The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03

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Of the market. Last November I loaned 70
John e. Condor, the deceased, pistol. lThe
witness. on being shown the pistol, said 70 pc
gondon's says II is not the pistol ne gave 10
being duly sworn, deposes and says: Ny name
y John Ryan reside "a ct no % pelord street,
JAMES DONOVAN.
being duly sworn, deposes and says: NY name
fl james Donovan. / reside at No. 250 Peters
street. Between 10 and o'clock. on the morn
crowd OF mon In and about. the bar-roo kept
by Mike Larkin, on, Delord and Annunciation
streets. A man BY the name OF John Ryan, and
s Where up Ryan and / had dispute. aud !
a % m, ' aEs then went fena a ia d HISS
until the shooting was over
MRS. J. r CONDOR.
being duly sworn. deposes and SAYS: Ny
name IL Mrs. John r Condon;. I reside Ct
Rf b sss "a md re d Est q f
the licensed, entered the house and went to
The bureau drawer, whore he generally kept
heard ns him got tp and took the pistol out Of
the drawer. went On the gallery With the n, Ris-
tol. and my husband wen, down stairs. lWit.
pistol That she took out Of the drawerJ never
saw my husband with pistol similar TO ne .e
one shown 70 me now; ny hqsnand p,sf9 hd q
IN
q conversation with nv husband IN the Char
ity Hospital, and he told me # was either Frank
Foley Or Officer Gibson who had shot him. hs
they had both fired ut him.
OFFICER CHARLES PUTNAM
being t11,ly sworn, .deposes and says: My name
ID Charles Putnam l reside on corner 81 yom-
merce and 81 Joseph streets; am pdtrolman
On 9et he night Of the seventh Of June about
ii 100 O'clock. was in MeGouldrieks bar, room
on the corner Of North Market end Teehoupi11
t.ass as Tos
elation ana Delord streets. went over and
saw three policemen and about twelve p OF fifteen
learned that officer Salvadori attempted to ar,
rest u man who had got away from him and
ran ID. Larkin's saloon. end that Larkin re-
1 then returned to McGouldriek's corner.
About half M hour afterward heard the
second cal rap from Larkin,s corner. went
men men on The banauette outside of Iarkins ca
oon of them having base ball bats r. a their
hands heard that there r. W gs ~ on S
know, Know There were sever, q eight policemen
some 81 Tie a crowd ought to Be- arrested
heard some cay. The police are doing their
yhbs 70 hs na ait b Wh2 paao
van was ono Of the parties In the fuss. and OF
looking for him could notHee him The Of
tloers then ordered thesrowd to Leave the corner.
showed no disposition to interfere, with, the
policemen. The fuss, seemed, TO nave been
among. themselves; The majority q the CROWD
LIQUOR. Condor. the deceased. was there at the
time walking UP. and down the ,handuette
After the fuss Condor asked me 70 take drink,
and /, seeing that he was pretty full. refused
and advised him to, 20 home. HIS then went in
side Of Larkin,s SALOON and returned 70 :, NC
an the ep9 nn ns 6e
shot which came from the direction OF DelOrd.
between s 4 n Annunelation and Constance streets.
Doors ys he IL ssoen ct At e The 'as %ss IN
Frank Foley. John Ford and Frank ,sebert
entered the saloon. and Just as they reached the
bert and Ford had taken their drink. and Foley.
being under the influence Of liquor at the time.
wanted to go over where the shot was ilred. y. l
he was until the shooting was over. After the
seventh or eighth shot was fired left the bar,
room. and went In the direction OF Delord and
one l or two shots fired When reached the cor,
ner OF Delord street saw the flash and heard
the report Of the last shot. It seemed to have
street. and looked as II It was fired in the Dir,
I then walked over. to the side OF Larkin's
SALOON, The doors Of the saloen W . closed
diagonally over Delord street toward ~ alley
way on the downtown side, Of the street. !
noticed five or six men standing on the up town 7,
side Of Delord street. a few feet from Larkin's
reeornize any of the men. I then left the scene
and went home to put on my ponce un1for nrcwd
Ia MI front Of The drug store. on Tchoupitoulas
street. ! vent il and found Condor, and saw
that bad been shot sew 9leer sa ea1 ex
| in The aleyway on Delord street, examined
the pistol and found that all the chambers we're
empty Witness md aenI sar the sap1 sd9 sh9 had
shown ah,11 t. to him.l i then accompanied Condor
ID o ! cab 10 the hospital. After placing 3,
Larkkin's saloon. About 80, o'clock Sunday
Naturalization A1r and Delord streets. and on see
d hf guy He Vas cleaning ont the Inside Of the
cab at the time. The driver found q, bullet 1n
the cab. which he banded to me and which
day night. The bullet never left my possession
| from the time | got It from James MACK, the
driver, until I handed t to Sergeant Ryan. ]
never altered or changed the bullet IN any way
while In my possession.
Witness identifies the bullet shown him BY
Marley the one given to him BY e
and handed to Sergeant Hyan.j .,.
The reason retained the bullet In my posses
o'e ID the evening was that did not 60 to
the station or see any of my superior officers
during the time. There was no other one pres
emit when Mack handed me the bullet. put short 81
| " afterWard q man named Thomas Sullivan
came up where we were standing. and think
/ Sullivan saw the bullet.
| MMa WILLIAM NELSON,
being duly sworn. deposes and says: Ny name
| IL William Nelson reside at No. So DeIord
street On the night Of the seventh OF June Pc;
+. Condon on Tchoupitoulas street. near the
Mays Market He asked ssana to take drink
drink. and afterward went to Mike Larkin's
Condor was slightly under the the II naeR Rce
Ha walked with me as far as Tchouptoulas
between South Market and neord a told IN hin
walked toward the restaurant. He accompa
a far as The and sh there
was in Che restaurant eating. when heard lout
II the direction Of - La5sas sa92n rec
rsmained Ia the saloon and finished my supper
After finishing supper n WALKED ~ Tfh1uD
q pistol shot fred In the direction Of Delord
street crossed the street ZEE
yador and another party have Condor the de
ceased. in charge. / also recognized lam,
man. whom l afterward learned was Hunk:
SuI1ivap Hunkv Sullivan WAS lumDlug drOult