The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-01
4 BULLET 10 THE HEART.
Another Horrible Tragedy to tse Added
to the Calender of grime-A Fireman
Murdered OH Dauphtne Street

At halfpast two o'clock Wednesday morning
another horrible tragedy was committed on Dau
phino street. between St. Ann and Orleans. re.
| sulting In tho killing OF Mr.. George II. Stein.
| hamp, well known fireman ard druggist, il Ia
| alleged. by an Italian named Thomas Arata. Al.
| though no one saw Arata fire the fatal shot.
there Ia o chain OF eireumstaptial evidence which
| points TO him as tho man who did the killing,
| Ii appears Steinkamp was returning from the
IRE that occurred at half past o'clock last night,
and as no was passing tn house. No. $50 Dauphtne
street, he looked in at the window and stood
| there q minute or 80, and uet ~ he was about
| leaving pistol was discharged ia the room and
| the ball passed through the lower sash Of the
window and entered The lett breast of the de-
ceased.
THE WOUNDED MAN
walked down the east side Of Dauphine stree
crossed over to st. Ann street. when no exclaimed
10 his friends who were standing ut tho corner,
boys, am shot through the heart" He then
reeled aud fell upon the btnuuetts q corpse.
friend of the deceased, Mr.. Leonard rus he'd
acroas the street for the purpose OF arrestiDg the
mur derer, when the man Arata placed pistol at he
head and told him that If he did not stand back he
would kill him. Mr. Leonard was forced TO ie-
treat TO save HIS life.
THE sHR1LL WHISTLE
Of the police lhen echoed through the air and
brought Officers Jones aud Littloten to the seens
who attempted TO enter the house. but found that
the doors and windows had boon securely boited
and locked.
They were then forced TO enter the house.
which ia ono Of the lowest dens on Dauphne
street, by force; after they had gained admission
they passed through the front room, which ia used
as parlor, into the room: there they found
the murderer Arata In company with the pro-
prietress OF the house, q woman named Anna
Hamilton, and both of them appeared very excited
and were disrobing for the purpose OF getting
in bed, TO appear that they had been sslesp |
The officers made them prisoners and IN |
searching the room they found, on the bureau, |
yrsatyf. T.
warm from having been fired. The stoi was |
examined and found to be loaded, but one of the |
cartridges was much brighter than tho rest.
This reused suspicion. and q further search |
was Instituted, and resulted In the finding Of the |
shell Of tho cartridge which had just been ex.
ploded
WITH SUCH DEADLY EFFECT.
The shell was also warm
The house whore this tragedy was committed
IL double one.etory famo house, with openings
40 rs il can BIO oGcub led as one large house and |
is numbered 179 and $50 Dauphine street. At
the time OF the shooting tho inmates consisted of |
Anna Hamilton and Arata, in The back room of
The house numb red 1870; Belle Boyton and
Oharles Richards were in the front room of No.
49, Sally Ryan and Manuel Doyle In the rear
room, aud Agnes Oakley in the garnet,
All or these parties were taken to the Third
Precinct Station and incarcerated. Atata charged
With the murder, and Anna Hamilton with being
IN accessory; the other partes were held rs wit
leesee,
THE BODY
vas lying on the banquette wetering In it's life
blood, which flowed ! oopious stream from
wound In the left side Of the breast. half hour
tttor the occurrence IL was put upon litter and
conveyed to the Third Procinot Station, where
he Coroner and City Physician held an autopsy
md found that the deceased had come to his | ,
leath from pistol-shot wound, which had en-
cred The left breast and penetrated the heart.
The BODY, after the inquest was taken to the
ngnehouse OF No. ID, of which the deceased
VHB member. t
The accused was interviewed by DEMOCRAT
eporter and he denies having done the killing
ALI the other parties who were in the house nj |
he time OF the killing were ais, interviewed |
nd they deny all knowledge Of tho shooting.
The suppostion is that Arata took Stcukamp
Of an enemy. rs the former Ia reported to have
nsny OF them, and fearing that the latter in.
ended doing him DO lilly harm, he shot him.