Year: 1877

A Word and a BIow-The Blow with an


Did Rusty Knife.


Hugh White, mulatto boy, although young il
age, at IL o'clock yesterday morning, at the cor
ner of CLARA and Poydras streets, perpetrated !
crime that would chill and make the most DARING
at such q tirae stop and mediate. Yet White
after mature deliberation, advanced upon little
white boy, aged IL years, named Gee. .Liebengerth
and with the remark, snow 1 have got you, y
plunged knife into his breast.


The wounded boy as soon


AS HE WAS STABBED
fell to the pavement, but was picked up and con-
veyed to the residence OF bis parents, on Poydras
street, between Magnolia and Clara.


The accused, as soon as he had committed the
dreadful deed, took the knife, the weapon that he
had used to gain his point, and broke every blade
in 1t. His next move was to hide himself, and
his place OF conceal nent was an empty house in
the vicinity. His whereabouts was, however. dis.
covered and he was arrested, brought to the
Central Station and


LOCKED UP.


a DEMOCRAT reporter visited the parents of the
wounded boy, and was ushered into the room
where the unfortunate little urchin was living on
bed. The reporter approached the bed and
asked the little sufferer how he felt. He re.
marked, I feel all right, but it Ia hard for me to
breathe"


He then displayed his breast, and ON the left
eide ghastly penetrating wound could be seen,
which Drs Folwell and Hunter declared had
penetrated the left lung and in . very few hours
wonld end his earthly career.


Although every moment was carrying Lieben-
gerth nearer theigrave, he managed TO make TIE
following clear and precise statement:


II was last evening, (meaning Wednesday
evening" sir, Hugh quarreled with me, and we
had fight. l start TO run home and Hugh
followed me. When reached home Hugh stood
at my door and dared me to come out. I did not
go out, but my mama did, and


HUGH CURSED HER,
and told her that when he got me into the street
he was going to stick knife into me.


This morning (meaning Thursday morning)
was coming with bucket of yeast on nv head,
and when got at the corner of Clara and Poy-
dras streets met George, who said to me: ''Now
L have got you" and with that he opened an
old rusty pocket knife, and as was taking the
yeast from my head he stabbed me.


portion OF the wounded boys statement lie
oorroborated by his mother.


The accuse after he hsd been remanded to
the Parish Prison without bail by Judge Smith,
was interviewed in the dock, and he saii:


l did not intend to do it; no, did not sir
but there's q crowd back there that has been
picking at me. George and Philip are always
trying to get me into fuss"


On Wednesday evening George struck me in
the eve and ran home, and when / told his
mother she drove me away. Thursday morning,
as was going to school, George and Philip both
struck me


IN THE EYE AND BACK
Of the hesd, and when hey did go pulled out
an old knife that I found near the cotton press
and just cut him in the side, but am awful sorry
that did it; / don't want to go down there TO
that prison; don't you think can get out si?
This ended the interview, and the reporter re-
paired to the scene Of the cutting, and saw
man who WAS an eyewitness, who stated that he
never saw anyone commit go diabolical deed
with such deibers.ion as Hugh manifested when
he plunged the weapon Into the wounded lads
breast.


LATER.


At o'clock this morning reporter visited the
wounded boy, Lebengerth, and his condition was
unchanged; he had rested easy ut intervals, DUR
ing the night. and when awake complained OF
being unable to breathe easy, and pains in his
BREAST