The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-08
WHO WAS HE!
An Unknown White Man GarrOted
and Robbed.
The Thieves Arrested, but Nothing
Is Heard of the Victim.

Private Waterman A. Mackay, at o'clock
Wednesday morning, January 5, 1875, arrest
ed two Italians, named Michael Paolina and
George Bavalachi, at the corner of Bourbon
and Canal streets, and, with the assistance of
officer Boylson, of the Third Precinct,
brought them to the station, where they were
locked up, charged with being dangerous and
suspicious characters.
The circumstances of the case, as related to
US, are as follows On the morning in ques-
ton the private Waterman, while patroling
his beat on Canal street, saw two suspicious
looking individuals strolling along the street
near the Customhouse, and followed them up,
taking them for thieves, and thinking they
we're about to commit robbery. The parties
seeing that they were followed, came up to
the officer who was dressed in citizens
clothes and stated to him that they were
strangers in the city, and asked him TO point
out or direct them to lodging-house.
The officer, seeing that the men we're we'll
dressed directed them to the City Hotel
They said they wanted some cheap place, as
they could not afford to put up at hotel
The officer told them they could find cheap
lodging houses on ST. Charles street. They
talked awhile and walked back in the direc-
ton of the levee. The officer walked in an
opposite direction for few PAGES, and then
turned and followed them up at distance
until they got to Clinton street "a short street
that runs from Customhouse to Bienviile
street, opposite the Custom-House building)
when he lost sight of them.
He stopped on the corner for few mo-
ments, when suddenly the cries of "Watch f!
| Murderr' were distinctly heard coming from
| that direction. The officer immediately
started in the direction from where the cries
came, and on reaching the corner of Clinton
street, met an unknown white man, who in
formed him that he had been garroted by
two men, answering the exact description OF
the two men that had stopped the officer on
Canal street, who robbed him of a large
amount of money; one OF them struck him on
the back of the head and held hlna down
while the other party robbed him.
The officer left the unknown party and fol-
lowed the men when he succeeded in captur-
ing the two Italians after lively chase on
Canal street. When searched at the station
two gold watches, quantity OF gold and S2o
in currency was found on one OF them, and a
gold watch and several dollars in currency on
the other, which is still at the Third Precinct
Station. The next morning the parties were
arraigned before Judge Staes, who remanded
them to the Parish Prison to answer charge
of highway robbery preferred against them by
the private Waterman.
A man called at the court on Thursday and
stated that he was the party that cried
"Watch !" "Murder!" and tod the private
Waterman that he had been robbed, but il
was all joke, and asked that they be dis.
charged. The officer Was sent for, but failed
to identify the man as the one that called or
him for assistance. The man that really lost
the money has not been seen or heard Of
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