The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-18
The Killing Of the Car Driver.
COrOner's Inquest.

The Coroners inquest in the killing o.
John Mcnamara by John ]. Bowling was held
Wednesday morning
The following testimony was taken:
VIM. Logan. being duly sworn. dot h
pose and say reside on Josephine, neal
Rousseau street. On Monday night, about
10 o'clock, car No 40 was coming down town.
I was sitting outside waiting for the car to
come. The car came, and and my partner
went out and unhitched the mule.
There was gentleman in the car who hal.
Iooed ont of the second window from the
front: {" Is this car No. 40" | told him yes.
He said ~ want to make complaint against
this driver" l told him all right sir.
went in the stable with the mule. MIR. Saliva
dor was coming out with the mule for the car.
Seeing the driver opening the door, he
told the gentleman in the car he had to get
out, he had not paid his fare. The gentle
man said, for what have paid my fare. The
driver said will put you out anyhow. lie
seized the gentleman and showed him out OF
the car.
The driver and passenger went back into
the car, and then the driver put him (the
passenger) out again.
They both went on the step of the car In
the rear.
When wasItaking the harness off the mule
they were both on the street. The gentleman
said "Do not not hit me; if you do l will
shoot you" The driver said, g. Will risk 1t
anyhow" ...
/ turned around and saw the man get out
of the gutter l saw the man walk toward the
hind part of the car l didn't see the pistol
in his hands, but saw the fash before l heard
the report.
At the time the shot was fired the driver
did not say anything. The driver walked to
the front of the car and stopped over. l
thought the fash was too high to hit the
driver.
The passenger said something to himself as
approached him after the shooting. There
was an officer coming up at the time; when
he arrived the passenger remarked, There is
the officer; am your prisoner" The officer
said, 'sGive up your arms, or something to
that effect. He give him his revolver. The
two walked away. l do not think the pas
senger was under the influence of liquor.
When the officer was taking the prisoner
away / asked the driver if he was hurt, he
made no reply. I did not see the wound. 1t
was quarter to II o'clock before | knew the
driver was dead. The place on Chippewa
street is no station, only hiiching spot,
where stock is kept during the day. That is
all know of the matter
Michel Salvador being duly sworn, said: l
reside at 81 Sorapuru street; L am employed
by the railroad company at the corner of
Chippewa and Philip street, to ride stock.
On Monday night, about 10 o'clock, all saw
or heard was the driver say, "pay your fare.
The passenger said, 81 have paid my fare. "
The driver said, 81 will put you out, any
how" He then put him out of the car.
The passenger said do not hit me or will
shoot you. 1 then saw the passenger crawl
up out of the gutter dirty. He then pulled
out pistolsand shot the driver, who was in
the car at the time After being shot he (the
driver walked to the front of the car and sat
down on bucket near the dash board.
Cross Examination. men got off OF
the car at the back end.
The passenger told the driver not to hit
him. did not see the driver hit the man.
They then walk ed two steps on the track.
am not positive whether the driver hit him or
showed him. do not know whether the man
was intoxicated or not. | am not certain
whether the shot went through window or
the door.
did not see the pistol, but / saw the fash.
The driver was taken to the Sixth Precinct
Station. l brought the car into the car-house
and told the foreman that the driver OF Car
No. 40 was shot. l heard the driver say, 81
will run the risk of being shot"
Officer L. A. Pons was next sworn-Mon-
standing at the corner of Chippewa and
Soraparu streets, as car No. 40 passed by,
saw a gentleman in the car, who was asking
the driver for the number of the car. The
driver answered, put your fare in the box.
The car went on; heard loud talking
The car stopped at the hiching post.
When the car stopped the driver said, "put
your fare into the box" After the passenger
asked "what is the number OF this car I" the
hitcher, Logan, answered, car No. 40. He
(the passeuger) said he wanted to lay COM
plant against the driver. Mr.. Logan said,
all right / saw man go out of the car.
The driver was going to the platform at
the time. paid no more attention, and was
looking to Annunciation street. | heard the
report of pistol. | ran to the car and
asked, where is the man that did the shooting!
man said, there he is. Officer Cassimier
came along. hallowed out, take the prisoner
to the Station; will take charge of the bedy.
did not know that anybody was shot.
heard Logan say, "the driver is shot" L
went into the car on the platform; the wound
ed man said, ali ali ! and laid his head on my
arm. and that is all. then took the body to
the Sixth Precinct Station House.
Officer Casimier was next sworn and says:
am a patrolmau in the Sixth Precinct; on
the 18th OF November, 1875, Monday night,
Mt about 10 o'clock, was standing at the cor.
ner OF Philip and Chippewa streets. l was
standing on Chippewa street. where they
change the mules.
When | arrived met gentleman with
revolver in his hand; grabbed hold of his
arm, took the revolver away from him and
told him to consider himself as my prisoner.
He said, yes. surrender. He Was somewhat
under the influence of liquor. l then took
him TO the sixth Precinct Station. That is
all know about it.
When took hold of his arm his revolver
was on full cock. He said, 81 will show
him how to shove me out Of the car" His
face was covered with mud. On the way to
the station he walked along straight, and did
not say word. "a Smith & Wesson re-
yolver No. was shown to witness, andidenti-
fed by him as the one taken out of Dowlings
hand.)
Thomas J. Flynn am clerk and operator
at the Sixth Precinct Station, when came to
the station on the morning after the murder,