The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-03
SINGULAR PROCEEDINGS.
Why Were They Taken ?

| On luesuay Illus. DeVefeaux, Esq, lRte
a Special Officer of the Metropolitan Police,
was arrested on a warrant issued on the fol-
lowing affidavit:
State of Louisiana, Municipal Police Court
Of the city of New Orleans.-The State VS..
Thos. Devereaux, Personally appeared before
me, W. L. Evans, Judge of the LIST Municipal
Police Court of the city of New Orleans, and
Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and
sworn, Corporal V. Ward. Sixth Precinct, who
having been duly sworn doth depose and
say-That from information received afiant
has good reason to and verify does believe
that on Sunday, the "a h day of May, 1874,
between the hours of a. and g. o'clock A. NJ
on Freret street. between Josephine and
jackson streets, in the Fourth D strict of this
| city, one Thos. Devereaux did then and there,
with malice aforethought kill and murder one
Muusen Alexander, all against the peace and
dignity of the State; wherefore, deponent
charges the accused with murder, and prays
that he be arrested and dealt with according
| to law. A. V. WARD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
LIST day of November, 1875.
W. L. EVANS,
Judge of the 1st Municipal Police OF the city
of New Orleans.
| Munson Alexander was an escaped convict
and was killed while Mr.. Devereaux and Mr.
James L. Smith, who were at thu time special
officers, were attempting to arrest him.
Some two or three days previous, both of
the parties named attempted to arrest Alex
ander and were fred on, and Alexander made
his escape.
Devereaux and Smith ascertained that
Alexander would be at certain place on the
morning of the killing, and both armed with
shotguns proceeded to the place specified.
Alexander made his appearance and was
called on to surrender, but he needed not the
demand, and drew revolver and was killed
The testimony taken before the coroner's
jury established the fact that Alex inder had
declared he never would be taken, and that
when picked up dead, he had loaded revolt
yer in his hand
The corners jury returned the following
verdict:
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans-Clty of New Orleans.
An inquest held in the city of New Orleans
in the parish of Orleans, On the 24rh day of
MAY, ia the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy four, before me,
j. n. Folwell, NJ D, coroner of the First,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Districts, parish of
Orleans, on the view of the dead body of
Munson Alexander, aged % years, nativity
Alabama, then and there lying dead at the
Sixth Precinct Police Station, the jury adj
journed to meet on May Goth, 1874 at II
o'clock NJ.
The jurors, whose names are hereunto sub
scribed having been duly sworn and charged
diligently to inquire on behalf Of the State OF
Louisiana, how, when and after what manner
the said Munson Alexander came to death,
and upon their oaths do say that this day the
IoIr, IS !
dead at the above described place, and, after
viewing the body of the said Munson Alexander,
and after an autopsy made by DR.. G. 2. Ames,
City Physician, and from the evidence before
us, We find that the deceased came to death
from gun shot wounds of the head and back
inflicted with double. barred shotguns, loaded
with buckshot, in the hands of Thomas Deve-
reaux and one james l. Smith, while the
said DevereauX and Smith were endeavoring
to execute warrant for his arrest, which war.
rant was issued by A. b. Miller, Judge of the
Fourth Municipal Police Court, and dated
May "a, 1874.
Said shooting took place on Freret street,
between Josephine and J ckson, On Sunday,
May "a, 1874, at about $50 O'Clock A. M.
La testimony whereof, the said Coroner and
jurors of this inquest have hereunto sub
scrbed their rames, the day and year afo1e-
said. J. N. FoLWELL, M D.,
Coroner.
G.. P. AMEs,
j. L. SIKKEN,
JAMES Dorsey,
JOSEPH EILING,
HENRY MITCHELL.
Mr.. Devereaux, after his arrest, was locked
up in the. FIRST Precinct Station, where our
reporter saw him.
He referred our reporter to the testimony
in the coroner's inquest aud the verdict of
the Coronors jury, and said that the present
proceedings were taken through malice, and
for purposes of intimidation.
That they all resulted from a difficulty be-
tween himself and Superintendent of Police
Loan, growing out of certain charges which
he had preferred against Col. Loan before the
Police Board, and that he had no fear OF the
result of the trial.
Mr. Devereaux has secured the services of
Messrs Whitaker aud Castellanos, and his
case has been transferred to the Fourth Me-
tropolitan Police Court.
Last evening he was released on bonds Of
SIC, 900, which were promptly furnished.