New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-14
STATE NEWS.
MOREHOUsE,

From the Bastrop Republican, June 8:
On Thurgday evening last Mr.. John Mar
able, who lives about . mile east of Bas-
trop, was ont practicing with his pistol.
Thomas Jenkins, colored, chanced to pass.
Jenkins, seeing him shoot, remarked that
he had missed the tree. Msrable, Who
thought that he had discharged all the
chambers of his pistol, pointed the same
at him (Jenkine) and ct the same time
asked if he would give him leave. He
pulled the trigger, and to his great sur
prise the pistol fred. The ball passed
through the left arm and into the body,
near the lower ribs, and almost through.
jenkins fled, but Marable pursued when he
saw the damage that he had done. and
brought him back to his home, rendered
him all the assistance in his power, but the
poor man died of the wound on the next
day.
From the Shreveport Times. June 10:
The community was thrown into c0nsld-
erable excitement yesterday morning by
the report that man named Henry ROsen-
blatt had committed suicide by cutting his
throat, literally from ear to ear, with q
razor. The report was soon confirmed. De-
ceased kept beer saloon on Texas avenue,
house has three rooms, 0 back room run
ming the length of the building, while the
front portion is divided into two rooms,
one of which is used ss tho store and the
other was occupied by the deceased. An
old paralytic named Appleby, on the night
of the suicide, was sleeping in Q corner
of the store; the stepdsugh5 5er of Ro-
senblstt, Annie Ober, occupied the back
before the ooroners jury of the old man
and the girl, that about four o'clock yester-
day morning the former heard dropping
on the floor which he supposed was the
leaking Of Q beer keg. He called to Rosen-
blatt. but received no answer, when he
swoke the stepdsughter and told her he
thought something was leaking. She got
mp and examined, but could find nothing
ing something had happened to her father,
as the dripping could still be heard. Ap-
pleby suggested that she call a shoemaker
by the name of Hartk0rn, living next door,
which she did. When HartkOrn came in
the three entered ROsenblstt's room, and
found him lying on the bed dead, with his
throat cut, and his right hand resting on
his breast in which was the razor, the
weapon used in concentrating the self
murder. The bedding was saturated with
blood. and the spectacle presented was
most horrible one.
There were vague rumors on the stree of
foul play, a. it was by some thought i'm.
probable that Q man could have inflicted
upon himself such terrible wounds. DR..
Booth, who carefully examined the body,
was of the opinion that they could have
easily been inflicted by deceased. There
were three wounds, which went through
the windpipe and severed the carotid arter-
les, penetrating to the bone of the neck.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was to the
effect that it was . case Of selt-destructiop,
and that the weapon used was q razor.
About twelve years ago deceased mar
ried widowed sister of Mr.. Fred Brewer,
of this city, who died some six months
since. He leaves . stepdaughter and two
young children of his own. Since the death
of his wife he has been drinking hard and
had delirium tremens the night of his
death. He fancied that Brewer, with whom
he was not on good terms, was outside the
house with party of men to kill him. That
night, or some time during the day he was
handling some pistols, which the STEP
daughter succeeded in getting from him.
We learn that some $3.50 or $500 were
found in the heuse, which has been deposit
ed in Johnson's bank.