The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-10
BLOOD AGAIN.
THE PISTOLS DEADLY WORK ON
#sTf CAPT. NJ. q. MAY.
The statements from Capt. TrousdaIe.

~ nhH-phsg IL 9 CLOCK yesterday. ~ hle
club house, No. III Customhouse q bloody
| ARRAY, occurred between two gentlemen
| named respectively Capt NJ. q. May and
| Capt. James Trousdale, which terminated In
| the former being shot three times ind very
| dangerously wounded by pistol In the hands
| OF the latter.
| The facts concerning this difficulty are very
conflicting, so far as one Of tho principals
statements are concerned.
The two pal ties concerned were partners
| running a gambling saloon ut the boarding.
| house flor gentlemen gami,lersl Of which n
Mrs. williams 10 the proprietress. which was
| the place where the shooting occurred.
| Capt. Mny was In the room In conversation
with the landlady, when Trousdale entered.
| After the lady withdrew, the two men had u
discussion. which resulted In Capt May
receiving two balls In his body.
the Tbrd sases Wa sta nesr 1t shs cor
ner Of Canal and Royal streets, when q cltl-.
zen approached me and stated that he had
heard pistol shots at tho corner Of Bourbon
aud Cnstomhouse streets. immediately pro-
ioor. found Ca Capt I'M NJ e. My lying in bed,
with two wounds In his body, one over the
ght nipple PRs the bullet his ogbng a y by H. rgt
| let passing through his body and lodging III
| his back.
! was informed BY Capt May that Capt
| Trousdale had shot him. proceeded down
s rea b Co.. 1 Hen tbn ne hs s %a Ts b
| search Of was just across tho street, In the
house No. 49, repaired thither and on ring
| ing the door bell, Capt. Trousdale answered,
you ars looking for !. me- y,.,,, sad, rs your
"Then, SIR" said I, you are my prisoner"
took the accused to where the wounded
man who had shot him. / then took Mr..
Trousdae TO the Third Precinct Station and
| locked him up, charging him with shooting
| and wontding with intent to commit murder
Mr.. Habert, q party connected with the
entered the room utter the firing had ceased
and found both men clinched, holding each
| other pistols.
| CAPT. TRoUsDALB'S TATEMENT TO THE POLICE
was sitting in the room when Capt May
called the lnndlady and accused mo OF having
made reports to her III my favor, and to his
| tiong and Withdrew. from the room. After
| the landlady had withdrawn CAPT. May sud
be would have my blood or would have his.
| At this we drew our pistols Together and be-
| and missed fire, while mind exploded every
| time think fired every shot III my pistol,
and he Gil not fire u single shot.
| Mr.. Hebert was the first party who entered
the room after the shooting.
CAPT. THoUsDALE's STATEMENT TO THE RE-
An old feud has for some time past existed
| between us, and oil about u woman. We were
partners, u1ld ran q club ut the house No. III
Some tine ago May met me, on the street
and asked me II ! was "heeled ] answered
| him In the negative and he told mo that had
better go off and heel" (meuning ARM my
self, MS he was. SO / went off and "heeied"
myself. This morning we met In the CLUB
room, the colored porter being the only other
person present
May called up the landlady, Alice Williams
and accused her Of having circulated reports
about him. which she denied, and then lett the
room, accompanied by tho porter.
pulled out his pistol and sald he would have
my lfes blood, or his. then followed his
example, and pulled my pistol. His pistol
snapped but mine did not. suppose you oil
know the rest.
| CAPTAIN MAYS STATEMENT.
| May stated while the physicians were OK
aiming him that had not his pistol missed
| fire that tho doctors would not hive had any
trouble with him, as he did not care to die.
ALICE WILLIAMS,
| the proprietress OF the house, stated TO d re-
porter that she went into the room to con-
| verse with Mr.. May, and that her CONVERSE
| ton did not have anything to do with Capt
| Tfousdale; that when she left the room May
his chair leaning against othe table, which
stood in the middle Of the room, while Trous-
dale was leaning against u writing desk near
| the window.
| splashes Of blood were visible In the back
parlor, and Mrs. Williams believes that the
| men, utter the shooting, entered the back par
lor during the scuffle.
Drs Jones, Capdeviele and Drew attended
| the wounded man, but declined to give an
| opinion as to the nature Of his wounds.
| Dir. Cupdevielle sent word to Capt. Kelly ut
s o'clock last evening that May may die in
ten minutes or In ten days, or may not die ut
| all.
The statement made by the accused at the
station prompted Capt. Kelly to charge the
victim Of this shooting ARRAY with fighting
and disturbing the peace, and shooting at
| with intent to commit murder.
| An examination of the body OF Capt. May
/ by the physicians showed that he had been
| shot by what Is known rs an English bull dog
pistol. One ball entered the body near the
medinn line, at the height OF the nipple, and
coursing downward through the lung, made
its exit at the right side, fully ten
inches from the entrance. Another ball
entered at the belt of his trousers, making Il
slight erasion ON the epidermis Of theabd o.
| men, and u pistol ball passed through the
strap OF the buckle OF his Nst and lodged In
the muscles Of. the back, where 1t can be felt
| The only dangerous wound Is that thre ugh the
| lung. The bleeding was very free, and the
robust condition OF the wounded man gives
reason to hope that he will recover. Capt.
May Is, we understand, q native OF Alabama,
| and was O gallant soldier In the war, during
which he was shot several times.