The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-08
THE CITY.

About halt-past o'clock last evening COL
ored man nnmed Banks was shot and danger
ously wounded by Mr.. L. A. Zeringue, while
| in the act of stealing cabbages from the Ae-
ringue Plantation, Camp Parapet. The
weapon used was double-barrel shot gun,
nine of the shot taking effect in the back.
The wounded thief was taken to the Seventh
Precinct Station and attended by DR.. Henry,
who pronounced his; wounds dangerous, and
then sent to the Charity Hospital. Mr.. Ze-
ringue, Immediately after the shooting, sur
rendered himself at the Seventh Precinct Sta
ton.
MURDERER CAPTURED. - Sergeant Taylor
and three of his men succeeded in capturing,
about 7 o'clock last evening, Adrien Evique,
charged, from information received, with the
murder OF one Pourcette on Sunday morning
in a ball room, corner Of Ursulines and Clai-
borne streets.
The sergeant received information early in
the evening that the accused was concealed
in a house one mile from the Bayou Bridge,
and Immediately proceeded to the house,
where they found him in bed, and on the
way to the station acknowledged that he had
killed Pourcette.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. 10 o'clock yes
terday morning white man named James
Hanly while at work on the Norwegian bark
Albro, lying at Post 26, Third District, acct
dentally fell into the hold of the vessel, seri
ously injuring himself about the head and
Lody lie was conveyed to his residence,
corner of Rampant and Music streets.
A Marrow EscApE-At noon Monday
boy named James French, IL years old,
while ringing a bell for intermission at the
Brothers School, on Common street, the bell
broke from the frame and fell on him, break
ing his thigh. He was conveyed to the
Charity Hospital by the inmates of the school
for surgical attendance, and afterwards sent to
his home, No. As Cypress street.
A DARING TH1EF.-On last Saturday even
ing the wagon of MIR. Gustave Drews, confec-
toner, was stolen from his store, 2Ola South
Rampant street, and has not since been seen
or heard of.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING. 80 o'clock
Sunday night one Jean Marie fred three shots
at man named Andrew Andres, at the cor
ner of Marigny and Prosper streets, Third
District, and made his escape. Officer La
coste heard the report of the pistol and ran
in the direction of where the report came
from, and on nearing the spot saw Jean
Marie running down Prosper street. The Of
ticer pursued him for several squares, when
he was lost to sight He dropped his hat,
which was brought to the Fifth Precinct Sta
ton. 1t could not be ascertained whether
the man was shot.
A JUVENILE SHOOTING AFFRAY.-About half
past o'clock Sunday afternoon girl named
Annie O'Neil, fourteen years old, residing at
No. 12l Rampant street. was shot and slightly
wounded in the throat by boy named
Thomas Lynch, who made his escape. DR.. j.
n Folwell attended the wounded girl and
I, A
boy named w. II. Bakely was subse quently
arrested, charged with being an accessory to
the shooting. He states that the shooting
was purely accidental.
ATTEMPTED ARSON. = About half-past 6
o o'clock Monday morning, man named John
Ferguson, was caught in the act of setting
fire to the house No. l59 franklin street. The
property is owned by Mrs. Moore, who re-
sides in the city of New York. The fire was
extinguished by the inmates of the house
after about two feet of the flooring of the
second story was burned. Ferguson was ar
rested and locked up in the Central Station,
charged with being insane.
STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED. = Officers
Creagh and Johnson, at half-past 10 o'clock
Sunday night. brought box of starch to the
Central St.tion which they found at the
corner of Notre Dame and Tchoupitoulas
streets. A man, name unknown, was seen
by the police with this box of starch in his
possession, and when ordered to halt dropped
his booty and made his escape
BODY FeUND = Monday morning, about
half-past o'clock, the body Of an unknown
drowned white man was found floating in the
river, head of st. Ann street. From all ap-
pearances the body must have been in the
water for several weeks, aud the only descrip-
ton that can be gwen is that he had on
black coat.
FALSE PRETENsEs H nrv Kelly was taken
up on Charities street, between st. Peter and
Toulouse, and lodged in the Third Precinct
Station, on Sunday, at the solicitation of Mr..
Jean Meye. who charges him with obtaining
let of goods under false pretenses.
Police NOTES. - James Norton and VIM
Woods were housed in the Sixth Precinct
Station, for stealing one dollars worth of
meat from Mr.. VIM. Trigg's stand, corner Of
Levee and Jackson streets.
- Nv dpars | misc S1me hIno r som ahoIr