The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-06
STEVEDORES FIGHTING.
ONE OF THEM Is SHOT I'm THE MOUTH
AND DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED.

AND DANGEROUsLY WOUNDED.
A Mob Tries tn Find the Perpcfrator for
the Purpose of Numbering Him.
About Q 80 o'clock yesterday at post No
II, on the levee, between Ursulines and Hos
pital streets, a difficulty took place between
wo stevedores, Mateo Guisovich and Vincent
Buva, which resulted In the former being
shot IN the mouth and dangerously wounded
with a pistol in the hands Of the latter.
The wounded man, as soon as he was shot,
was conveyed to his residence, No. 256 Botr-
Ton street, where he was attended by DIR.
Lewis, who declined to give an opinion a. to
however, is of the opinion that the bullet has
lodged in the base Of the skull.
The accused, after doing the shooting,
walked away and evaded arrest until 8 o'clock
last night, when he surrendered to Capt.
O'Neil, Of the Fifth Station.
DEMOCRAT reporter, after interviewing
number Ct persons, received the following
facts concerning the affair: These men have
been enemies for a long time for divers rea-
SONS, and each has been waiting an oppor-
tunity to settle the affair, which opportunity
presented itself yesterday, and resulted liz
the manner above stated.
The wounded man. when visited by DEM
oCRAT reporter, was unable to converse,
| owing to the wound in his mouth but wrote
the following statement on slip of paper:
"To explain my strange case, caused by
traitor and not by man Of honor: It hap
pened at 30 o'clock, OH the wharf, while
cent Buya came up to me and facing me de-
manded an explanation Of the questions that
had TRANSFERRED between me and man named
Flora ian employee OF Buyal. / answered
him and told him that had nothing to do
with him.
"Then he said to me that he would Ike to
speak tonne as a gentleman. then answered .
With the greatest pleasure. Then he told me
that he would take Floras part, and then he
asked me why pushed Flora on board. /
told him to speak OF our particular affairs.
Instantly he drew his revolver from the right
side potket of his bfeeches and shot me in
the mouth. ut that moment fell down sense
less; do not know for how long time.
Gas soon us | came to my senses | got MP
and found out that / was shot and wounded,
that my upper jaw was broken as was my
lower, that my tongue vas burned and that
my palate was lacerated."
As soon as It was known that Mr.. Guisoyich
was shot gang Of about twenty Austrians
assembled at Bill Swans ooffeehouse, organ
lied themselves into n vigilance committee
and being fully armed were about to start
out in search Of Mr.. Buya, with the inten
ton Of numbering him, when the police put
in an appearance, arrested five Of the mob
and dispersed the balance.
The five men who were arrested, when
brought to the station and searched, were
found to be armed with pistols and dirk
KNIVES, ana were charged accordingly. Cnle1
BOylan stated that just before this difficulty
took place tho accused called at his office and
stated that his life was In danger. and asked
the Chiefs advice in the premises.
The chief told him to go and make affidavit
against the parties that were threatening his
life and have them placed under bonds.
A police officer stated that previously to
the surrender of the accused to Capt O'Neil
he saw Mr.. Buya riding down towards the
Poland street car station in Levee street
rtsd
he did not make him prisoner;
The accused was visited aud ne made the
following statement:
Last Sunday there arrived ut this port the
Austrian bark fmperatore, Capt Parimiata in
command. On arriving in port the captain
told my partner to go to work, rig the stage
50 as to get to work on the ship by l O'Clock
and discharge the ballast:
The stage was rugged by my foreman. A
half hour after this the capai and the
below where the ship was lying, when saw
men seize hold Of The agent and hit him.
At the same time third party siezed hold
OF the captain. / hurried to the scene OF the
fight, and saw that the agent was bleeding
from the head from wounds that had been in,
flicted by the two men. After the agent had
been beaten he, in company with the captain,
boarded the ship again. 1 went with them
and asked what was the matter.
A half hour after this two men,. whose
names / do not know, but whom / could
identify, called on the captain and said,
"You must give the vessel to US; we are
Austrians and we must have the ship OF our
own country. II you do not give us the yes
sci you will be O dead man before night
You must send that man (meaning me,
ashore"
The men then turned to me and said, "YOu
had better take your stage and go ashore.
told them | would not go ashore with my
stage unless the captain ordered me to do so.
nj M ian
and we are bound to have this vessel" | told
them that this was a free country, and that
had as much right to that ship as they had
The next day the captain said to me: Il
men, as my life Is In danger" | told him:
'Well, captain, II you have got to lose your
life by giving me this ship, don't want it,
and right there gave up the ship. After do
ing this was logged by mob, who threat
| ened to kill me.
On Thursday evening mob came up to
the Austrian boat Balhazar and again threat
ened to kill me. The man whom | shot, and
who seems to have been the leader OF these
mobs, got hold Of my runner at Southwest
ing, "You have no right to interfere with
Austrian vessels.
On Thursday night WAS SO much afraid OF
my life that / had to take friend with me
when I went into the street. Yesterday
went to the man shot. and said to him !:
Will you DC 80 hIUu ttS W t6t luo ohy q 70"
words to your" He spoke to me roughly
and said '"What do you want?" I said to
him: "What right had you to push my run
ner?" He turned on me and said: you are
o Cd d-n liar" He then thrust his hand
into his pocket as If to draw weapon. |
happened to be quicker than he was, and
shot him. ;.
ran off for fear that they would mob me If
I remained have been in this city for twen-
ty-one years, and this is the first difficulty
hovo avor boon in hIlt I am compelled to
stand up for my rights.
CITY ECHOES.