The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-28
THE CITY.

CARELESS SHooT1Na.-A young man named
William Bowers was arrested at O'Clock on
Monday morning, at the corner of st. Charles
Avenue. and Adams street, Carrollton, for
having fired off his revolver in the street,
whereby q young man named Henry Smith
was slightly wounded in the back.
1t seems that Burns, on Sunday, at IL
clock at noon, fred his revolver from his
premises, corner of Louise and Lower Line
street, having, as he stated, no intention to
ipjure anybody, but merely wanted to clean
his pistol.
Smith was lying in the grass fully $50 feet
distant and, had he raised himself at the
time, would have been dangerously or, per-
maps, fatally wounded.
BURGLARS AT WoRK-Some time during
Sunday night the residence Of Mr.. r. Natili,
1852 Annunciation street, was entered by some
unknown burglars, who stole therefrom the
following articles, viz: One pair of diamond
sleeve buttons, one pair of plain gold sleeve
buttons, one collar button and several other
articles, all valued at about $11O. The en-
trance was effected by climbing over the
fence, and thence forcing open door in the
rear of the premises. No clue was left that
would lead to the capture of the thieves, who
entered and made their exit from the prem
Uses without being heard.
FRIGHTENED OrF.-About l o'clock Monday
morning two unknown thieves climbed the
gallery post of Mr.. Jake Schilline's coffee
house, at the corner of Ninth and Magazine
streets. and. as they were in the act OF enter
ing Mr.. SIS bedroom, by raising the front
window, he was awakened by the noise, and
gave the alarm. Mr.. Schiling ran out on
the gallery and fred several shots at the
thieves, but without fleet.
SLIGHTLY WouNDED.-About a quarter past
l o'clock Monday morning difficulty took
place in house on Basin, between Bienville
and Cont streets, kept by one Mrs. Euro,
between three men named William Rivers,
lanes Lee and Tom Radley, which resulted
in Radley being assaulted and wounded
on the head and face by Rivers and Lee,
who were arrested and locked up in the
IRENE Station. The wounded man was con-
veyed to the Chsrity Hospital, where his
wounds were dressed and pronounced not dam
gerous.
SHOT IN THE ARM.-Saturday night about
IL o'clock q man named William Bruce, As
years of age. and'a native of Scotland, was
found at the corner OF Dfyades and PerdidO
streets by Corporal Beaser, suffering from
wound in the right arm, above the wrist.
Bruce states that he was on his way to the
Poydras market to get something to eat, and
when at the corner of Poydras and Tchoupi-
toulas streets, was shot in the arm. He states
that the shooting must have been accidental,
as he only arrived in town the same evening
on the steamboat r. r. Bryarly. He was
conveyed to the Charity Hospital.
COFFEE THIEF.-Corporal Miller arrested
one Joseph Davis, at the corner'o of Delta and
Poydras streets, charged from information re-
ceived with assault and battery, with intent to
kill, on Officer P. w. Armstrong, on the
night of the 22d instant. He is also charged
with the larceny of lot OF coffee from the
steamboat Susie Silver.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS Detectives Hen
messy and Stolberger arrested Edward Ber-
mudez and James Scanlan at the corner of
Carondelet and Poydras streets, charged with
being dangerous and suspicious characters.
and being about to commit q breach Of the
peace.
LARCENY.-Aunie johnson was arrested at
her donicile on Burgundy street, between
Cont and Bienville, at noon, Sunday, charged
with being drunk and disturbing the peace,
and, from information received, with the
larceny of SIS. She was locked up in the
Third Precinct Station.
CRUSHED TO DEATH "A white man, named
John Clunder, twenty two years old and o ma
tive of the parish OF St. Tammany, Louisiana,
was mashed and fatally injured about the
body and legs by large pile of lumber acct
dentally falling on him on the New Basin, at
the intersection Of Franklin street. The un-
fortunate man was conveyed to Florat's drug
store, Ga Rampant street near Delord, where
he died at 745 o'clock from the effects of IN
juries received. The body was placed on q
stretcher and taken to the Central Station.
Clunder was employed as q sailor on board
the schooner Joinville. now lying in the Basin.
He left the schooner q few moments before
the accident with his shoes in his hands, and
was walking between two piles of lumber on his
way to the side walk, when he was mashed by
the falling of one OF the piles It was raining
very hard at the time and Clunder walked
through for the purpose. of keeping out of
the water as much as he could, which was q
will hold an inquest to-day.
ASSAULT WITH DANGEROUS WEAPoN-Jos
Carter (colored) made things lively at the
corner of Carondelet and lafayette streets
Monday evening at S o'clock. He met q
woman named Mary Brooks, and attempted
to put an end 10 her existence. He struck
her several times over the head with q bayonet,
and was in the act of plungipg it into her
side, when Corporal Smith ran up and pulled
the weapon out of his hand. Carter was
housed in the Central Station.
UNLICENSED LOTTERY TICKETS Dumas,
special officer for the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany, marched NJ. Lyman into the Central
Station last evening, from the corner of Unicn
and St. Charles streets, charged with violating
section 2. act No. 8, of the session Of 1874,
relative to the sale of unlicensed lottery
tickets.
ATTEMPTED BURGLARY-A key was found
ear Monday morning in the door of the resi-
dence of Mr.. Albert Jones, No. lis St. Louis
street. It is supposed that an attempt was.
made on Sunday night by unknown thieves
to enter, but the key not fitting the lock they
retired and left the same in the door. TIE
key was taken to the Third Precinct Station.
MINOR NoTEs. -Thos, Doolan was locked
up Sunday tor hanging on the door steps of
Canal street car, at the corner Of Broad street.
Margaret Harper rested in the Central Sta
ton on Sunday night, for stealing piece Of
meat worth fifty cents from the corner of