The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-10
THE CITY.

JAMES s. PREsT1DGE REMANDED.-Mr. James
S. Prestidge, of the firm of Prestidge, Graham
& Co., who shot and killed Major W. D. Har-
deman on the 4th inst. and who has been
confined to his room at the Charity Hospital
for several days, was this Thursday morn
ing brought before Judge Evans and arraigned
on the Coroner's affidavit, charging him from
information received with the crime of muir.
der. The accused pleaded not guilty and was
remanded to the Parish Prison without bail
The case will be called up again in few days
when a preliminary examination will take
place.
B1GAMY.-Mrs. Mary Cusichs was placed
under arrest Wednesday in Judge Longs
Court to answer an aft aavit taken out by Mr..
J. N. Watson, who charges her with bigamy.
She was arraigned and remanded to the Par
ish Prison in default of bonds.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED. : Officer
Murphy brought to the Harbor Station at 6:45
O'Clock Wednesday evening q sack of green
meat, which he reports having found at the
corner of Peters and Bienville streets. The
rect ~as stolen from the steamer Iberia by
some unknown party, and was returned to
the boat.
KIDNAPPING. = Ernest, Edgar and Dick
Turpin, three young men, were arrested on
warrant at their residence, 374 Clio street, at
l o'clock Thursday morning, by Detective
Hennessey and Officer Stone, charged by F.
N. Schubert with assault and battery and
kidnapping child one year old. They were
confined in the Central Station.
LARcENY.-Wm. Bowman stole box of
choice Western cheese, Wednesday, on the
levee, head of Poydras street, from pile of
freight, and was detected in the act of making
off with it to parts unknown by Mr.. 81. @.
Cooney, the discharging clerk BE was pointed
out to q peeler, who marched him into the
Harbor Station.
SUSPICIOUS C1RcuMsrANcEs.-Two white men
named Charles Roberts and John Brady were
found on the premises of MI. John Lawrence,
No. 1888 st. Charles street, between Melpom-
enc and Terpsichore, under very suspicious
circumstances at s o'clock Wednesday night.
They were handed over to officers johnson
and Ryan and lodged in the Second Precinct
Station.
TAKEN WITH FIT OF ApoPLExY.-About l
o'clock yesterday afternoon, while Capt. D.
G. Woodruff was driving his horse, attached
to q wagon, down Magazine street with load
of furniture, and when at the intersection of
Constantinople street, he was seized with fit
of apoplexy, causing him to fall from the
wagon to the ground. He was picked up by
Mr.. w. Wilson and conveyed to his residence
on Berlin street, near Camp, in an insensible
condition. DR.. Wilmer attended the unfor;u-
nate gentleman, and pronounced him in Q
critical condition.
MINOR NoTEs-James Erwin, young vaga-
bond, was brought in on the cars from Mime
burg and housed in the Washington Square
Station.
Corporal Hearsey caused the arrest of one
Henry Wexford for peddling in the parish Of
St. Bernard without license.
DR.. J. r. Terry was taken up at the corner
of Poydras and Perdido streets and escorted
to the Rousseau Street Station on q warrant,
charged with assault and battery on Miss
Lizzie Gilbert.
James Lee was roped into gambling hell,
corner of Canal and Front streets, few mo-
ments after his arrival in town Wednesday,
and was robbed of five dollar note by one
G. Hatcher, who was locked up in the Third
Precinct Station.