The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-29
A BLOODY DEED.
An Unnatural Son Slabs His
Mother.
He Was Determined ''TO End the
Old Woman

It would seem the present most unseasona-
BILE weather breeds crime on all sides. Not
day passes but what brings with 1t the SICK
ening details Of some horror, and Tuesday
was no exception.
About 8 o'clock Tuesday morning woman
named Johanna White, residing at 100 Dau-
phine street, was heard engaged in high
words with her sen, James White, man OF
about twenty five years. The son was up"
braiding the mother for the life of ill-fame
she was leading. and threatening to end 1t
one way or another.
The dispute lasted for some time when,
without warning, this most unnatural son
drew a keen bladed knife, and with the fe-
rocity of demon plunged it twice into his
mother. Not satisfied with his hellish work
he drew it forth and with sweeping blow
slashed open the forehead, letting out GRIM
son tide. The woman screamed and Tell TO
the ground. The two wounds in the ABDOMEN
are terrible gashes, and will probably result
fatally.
Soon after the cutting James White was
taken in charge by the police and locked up
in the Third Precinct Station, where Bull
IETIN representative visited him.
In one of the cells on the upper floor the
man was walking to and fro rapidly, his eyes
fixed upon the floor. He is about feet 10
inches in height, his face well sun-burned,
and with restless expression OF eye, evil
dencing long course of crime. His manner
and bearing were that of an old criminal, but,
yet, beneath braggadocio air he assumed,
there crept out horror at his foul act.
He attempted to whistle, but his lips failed
TO give forth more than wheezy sound. He
came to the window and displayed his finger,
bleeding from cut inflicted by his own knife,
it having closed on it as he attempted to give
more stabs.
HIS STATEMENT.
Ny name is James White plenty people
know me here. Yes, sir, I'm the one that cut
nv mother. have been in heap OF trouble
for some time past, and I'll just tell you what
was the whole cause of it.
| have had what is called a hard name
among the police here, and have been led by
bad company into number Of bad scrapes.
l was sentenced once to the Penitentiary, but
was trying Just now to make an honest llv-
ing, and so this morning went to my mother
and asked her to give up the life she had
been leading and to hire little room and
would 90 to work and support her decently.
She got mad and told me to 60 back to my
thieves.
Now, have been pointed out so often by
men saying "See that fellow; he's the son OF
-" that couldn't stand it any longer;
so goes into my pocket for my knife to end
the old woman and put stop to this talk.
No, sir, can't say exactly how many times
cut her. / know Of two deep ones In the
stomach and one across the forehead. Here
the voice of the man trembled and his bloody
hand shook.
Iput man out of the way up the river for
this same thing. l cut him SO that he was
paralysed for life. | had threatened my mother
before, but she would not mind me.
Johanna White was at once conveyed to the
Charity Hospital, where all possible medical
assistance was rendered.
Our reporter visited the wounded woman
at the Charity Hospital, and obtained from
her the following statement
On Tuesday morning about o'clock l was
in the kitchen cooking breakfast when | heard
q knock on the front door, kept on with my
work, thinking that it was the children play
ing on the door steps. About ten minutes
had elapsed when loud knocking was again
heard.
went to the front door and asked who was
there. Jimmy answered: It's me. Why
don't YOU open that door, and not be waiting
all day about it?" l then opened the door,
when he rushed at me with an open knife in
his hand and stuck me once in the side with
it. followed: "Watch Murder !!
He then struck me with his fist and felled
me to the ground and, while was down, he
stabbed me again in the side, right arm and
in the head. He jumped up. and was leaving
the house, when court officer ran up to the
door and arrested him. | did not have a
word to say to him. He left the house Mon
day night, and said he was going to st.
Louis
| did not know that he was at the door, or
otherwise would have let him in when he
knocked Tuesday morning.
The woman is lying in critical condl-
ton and is not expected to live. 1t is thought
that the two wounds in the side penetrated
the abdominal cavity aud are mortal.