The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-24
THE CITY.

| the hands OF the former, who was arrested
and locked up in the Central Station. Ben
fort states that he made bet with the second
steward of the boat, and the money was
placed in the hands OF Jeffers to act as UNI
pire. The second steward lost, and LETTERS,
| instead of handing me the money, asked
the second steward and several other parties
over to take q drink with my money. !
asked him to give it up, and he commenced
to curse me. said something to him and he
pulled a razor out of his pocket and tried to
cut my throat. I held my arm up and kept
him from using the razor. He made another
rush at me and cut me on the left side of the
head. The police ran up at this time and
placed him under arrest"
FELoN1oUs INrENr.-Mr. S. j. Flatow, re-
delet and st. Charles, called on officer Dorsey
at o'clock Wednesday night and had q man
named Geo. Harris taken out OF his house and
incarcerated in tbs Rousseau Street Station,
charged with being drunk, disturbing the
peace and feloniously entering his premises
LARCENY GARDINER named Joseph Capo
surrendered himself to the officer in charge
of the Third Precinct Station Wednesday. and
was duly incarcerated. Capo received infor-
nation that Mr.. Jacob Linz had preferred a
save the court officer the trouble Of hunting
him up.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED About half
past O'Clock Thursday morning Officer
Armstrong while walking his beat discovered
two colored men with two half sacks of
coffee in their posse sion, at the corner of
Girod and Front streets. The officer halted
them and demanded of them to account how
tho coffao oauno in THAR oOcsocciOu Thew
in mediately dropped the property, assaulted
the officer and ran off. The officer pursued
them for several squares. but they managed
to make good their escape. The properly
was brought to the Central Station.
DANGEROUS AND SUSPICIOUS. Mathew Mo.
ran was taken up at the corner of Bourbon
morning, charged with being dangerous and
suspicious character, and being about to
commit breach Of the peace.
ScA1DED WITH Hot WArER.-Wednesda
afternoon about half-past 3 o'clock, diff
Guilty took place in the kitchen of house On
Customhouse street, between Rampant and
Burgundy streets, between two women named
Mary Rodgers and Pauline Bedfort, which
terminated 10 the formers being scalded with
hot water by the latter, who was considerably
under the influence Of liquor. Officer Ward
was called in and arrested Mary. She is also
charged by the officer with disturbing the
peace and using obscene language
An ORDER-The following order was sent
to all Stations yesterday by Superintendent
Loan:
SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE,
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
New Orleans, March %, 1876.
To all Stat. Ons:
You will arrest any and all persons who
you may find Offering or exposing for sale any
obscene book or papers, and particularly the
newspaper known as the Chicago Street Gazette,
or the Sporting Gazette. You will also use
your utmost endeavors to ascertain the party
or parties who write for the said paper from
this city. Should you make any arrests re-
port the same to this office at once.
w. T. LOAN,
Superintendent Metropolitan Police.
ATTEMPTED SuIc1DE.-About 2 o'clock yes.
terday afternoon, q map named Louis
O'Gready, "a years old, and q native of Louis.
lana, while under the influence of iquos at.
tempted to commit suicide at his residence,
corner of Common and Bertrand streets, with
q revolver. O'Gready was so drunk that be
The ball passed upward and lodged in the
ceiling. He escaped uninjured.
SNEAK TH1Er-About II o'clock yester-
day morning sneak thief entered the prem
ises at the corner of Common and Franklin
streets, and stole two chickens and table
cloth. The inmates discovered the thief as
he ne. was leaving the yard and gave the alarm.
Officers Masterson and Smith gave chase for
several squares, when the thief dropped his
booty and made good his escape.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARIEs. Some time during
Wednesday night attempts were made BY un.
known thieves to enter the dry goods stores
of D. Wellhauser and B. frederick, Nos. $40
and 252 Tchoupitoulas street, and Meyer
Loeb, No. SO Annunciation street, by means
of boring holes in the doors with brace and
bit The thieves did not succeed in effecting
an entrance into the stores, as nothing was
found missing. The superstition is that they
were fright ened Oft by the sound of approach
ing footsteps.
STEALING SASH Court Officer Walsh ar
rested two sailors. named John Smith and
Isaac Morris, on warrant at the head of the
New Basin, and marched them into the Cen
trail Station, charged by Mr.. j. johnson with
stealing sash valued at So.
BOLD THIEF. - Yesterday afternoon. be.
tween the hours of 2 and o'clock, q thief
entereo the residence OF Mr.. Kearney, 238
Felicity street. while the inmates were in the
rear OF the premises, and stole q valuable
overcoat off the rack in the hall. He was dis.
covered leaving the house by several citizens,
who pursued and captured him, after chase
Of several squares. He was locked up in the
sixth Precinct Station, charged with larceny.
He gave his name as Promise Lee.
SHooTINa.-L Laws, German baker doing
business in st. Mary's Market, was frightened
almost to death on Wednesday afternoon.
He went into oofse-house near the market
With one of his friends to take drink, when
man named George Lance walked in and
bred shot at him. Laws made an affidavit,
which caused his arrest and incarceration in
The Central Station last night.
ENLIGHTENMENT. - Mr.. w. j. Armitage
'ansed the arrest of one Il. s. Russell, on a
at No. 48 ST. Charles street, charged
With breach of frusk and am he ~ omenk nf Sa0