The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-09-07

Of his funeral, which took place from
his sisters home in Delaney street.
1.-THE girl attended the funeral and
followed Chris body 70 the grave.
After the burial was over, I followed
her to her home and sWeated her for
information which would throw some
light on the case She didn't know
anything of Importance. She told me
where her Spanish lover lived, and
said that Chris had settled all trouble
with him by giving him q little money
and getting him place to work in
gambling joint in the BoWery.
She said that Chris left home
about noon on the day he was killed,
saying he probably wouldn't return
until the next evening, but he gave
her no hint as to where he was going
or whom he was to meet | Went
after the Spanish lover to satisfy my
self that her story was straight.
found him working In Butch Ellis,
gambling house, and convinced myself
beyond doubt that on the night OF the
! murder, at the time 1t must have oc-
Cured, he was spinning roulette
wheel. =
"This ended that feature OF the
case, but while working 1t out ] got
q tip from Butch Ellis that Chris had
been in a game early in the evening
of the day he was killed. at which bao
! blood had arisen, q few blows had
been struck, some pistol shots nreo
and some pretty wild threats made
4 "Butch wouldn't give me the loca-
ton of the joint where the trouble oc-
CURED, butt found 1t IN about half an
i hour from another source anu got
4 what looked like a start in the right
direction. It was in Ed Kelley's, ana
among the half-dozen card sharps VINO
had been in the game was Al Living
stone, who was something Of q high
roller from Virginia. He was every
inch sport OF the gentleman order,
3 and very sensitive on the question OF
Il insults. which he was always ready
to resent.
"Chris and Livingston got into DIS
pute over the amount OF money there
. should be In certain pot, and they
called each other liars across the Ia
Bile. That was the fighting word on
the Bowery In those days. Livingston
had plenty of friends, and SO hao
Chris. Soon not only Chris and LILY
!. ingston were having it out on the
floor, rough-and -tumble, but the
friends were in 1T, too. Knives and re-
!. fyolvers were pulled, and II looked az
lie there YVES going to be some kli illEll5
!, ii KeIly's. Kelly stopped the row
+ himself by yelling: Police! Whleh
! brnnght the men to their senses
s"The row didn't stop any too qulck
. for Livingston, for when Il was eaileo
off Chris had a grip on his throa'
!, which would have sent him 10 1he
J cemetery If It hadn't been stopped
i just about that time.
8 about ten minutes after nine
Chris left Kelly's place alone Inc
i gambling house was at the corner O
Il First street and the BoWery. ADou
s a minute after Chris left several per
4 sons saw Livingston take boHle
knife from his hip pocket and drol
8 ii in his outside coat pocket, then u
T started out quickly, mutter1ng
3 threat that he would kill Chris .Whei
! he found him. No one followed Tn
. men. as Chris was able to take car
q OF himself, and Livingston, = We
s thought, was only putting up hlt
d southern bluff
g "The finding Of the body, as nea
as could be fixed, was at quartz
= mast nine, which would have give
n livingston just about time to haV
Il ca11ght IN to Chris without running
as Chris had about q blocks star
The wound in the chest, which spi1
the. heart in two, physicians sald, wa
made by bowie-knife. LlVlngsto
id had not been seen around ms o.
,e haunts by any one since he lett re
Il Tvs with the threat to kill Chris, an
n All these facts certainly pointed
90 Livingston as the murderer
id ~ got on to Iivingston,s trac
3. +hrongh a woman he had sent 10
n and arrested him In house IN FITS
% avenue. He had sent for this Woma
to have her pawn his, diamonds
no raise money to get out OF the CIT
n He did not seem at all startled at D
it ing arrested, and when ! accused "a
ch If killing Chris Berry. he replied vel
W coolly that he had been expecting
VI hear something Of the kind, and sa
IT. ha was ready to go to Headquarters
at II tried in every way 70 GET MN
admit the killing, even under such g
cumstances as would make 1t mo
i'd favorably to him, but he positively
m. fused to discuss the murder at all
he was nv opinion that there was a Gel
en- clear case against him.
/ ct was very sensational case, a
IN when these facts were developed Z
ia fore the coroner's jury, they proug
"a. 4 ! verdict accusing Livingston
! q 1aaSnG IN L