Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-08-03
NEW ORLEANS TRAGEDY
CHARLES CONRED, so ID HIS LIFE
VERY DEARLY.
Four Men shot Dead, Four Fatally Wound :
ed and Half n Dozen Others Seriously
Hurt--.The Murderer shot to Pies
He fired at Priest and His Assistance.

who had a fine record for bravery,
were informed during Friday by ne
gro that Charles was in hiding in a
house on Clio, near Saratoga street.
Determining to take him alive il pos
sible, the officers sum moned num0er
of patrolmen to their assistance and
went to the house where Charles was
supposed to be in concealment. The
negro informant of the policemen ac-
companied the tfficers. They entered
the side alley aud vera surprised in
practically the same way as were Day
and Lamb. Before the officers were
aware of their danger, Charles who
was hidden behind a screen on the
Hcond floor of the building raised his
Winchester aud began furious but
accurate fire. Lally fell with bullet
IN the right side OF the abdomen. Pro
teous was shot though the head and
dropped dead across the body of Lally.
The other officers and the negro fed the
scene.
The report of Charles Winchester,
and the fact that the officers lay bleed.
Ing in the yard, raised tremendous
excitement. Hurry calls were sent to
the mayor, the chief CT police, and as
fist az possible armed help was rushed
to the scene. In a little while there
was an immense crowd encircled
about the square in which Charles was
located.
Meantime Father Fitzgerald, Of st.
Johns church, was summoned to ad.
minister extreme unction to the police
officers who were lying in the street.
The priest responded promptly and
be was amounting the body of Porte
ous with Alfred J. Bloomfield
a young boy, standing by his side,
when Charles appeared at the Window.
The lad saw him at once aud begged
the desperate not to shoot him
Charles Immediately fired his Win
chester again, and Bloomfield fell
dead.
The priest, unhurt, left the scene
after pluckily performing the lasr
offices for the dead officer.
SMOKED OUT OF HIS LAIR.
Ultimately it was concluded by
those handling the situation that the
only way to get Charles at all, was to
burn the building in which he was en-
trenched. There were, however, some
scruples about resorting to this meth
cd Of getting him, owing to the ex-
tremely thickly populated section in
which the house was situated Never
theless, it was determined that the
fire department should be called out
in order TO protect surrounding prop
erty in case it should be resolved to
burn the building. At the moment
of apparent indecision some one
went to neghboring grocery. pur-
chased can of oil, and pouring ii
over the rear steps of the building,
applied match and soon had the
building in flames. So tiercely did the
fire burn that it became evident that
no human being could live in the
building and picked men from the po
lice and special squad members of the
soldiery stationed themselves about ths
building in order to pick off the des
perado as he attempted to leave the
house. A young soldier ns med Adolpt
Anderson,a member of thirteenth com
pany of state militia, was lone of tbs
first to see Charles as he ran down thl
steps leading to the second story
Charles ran across the yard and enter
ed the second room. he fired seyera
times at Anderson and the latter, VIII
was armed with a Winchester rife
shot the negro in the breast and
fell and died soon afterward. A
soen as the negro fell numbers G
people armed with Winchesters an
revolvsrs. rushed In and fired into th
b6dy.
Charles was literally shot to pieces
After it WAS certain that be wa
dead a mob entered the yard and dra.
ged the body into the street Thel
the police and the mob eBiptied the
revolvsrs into it, while son of one
the murdered fnsn rushsa up al
stamped the fice beyond reoogaitiol