The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-11-26

be easily counted, was killed on Monday
night by thief named Tracy, who KEEP
q saloon on Broadway. Both men comic
have been we'll spared, and the only re
gret which is now felt in the community
is that Miller before he died did not give
his adversary bis coup de grace. A feud
had existed between the men for som.
months past, which was finally settle,
by the murder of Monday, when Miller
was killed by Tracy.
The king Of the bnnko men was q per
son of the most snowy exterior and pol
ished address. His manners were *
engaging that he found no difficulty in
gaining the confidence of any person
whom he desired to fleece, and though
known to the police as ono of the most
dangerous characters in the community,
he was 80 adroit in his rObberies that he
generally escaped the clutches of the law
His gains in the past five years i'll which
he has been prominent in New York have
not been less than two hundred thousand
dollars. He lived like gentleman, at
tended all the horse races, and during
tho watering season c"nld general y bo
found at tho most fashionable hotels.
His life was romance, and its tragic
ending will possibly serve as Il warning
to these who, lnred by it's tinsel and
glamour, must now feel that the penalty
behind it makes the way Of the trans
gressor exceedingly hard.
On Wednesday m"rning, without q
mnment's warning, II couple Of tenement
houses fell upon the inmates, burying IL
number of families in the ruins. How
any Ot them escaped was y miracle, for
a more complete destruction l never
witnessed.
1t is ten years ago this month that u
marriayc took place at magnificent
mansion on Murray Hill. The bride was
the lovely daughter of ono of the IN ,st
aristocratic families in that favored quar-
ter of the town, and the groom was the
son Of wealthy broker who was said to
bo worth II million. The company was
the creme de la creme, aud the bridal pres
ents were rare an.i costly, IL check for
go, 900 l~ing the gift Of the bridegroom's
father; the supper was served by Del
monico, who had a carte blanche which he
did not fail tn use the wines were the
rarest, and many of the company drank
deep to the prosperity of the bride and
groom. That night he was to have
started for Washington OH his wedding
tour, bnt when the hour came for his de.
parture he was too intoxicated to pro-
coed, and was carried quito helpless to
his room. This evil beginning was kept
up, aud the young, confding girl found
that she was married to hopeless sot
He soon exhausted the property given
him by his father and sqmandered the
fortune of his wife. Step by step he
went down, till his wife left him, and lie
was eventually banished from his faher's
house. At last he became so degraded
that Blackwell's Island was no stranger
to him, aud a lodging in the police sta
ton in Winter was esteemed a luxury by
the poor, miserable drunkard. One night
last week IL mass of filth aud rags was
discovered in the hallway Of a tenement
III the slnms; passing policeman pulled
them under d lamp.post, and, as the light
fell on the dead mans face it revealed
the features Of the brokers' handsome
son, who ten years ago was the pride Of
Murray Hill.
Harry Genet-Prince Hal! as the boys
used to call him in the days of the Tweed
ring-came ont of the penitentiary on
Friday. Ten years ago Harry Genet was
the glass of fashion and the mold Of form
diamond blazed from his shirt bosom
big as a street lamp, and the sings on biz
fingers would have paid d princes ran
som. He was crack man in the Amer.
icus Club, whose palatial quarters al
Greenwich had then no equal in thu
United States. A thousand dollar sup
per to his friends at Delm0nico's was ne
uncommon event, and wine ten aud fif:
teen dollars bottle was considered the
only proper tipple for the king of thu
New York ring. His sojourn in the pen
iteutiary has modified his ideas Of living
and, although he is supposed to have re
taiued a goodly portion Of the plundel
which he stole from the city of New York
the day of his usefulness is past, and h'
can only hope for the future to share tht
companionship Of gamblers aud thieves
with whom he had cast his lot. Few
men have had grander opportunities
though many have como to AZ miserable
fate AS he.
The cost Of living has increased at .
frishtful rate within the last few months
fortunately all kinds Of business are good
SO that tue evil consequences of the ris'
are not So sensibiy felt. G}'lhero is boun'
to be much suffering and distress thi
Winter, hut the poor We have alway
with us. q
Stocks are at standstill with few ex
ceptiOns. Bulls aud Bears are looking
, at each other, hardly knowing whicl
way to go OF what to do. Another weel
may dc, eiup the lines of battle, and il
the meantime we are asking onrselve
+ which viii Oe the next broken bank an'
WIN, viii; In. the. next MONS thief