The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-22
CITY ITEMS.

POLICE BOARD PatrolmanJ. Fordyca.
for neglect of duty and violating rule
% Police Manual. Charge dismissed.
Patrolman J. Kerrigan, No. 3e, First
Precinct, charged with conduct unbe-
coming an office: That on the 14th OF
January Kerrigan did maltreat pris-
oner, j. w. Brown, in beating him over
the head and about the body with q
club while conveying him to prison.
kerrigan was tried, convicted and dis
missed from the force,
POLICE NOTES. Mike Masterson was
calaboosed in the Central Station.
charged with being vagrant.
$. Dunbar caused the Incarceration OF
John Henry, a youth eighteen years Of
age, on q charge of pickpocketing.
Jack Edding was lodged in the Gen.
tral Station, charged with being q dan.
gerous and suspicious character. =
PUGILIsTs Mrs. Catherine Finley got
her mad up and started into q pugilistic
encounter with % man named Jefferson
Jordan, who, finding he was getting the
worst OF 1t, called in police officer and
had the fair Catherine locked up in the
Seventh Station.
Joseph =. Lewis was arrested at the
corner OF Charters and Canal streets and
incarcerated in the Third Precinct
charged with being dangerous and
suspicious character.
LARCENY.-George Is an unfortunate
creature who could not remember his
other name, was towed into the Fourth
Precinct from the corner Of Miro and
st. Ann streets, where charge Of lar
ceny was preferred against him by Mary
johnson.
EMBEZzLEMENT.-O Octave Lanau was
arrested on Orleans street, between
Dauphine and Bourbon, and locked up
In the Third Precinct, where q charge
was preferred against him by Marcelne
Sand.
SENT BEFORE THE SUPERIOR CRIMINAL.
CoURT.-John Coppersmith, who sur.
rendered himself on the evening OF the
7th Of January after having run over
and instantly killed % child two years
old, named Christian Kern, at the cor
ner Of Annunciation and Second street.
with car No. Al of the Crescent City
railroad, was sent yesterday before the /.
Criminal Court by Judge Adj
ans, on the charge of manslaughter.
Bail was fixed ut $250O.
SERIOUS AcuDENT.-About 0 80 last
evening, lady whose name Is un-
known, residing at 3G9 Common street.
while passing in front OF store No. 121
Canal street, accidentally fell and
broke her left limb. She was put In a
cab by some lady friends and conveyed
to her residence.
LOST CoAT.-Officer Jones was inform
ed by party that negro man was try /,
ing to sell coat ut the corner OF Frank
lin and Delord streets, which they
believed had been stolen. The officer
to the spot and on nearing the
place he was seen by the thief, who .
dropped the coat and made his escape.
The officer picked up the coat and
brought it to the Second Precient Sta
ton. In one Of the pockets was found
two certificates Of the Parish Court of
Jefferson, relative TO a case of N. Connell
vs.. s. M. Hartman.
BURGLARY.-Somet during Friday
morning the grocery store Of A. Paris,
No 3 Poydras street, was burglariously
entered by unknown thieves who car
ried off q box OF eggs valued at ST.
LARCENY-Fred Webster was arrested
and brought to the Central Station by
Special Officers Cain and marlborough,
on a warrant sworn out by George Ed
wards, wherein he is charged with lar
ceny Of $40.
Edwards states that few nights ago
he went into the grocery store Of Mr..
Webster for the purpose Of taking q
drink being under the infuenceof liquor
he pulled out all his money and placed
it on the counter, and had his head
turned, when Webster's wife sneaked
up and stole the money. She was ar !.
rested few days ago, but the money
could not be found in her possession.
The supposition is, that as they both
left the house together on the night in
question, that she stole the money and
handed it over to her husband.
DIED.-A. Johnson, late patrolman OF
the Harbor Station, died last evening at
7 80 O'Clock. His funeral will take
place at 3 o'clock from his late resi-
dence, corner OF Lafayette and Locust
streets.
LARcENY-John Adams was arrested
corner Of Poydras and Broad streets,
and is held in durance vile at the Central
Station, charged by H. Eckers with lar
,eny Of clothing, valued at $40. Adams
will explain his case before Judge EVaha