The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-16
A BLOODY AFFRl
A. u. MURPHY sTABBEu r~,-
MORTALLy wOltNnvn
The Accused chased. Captu...
Locked Tin

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At ten minutes to l O'Clock this -
the dance house known as tha galsss +
located Mt tho corner Of Baropne sssa
streets. u difficulty took plaza No.
Murphy. one OF tho proprietera ~
named Edward Cooney. during -.
former was stabbed and MORALLY wor..'
a dirk knife In the hands Of Coone,
The accused after committing u.
work. rushed out OF the dance bous. ~
to make his escape. He was. howe,.. n
pursued by Murpbys friends thst u h.
into bar-room at the corner OF DR.
Gravier streets and tried to Gomez y. 1
but being discovered hs was takss Z -
and turned over to Acting Corporal 4.
| He was then taken 10 tho Central ns..s1
| ton and locked up. charged with 49,.
wounding A. II. Murphy with intsSs 4
NIT murder.
The wounded man was mmediatal. !.
n cab and removed to the Charity Hossss4
house surgeon examined his wounds NJ.
both to be penetrating ones. one az NJ.
In tho abdomen and one In the IAN a!
THE REGION or THE HEAry
The facts Of tho cutting. M ob,si
DEMOCRAT reporter are ns iolowss N
The performance ~ tho GtIety ~ ..
all had departed save tho bummers w 4
erally hang about the place. hoplne W.
will be able to wiring in on aome pns Az /
chance tp step la To get drink. md ssxl
time have u short cha with tho 49,.
homes.
Murphy, II In said. was 80 much ma. ]. 4
6uence OF liquor that he could bafdiy ~ .
his feet.
AT the time OF the difficulty he wss ".
one Of the female girl .performsrs. ~
ply told him TO 40 away
The accused nlso being In beast1v e
intoxication. declined to obey the cSs..
Murphy and commenced to argue i6.e3
with him. Harsh words ensued and 49,
showed the accused. The crowd gstk6sl j.
separated them.
The second time they came toeethsy ~.
II Ia said. struck the. accused In ths ~
In return, drew dirk knife and nisss3
twice into his aasailant, He then rnskS =.
the saloon and tried to escape, as ab1vs ~
Az be was retreating the crowd sr5azI
Stop him stop him by I'D, he haS
KILLED MURPHY"
The female performer stated 10 The -
that when Murphy struck mt Ooonsy Is - r
HIbnR tHHb HH 1911 uOWn. nat when fS5H
seufile took place between them she tfi,1k
Murphy away, but Cooney seemed ds11s
to take advantage Of his man, seelnS RI f.
was very drunk. Both men. aha MI l.
drunk. but Cooney was the more co. 4
two,
When tho reporter visited the hosuff Y
ply seemed to be suffering great pain ~
somewhat delirious. When the reoo5s
pfoached his bedside, he seized him by m
and said:
This is a dying mans request, dom ~
the paper. / dou't care what CONES f.
rather die than have this affair publIsha
ls all have got to say. have no stsiGe17
make"
The morphine administered to him u
took effect and he fell asIesp,
cused WIS next visited.
He ts u young man about twentv.th
d age. with o countenance that Ia n0l ri
sensing. Hesaid.
Il don't deny that cut Murpby. n
me first, and / vas no man for him.
ret away with mo in fist fight. Iw2f
Jn., had been drinkiog. / did NOR
With n dirk: It was a small ~
snatched tho knife ouf
hand and cut some Of my fingers.
tnow who they we're. This In the hnDk r. 4
,ver got into n scrape like this, DIAL =
low many times / cut him. 1 sfabba ~
hats oil. cause he struck me-"