The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-01
OUR NEW YOBK LETTER.

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The Latest 9nsation-BaA Shooting
7 Among the Ibughs-The Innocent ar'
Shot and tho (ailty Escapo-The Fligh
Of stuart, the efaulting secrotary-Th,
Battle Of the sarks In wall Street.
New YAK, September "a, 1881.
EDITOR CHIEF:
It is about to years ago since tht
Coroner was cabd on to investigate Z
case of suicide IN, miserable den called
the Barracks" the West side. The
leprosy of crime LII cursed the place fol
many years mursr had been commit
ted there moro tha q dozen times, and
four Of the perpetrors had suffered fol
their crimes upon he gallows. It was
to this vile den lat the coroner was
called ono bitter W,ter morning, about
two years ago, and q miserable room,
destitute Of the com onest necessaries oi
life, lay the body of'r. Thomas Lookup
Evans, the most norions abortionist
that this country ha ever known, with
the exception of Madme Restell. There
was wide diAerencbetween these two
professional crimina. Madame Restell
flaunted her ill-gotte riches in the face
aud eyes of New 5rk. She built a
gilded palace in Ne York's most aris-
tocratic quarter, al she dashed down
the mall of Central lrk in an equipage
with liveried servan, which awakened
the envy of thousais, who look upon
gold as God-not cling for the means
by which it was got Hunted into the
tolls at last, from With there was no es-
cape, this brazen woan, who had defied
the law for thirty yas, committed sui
eide in felon's cell.
DR.. Lookup Evans,as her rival, and
on the wintry mornir of which 1spoke,
in that miserable roo, he lay lifeless
corpse upon the fo,. His form was
wan and wasted; hi clothing was tat
tered rags; and yet, nen they came to
search his Objects, thy found in gold,
silver and bonds, or 100000. Was
there some mysteries, hidden power
that would not let Lii use it when tie
cold pinched him i, the Winter time
aud starvation was,ugging at his vi
talsi Was there gvoice o. murder
every time that he rlclled o.,t his hand
towards the glitterig pill, and forbade
him to touch it, foit " as the price Of
bloodi The possesg: of 100000 died
in penury and rags4nd was buried in q
suicides grave, wh no living soul to
mourn for hiEa. The circumstances
which recall his d.th are brought back
to me by anotlaelmnr4ler, which oe-
CURED at the oarraks last week, whom o
father 2ille.l his daghter and seriously
wounded another. He vas attacked by
q gang of the hodlum. that infest the
place. and while ;rying to defend hjI1-
self lie slew his 1dest child. 1t is sim
1ular how the sint Of sin c6ngs to q
{ locality. The F5o Points Mission has
been in operatio over a quarter of a
centurg. Othe, religious institutions
have laborod viii earnest zeal the Five
Points House ofndustry has hundreds of
people employetevery day. But almost
at its very doornurder holds high ear
nival, the thief lies his trade, and the
receiver Of stole goods stands ready to
aid the burgla and footpad in getting
rid of his unlavul gains. Turn whore
you will, you GO the signs cold gold
and silver bouht," "Highest prices
paid for old gd and silver" In the
windows are wtoh- works. from which
the numbers hav been erased, the cases
Of which have ben melted down in the
crucible, silver spoons and ladies which
have no mark t. identify them, aud
which wero perlaps the spoils of some
midnight burglary in u distant city.
Goods stolen in New York are seldom
offered for sale hGe, Int are sent away
to other cities. Lecenly it was noticed
by some Of our largedry-goods houses
that silk handkerchief were being sold
below cost by q great many Of the small
retail dealers. A detective was set on
the track, and it VS. discovered that
ono Of the employees ola great silk mill
at Paterson had stolei over o thousand
dozen, which he had Opposed of through
ono of the receivers q stolen goods, re-
ceiving about "nesquater Of their value.
Some time ago the great house of H.
B. Claflin e. Co. had reason to believe
that something was wong in their cloth
department. The he.ds Of department
were all old and trusted employees, ap-
parently above suspicion. A watch was
put upon them, snlthey found that a
man in whom they hal the utmost conf
dence had been robbi,g them for years,
sending out whole pieces Of cloth among
the cuttings and refise. Three or four
were in the pool, and each one had ac-
snug littb fortune.
This brings me- to the flight of Mr..
Stuart, the late Secretary Of the Board
of Education, who wa, indicted recently
for stealing the schoolfunds of Brooklyn.
At first Mr.. Stuart played the role of
virtuous indignation-to think that 80
righteous a man should be suspected;
but the proofs began to accumulate,
and that. was not success. Forged
check after forged check was discovered,
false entries piled upon each other;