The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-17
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A Man Found In n Gutter with lis skull
Crushed.

Yesterday morning ma Corporal compton pi
the Carroilton force. was returning to his home.
no discovered the body OF n negro man lying
on Hurd street. between Pearl md Commercial
streets.
A glance Mt tho body convinced the en1e9r
that the mdn had been fouIIy dealt with. MS his
hond presented unmistakable marks ~ VIC
lonne. Tho officer summoned assistance md
removed Tho body to tho Sub Seventh Station.
where 1t was identified MS u nan named Cole
man.
Coroner Markey. upon being notified. re-
paired 10 the scene md viawot tho body.
lily Physician Beard arriving ut tho GHma
time. held an autopsy and returned tho follow
ing certificate Of death:
In tho presence ~ the Coroner md his iury
of inquest. I held an autopsy on tho body ri q
man supposed 10 be- nnmed Coleman tcotoradJ,
aged thirty Eve years. and found several ron
fused wounds Of the scHlp: also n compound
ronminnfad fractuf" Of tho s1uamous portion
IT Tho right temporal bone. said fracture pro
dare1 compression ana death
Shortly before the autopsy u negro, who give
his nnrae as George Williams. was discovered
by tho corporal lurking about the place where
the murder was committed.
Whom tho officer approached him he discov-
ered blood upon his pnnts. aud ms no could not
give n satisfactory explanation, aa. 70 how i
opmn there, the officer lucked him 10 and
ohnrged him with the murder.
IRt r IN tho day Corporal Wattipny arrested
two negro women. named Lucy Gordon and
hblfl Ih''lthSI HHl IL HtttD HhItf'l tfiW 'rDf-
don, md locked them NJ in the station on tho
charge II being accessories - the murder.
Whom the police got Williams to the stntion
ha made q stafNmant to the efGNct that no left
Mrs. Lawis' plantation sunday evening and
rnm0 to CArrolltOn. En- route 10 CarrolIton he
got very drunk. When he arrived Mt his dos
tination nni sort If soherad no. he found him
self In Low Gordon's house. but how he got
there he did not know
lIe said. whom questioned, that he know tho
deeSased. but had not seen him for n month.
Tho statement HAd0 ly Williams caused tho
police 10 visit Gordon'a domiciln. md when
they entered tho front room of the house they
found n largo club with - lump of lend on the
snd ~ II, When they examined the club blood
VIVA found on the lump Of lead Mt tho end az
we'll Ms on portions II the club.
Tho officers arrested tho rhreH parties nb5ye
named. who wers In the house ut the timo. and
locked them NJ.
The negresa. Lucy Gordon, made u statement
MS follows:
At II O'Clock Sunday night Williams on
tered our house md handed mo the stick
with the lSad on II, and asked mo TO put il
away for him. told him that hs had botter
take II with him. He said: Mo-; you knep it
Tor mo- | put the stick in tho CORNER. and ~
soon ae ! did 90 Williams left tho house and !
navnr saw him since.
Tho police. from bucy's statement. nre under
the impression that Williams boat Coleman
brains out. and then took tho instrument ~
death into Gordnn's hnusa for the purpose Of
cDncealiDg II. and at tho same time to mako it.
appear that some ono In Gordon's house ON
mlttod tbs horrible decd.