The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-23
A CURIOUS CUTTING ARRAY.
A Man Fatally Wounded with a
Bottle.
The Assailant Escapes.
Full Particulars.

About o'clock Tuesday afternoon diff
Guilty occurred in the fruit store of Mr.. DO
seph Calcagno, corner of Magazine and Erato
streets between two cigar makers named
Alfred Zayas and Jose De la Pana, in which
the former was cut in the stomach with large
glass bottle.
The wounded man was taken to the Charity
Hospital De la Pana made his escape
A reporter of the BULLETIN visited the
Charity Hospital where he found Zayas, the
wounded man, suffering very much from the
cut he had received. 1t was only with great
exertion that he could speak, but he stated
that be met De Ia Pana on Tuesday and
spoke to him in friendly manner, they took
drink together on Royal street and pro-
ceeded on their way.
They then went to the corner of Erato and
Magazine streets, where they took another
drink, when De Ia Pana asked the proprietor,
Mr.. Calcagno, for something; whereupon, he,
Zayas, asked him what he wanted, and
De Ia Pana reached over, and grasping
bottle struck him in the stomach and cut
him.
Mr.. Calcagno was next interviewed, who
states: About three o'clock the two men came
into my store; they both appeared to be very
drunk. Zayas had some contraband cigars,
which he asked me to buy. told him l
could not do so, for I bought nothing but
cigars which were stamped.
De Ia Pana then said, II will buy them,"
and took out two dollar bill, asking me for
change. sent my little girl, who had called
me out into the store, to change the money.
As she was going out of the store Zayas
suatched at the bill. De la Pana took it out
of the hands of Zsyas and gave it to the girl.
When she returned the change was counted
out, and De la Pana attempted Ito put the
money in Zayas's pocket, when quarrel
| ensued. De la Pana seized bottle, In spite
of my efforts to keep him from doing SO.
1t was large bottle, filed with rasp-
berry syrup. He first struck Aayas
over the head, who ran out across the street
and tried to get q knife He did not succeed.
| He then returned, when De La Pana struck
him from the side with the bottle which
| broke, cutting him across the stomach, but
as I thought, slightly. I then told De La
Pana to get away from there and go home
| He lives on Love, between Union and Baga-
telle streets, and the wounded man resides on
Music, between Urquhart and Girod. l
know both of the men. The contraband CT
CARS are here; I have them for safe keeping.
This is all know about the matter. The
| wounded man is cut just below the epigas-
! trium-a wound some four inches in length.
The physicians think that the cut has pene-
trated the perrenium, and, If SO, will prove
fatal At the time the cut was inflicted the
wounded man walked up and down the street
with the blood flowing from him in perfect
stream. Though the difficulty took place in
the broad daylight, and large crowd was
collected around the place, there was no ar
rest made, and up to late hour last night no
report was made from the Second Precinct
Police Station.
Capt. Malone, as soon as informed Of the
fact, telegraphed to Capt. Rey, Of the Fifth,
| to take measures for the arrest of De la Pana.