The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1879-05-04
GONE TO THE PENITENrIARY.
A Gang Of Citizens whom New Orleans
Can We'll spare,

Get into your holes cried the captain Of the
yards at the Parish Prison yesterday. and every
| prisoner confined within the mouldy walls oi
that place OF punishment knew that cry was
| q warning that a batch of their associates In
| crime were about to be shackled for transporta-
tion to the Penitentiary.
Then the prisoners both male and female
began to sing and the song rang thusay:
| Heafken, comrades. hearkeni
| Now for us they call:
| Don't you hear the shackles
Jinglng In the hall2" etc.
| While this song was being sung the convfets
stepped into the bull pen" Ia small inclosure)
| and were shackled and handeufYed.
When they were all ironed. they we're distrib-
uted In Ave wagons and taken on board OF the
steamboat Natchez.
The officer who had them In charge was Capt.
Remy Clark. accompanied by deputy sheriffs
J. Brugnions. s. j. Duggan. Pete Mcintyre. y.
Rulley Clark Steen. Jno Sullivan, J. McNeal
and Tim Gilluley.
There being several conspicuous characters
among the batch, short resume Of their
crimes might be interesting.
The first on the list Is George Williams, col
ored, convicted before the Second Judicial Dis
trict Court for the killing Of George Coleman
and sentenc d to the penitentiary for life. vii
Ing that he had few dollars on him. knocked
his brains out with club with q lump. OF lead
on the end. and a then threw his ifeless body In
circumstantial evidence.
Jack Toab as Tsrpy no poea thief who
out eGi Of Prison he Keeps the police On the qui
uire. and they are now happy to know that he
goes to the Penitentiary this time for fourteen
years for burglary and grand larceny.
Briney Woods. who is also noted burglar,
who has led the police ilg In bis day. goes up
G time 1r sh for egrsay liar who
whipped his child to DEATH He goes up for ten
years on charge Of manslaughter.
the gang together with their offenses and the
number of years they will s-rve:
Mary Jane. O., alias Emeline Smith. larceny. 3
Adam Yancey. C.. shooting with dangerous
weapon, 10 years.
Robert Williams g. rape life.
Jack Toby. alias Terpy burglary and grand
Rasine. alias Mary Alexander, c., grand lar
VIM. Williams. G.. wounding less than may
VIM. Fulton. burglary, years.
Henry johnson. e., manslaughter. 10 years.
VIM. McCauley. assault by willfully shooting
at, years.
James Jorden. robbery. years.
Martha Green, c., stabbiDg with Intent to KILL
Ike Rody. G.. wounding less than mayhem.
Aaron Brown. c.. stabbing with intent to mur-
der, 5 years.
Robert Armstead. publishing as true forged
order for money. years.
John Henniger alias Charles Marie. publish
Ing as true forged receipt for money and petty
larceny, 2 years months.
Leonard Cook. G., petty larceny. Q years.
Henry Graham, G.. petty larceny. year.
Vim. Smith c.. petty larceny, year
jas. Looken. G.. petty larceny. year.
Rosa Washington. c. petty larceny. 2 years.
JAS. Lewis. G.. entering etc. years.
jacob Bowman, c., petty larceny. Q years.
Chas. Shepherd. petty larceny. 6 months.
Mark keahney. petty larceny year.
JAS. Thomas, c. petty larceny. 8 months.
7. Godfrey, petty larceny 6 months.
Wm. Ioney. G.. petty larceny. 18months.
Chariie johnson, alias Loury. G.. petty larceny.
16 months.
Jas. Ross, alias Jos. Truxilo G.. petty lar
ceny, 16 months.
Laura Brown. G.. assault and wilfully shoot
Ing at, 6 months.
John Daley. petty larceny months.
Frank Crawford, G.. petty larceny. year.
Henry johnson No p G.. petty larceny, years.
Panl Phillips. alias Louis G., petty larceny
years.
Geo: Austin. alias Oscar Holmes. G., petty lar
ceny. IA months
Chas. Johnson. C.: petty larceny, year.
Geo. Willis. petty larceny. years.
Henry Wilson. G.. petty larceny, 8 months.
Paul Banks, C.. petty larceny. 16 months.
Richard Thompson, petty larceny months.
JnO. jenkins. G.. petty larceny, year
Edward Bermudez. petty larceny. year.
Charles Melville. petty larceny. 6months.
A. Busler. g., petty larceny. months.
William SOyall. c. petty larceny years.
Henry Williams. G.. wounding less than may
John Dixon. O.. picking pockets. year.
Alex. Sweeney. c.. assault with intent to rob.
W. E. johnson. assault with intent to rob.
year.
Sam Johnson. petty larceny. IS months.
The total is a5 negro men. negro women and
i3 white men,