The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-13
MURDERED HAWKINS.
HE IL FIRST STRUCK ON THE HEAD
WITH AN X-MANDLB Ann
THEN SHOT.
A boy sixteen Years of Age, Named
Beauregard Miller, Arrested and
Char ged with the Murder.

boy sixteen Years of Age, Named
Deauregard Miller, Arrested and
Char ged with the Murder.
Yesterday morning this paper chroncled the
murder of colored man In Freetown. parish
Of Jefferson. Owing to the late hour
the tradedy was made know in this city it
was impossible for us to obtain the full partic-
ulars for yesterday mornings edition. The re
porter, however. repaired Immediately to Free
town and reached there about two o'clock Fri
day morning, after following the levee for
about mile and quarter he came TO little
thanty on the road side. His attention was at
tracted to this place by sound of mingled
voices. apparently holding wake over body
The reporter descended into IL sort of dell by
means of steps cut in the roadside: then along
a ricketty gallery, and thence into little room
Gx4.
In this room lay the body OF the murdered
man. His face was covered with blood. which
flowed from wound in the left side of the face
This horrible cash Is said to have been in
ficted by an ax-handle In the hands Of one of
the white men who were crowding the deceased
shortly before he received his death wound
On raising blue jumper placed upon the
mans body a pistol shot wound In his left
breast to the right of the median line was visi-
BILE. This wound is alleged to have been in
ficted by cripple named Beauregard Miller
youth sixteen years Old who was attending to
the bar in Louis Bauer's saloon.
Around the body were gathered the wife and
daughters Of the deceased. besides several of
his friends and Officer Robin.
The officer stated that as soon as the shoot.
Ing occurred he repaired to the coffee house of
Louis Bauer. but found that Hawkins had been
removed to his residence, he Immediately went
nj a f1i II htrv,
in dying condition. He then returned to the
coffee house and tri.d to ferret out the party
would give him the slightest information he ar
rested the entire house. save Mrs. Bauer, the
proprietress, whom h. left u til morning. The
following parties were in the house when tue
tragedy was enacted. AID he took them all to
ail: VIM. Huber, VIM. Miller. Daniel Walter,
MeT 1nnes r Marner Thos
IhoS. Lee
On arriving at the prison the officer charged
them all as principals.
MARY JULIA BROWN
daughter of the deceased made the following
sta ement: After my father was shot they
brought him home. where he expired. A half
hour after arriving he called me to him and
said, daughter, hold me up, tor Gods sake,
AND STAY BY ME-"
He called mother twice. but she was not at
home. he did not say who shot him; he did
not speak on that subject at all; he died in my
arms.
The reporter then repaired to the station and
interviewed a number of the prisoners.
THOMAS LEE.
was taken out of the cell by acting Capt.
Michael Flesch. and upon entering the room
where the reporter was. sat down in q char
and commenced 10 rub his eyes rs IL to wake
Himself up. He said. after silence of fully
ne IKE heT the
| tar room, and going to q table where a party
were playing cards, started TO show them how
to play 9 certain game with the cards. Some
one pushed his hat over h eyes and he be-
coming angry, jumped up from the table. seiz d
chair on which young man was sitting and
pulled IL from under nun. causing him 10 fall
upon the fl ,or.
An ACQUAINTANCE Of mine then invited me to
bar room drinking / heard Mrs Bauer and
the deceased scufhing: the deceased had
hatchet in his hand went to Ms. Bauers
Mrs Bauer then returned to the eroceI y =?
While ab grocery aaT the deceased stand
hand; saw him throw one of the weight at one
of the men standing in the bar. room did not
port Of the pistol. When he had the weights in
his hand he was bleeding from the head
THos EDMoNDs.
l was standing at the door of the bar-room
the black :, man Hawkins said to Beauregard
not sanding there tmeaniDg Lee and his ac- |
qnaiptance, who were standing at the bar drink
B-auregard Miller came out from behind The |
bar and shot him. beauregard Is the bar |
keeper.
BEAuREeARD MILLER.
am sixteen years old The row started about |
q little boy who was sitting at the table. Hawk /
ms got chair and wanted to bit the boy but |
the cfowd would not let him Hawkins then
madam and the whole crowd of us got it away |
from him; He then took lot Of wei gifts that
He threw some of the weight. at some Of the |
men who were In the room. Turning TO me he
s was nof or ds tWe If i
The two men stepped aside and he threw a
wight at me- l stopped down behind the |
counter. Even after he WIS shot he came be-
hind the counter after me.
l have no father. but have mother. two |
sisters and three brothers; they are all older
During this entire interview. Beauregard did
not admit that he did the shooting.
VIM. WALTER.
The negro entered the bar room and going
to the tax Ie where several of US were playing
called seven and six. Tom Lee wanted to see /
the game; Hawkins took the cards and shuffled |
them Lee cut them and played them, but after
he had finished, Hs there appeared 10 be neither |
head nor tail to the game The crowd thought |
itself mttfed aMnd some one pushed his hat
jumped up and threw VIM. Huber out Of a
chair, and WAS going to strike him with It, when |
Malt,r Lee and Mrs. Huber took him away.
ing the, scuffle; don't know who hit him with |
the ax-handle: l don't know who shot him. |
WIN. MILLER.
Ia brother to the accused. He states that .
Hawkins entered the bar-room and said that he |
could show US certain game of cards. He t
dealt me six cards and himself five. A little fell /
l'w pushed his hat over his eyes He jumped up !
and turning to my brother Beanregard said, I |
am going o kill some o. you Dutch sons Of BIS"
Ny brother ran out in the street. The decea ed
was shot In the street. / don't know what Haw-
kins had against my brother. l tried TO protect !
my brother, as he is a crit pie.
Those who are unconcerned In this murder |
state that the deceased was man we'll to do |
he owned he place he lived in and was always