatit w at Helena. Vicksburg and New !,
'rleaus. II
River and Marine News. o
SOUTHWEST Pass, August 81, 6 PM al
y:-l / Al
esh. Weather cloudy and rainy. The b
Gamer Hudson, eager, master, from New d.
ork, arrived outside this bar at S P. NJ, to
Id anchored. No departures. Inside, th
ound out-Steamer OberOn, State of fo
alabama and St. Louis. The steam : in
up New Orleans and ship Mary E. eff
iggs are outside, bound in. The United 81
'ates steamer Canandaigua, aground on N
10 bar, has not changed her position or
owed any since the Rio Grande and Ocean
It her yesterday morning. The Rio Grande
Tered the services of the two boats this -
ornlng. Tide serves at twelve O'Clock to-
might. The boats will probably get her ID
sea at that hour. The dredgeboat Es-
yons passed down at ll:40 A. NJ, going to fa
q bar. "a
August 81, 6 P. NJ tn
ind southwest and fresh. Weather thick. IN
oudy and cool. Arrived-Spaaish bark w
scaina, twenty one days from Havana. to
ballast. to r. J. Budendorff. No de. On
rtures. Inside. bound out, chip INLAND he
d schooner 3. B. Locke. tic
VIcKsBuR0, August 2l.-Passed down to
larles Morgan. at P. NJ; Katie, at 3 p. do
Weather clear and hot. River sta of
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