The Panic of New Orleans

The girls were awakened by loud thumping sounds from their uncle's room according to some accounts a man fled when Pauline saw him and screamed. Joseph had suffered several blows to the head and he died from his wounds although he did tell the girls before he died to call for help. So this murder was more similar to the previous attacks there was the chiseled door panel with the chisel at the entry. By this time as you can imagine New Orleans was in a panic.