The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-09

Republican Club. and went to the Me
chanics' Institute, oar club room, the
| Senate chamber, at seven o'clock, or a
little before. The disturbance com
menced with the two Creaghs, Patrick
and Mike P. Creagh, Corners, Mike
Smith and Walsh. It commenced with
the officers Of Judge Evans court and
two OF the above mentioned persons
are Colonel Loans body guard pre-
sumo that they are his detectives.
Of the club, and wanted them
laid On the table. They were bois-
ferrous and very noisy. We were
not accustomed to all these preliminary
proceedings, as they were noisy and
troublesome Judge Adams asked them
to leave. 1t appeared to me being on an
elevated PLATFORM that they came for
The purpose Of creating a riot, as it sub
sequently proved, and these remarks
we're made by Judge Adams to +.
Creagh: "You come here very seldom !;
you have come here to create riot. !"
1t was said in quiet manner. 1t APP
peared to me that Judge Adams wanted
to quiet them; he eXpostulated with
Mr.. Creagh he spoke directly to him !;
as I was elevated, / could see. | was
about fifteen or twenty feet from Judge
Adams when this conversation was go
ing on. T heard P. Creagh answer
Judge Adams he said that he did not
come there for that purpose, and that
he would leave. When Judge Adams
spoke to Creagh he got up as II
he intended to 90 out; as he neared the
door the Judge said, open the door and
let him out" The judge walked first
with a little cane in his hand, Creagh
foiJpraI op6 tho othprs which | have
mentioned arose a little abruptly, and
hurried towards the door and went out
with him into narrow hall; / heard
loud talking, and particularly from
Creagh, who was walking near the wall
near Judge Adams; [ think it was Judge
Adams who struck Creagh in the face
after Creagh fell; then came scuffie
in the outer hall between Judge Adams
and the other men who followed Creagh;
/ turned around and saw two men
scuffling with Judge Adams their backs
were against the wall, and Judge Adams
was defending himself with his little
rattan by striking at them; / could not
tell which Of them it was, but it was
some Of the party whom [ mentioned
who got up and followed Creagh out Of
the clubroOm third man stepped in
sideways to the door, and I saw him
shoot Judge Adams; the pistol was not
foot from him; it was not Creagh, as
he was lying on the fat Of his back it
was not young Creagh, as he was not
there it was not Walsh, because he is a
large man and easily recognized it was
not Corners, but it was one Of the
others, as no one else came out; that
shot was the first one fred that evening;
did not see the shooting Of young
Adams.
Mr.. Dehurst
did not leave the meeting room until all
the shooting was over the only shot
fired in the inner hall was the one fred
at Judge Adams; there was several
shots fred in the outer hall
and fifteen or twenty in the
street. After the first shot was fired /
went into the clubroom and told them
Judge Adams, and two or three mem
bers went out; among them was Mr..
Leclerc After Judge Adams was shot
he went out, followed by his son.
James walsh
testified that Sewell started the fuss by
his remarks to one of the Creaghs las
has already been published.J Adams
assumed the aggressive, and the Creagh
party left the hall OF the shooting he
knew nothing, being shut up in the
room with the balance Of the members.
When he came out the shooting was all
over.
was the next witness placed upon the
stand, who testified that he was
at the Southern Republican Club,
and acted as president and called
The meeting to order. The trouble |
grew out Of the reading Of the |
minutes; knows nothing regarding |
the shooting, as the doors were closed , i
when the Creaghs and Adamses went out |
into the hall witness saw nothing insult |
ng in Judge Adams manner to Mr.. |
Creagh; could not see who went out as |
the light was in his eyes, after hearing /
The shots he came out into the hall and |
found that the only person there was
Mr.. Creagh, who was lying on his face ; |
then returned to the meeting room |
and suggested that the meeting should |
adjourn, which they did.
Chas Stanmeyer, Martin Corners and |
Nick Smith were next examined, but
their evidence had no bearing on the
case, as they did not see any shots fired
The following is the corOner'S verdict
That the deceased, Lucien Adams, Jr.,
came to his death from gunshot wound,
the ball having entered an inch and
half above and an inch to the left OF the
ranging backward and to the
right, passed through the stomach near
the pyloris. through transverse and as
,ending colon and mesentery, lodging
in muscles Of the back an inch above
crest Of ilium and two inches to the
right Of posterior superior spinous pro
cess, causing internal hemorrhage and
death, the gun having been in the
hands of parties unknown.
FARRAGCT.