Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-21

The Greht Diamond Robbery in Paris-
Curious Developmeuts-Arrest Of Two
OF the Robbers. fgal
From the London Star Of a late date we
make this extract: "a -sva ra
The affair of the robbery Of the two
hundred and fifty thousand francs worth
of diamonds from Fontana the Jew
eller Of the Palais Royal, about which 80
much has been said, has at length been
brought to an end. II is known that on
the evening of the 30th March last, man
and two females went into Fontanas shop
on pretext of purchasing an opera glass.
While the man was examining the articles
Offered him, the women placed themselves
near the window, in which, among other
things, quantity Of diamonds were ex-
posed for sale. Another man and two other
females then came in, and asked to see some
watches, the two women placing themselves
in such position as to prevent the move
ments of the first two from being seen. After
q while the three last comors went away
without purchasing anything, and the first
three, hastily paying for q lorgnette, which
the man had selected, also hurried off, and
then Fontana discovered that his diamonds
had disappeared. 1t is further known that
the police, having obtained description Of
the six persons in question, suspected one of
the females to be certain Rosine Nathan,
living in the Rue des Quartre Vents and
that she, having learned they had inquired
after her, went herself to the Prefecture, and
was taken into custody. II is likewise
known that few days after man was ar
rested In Lyons for having borrowed a pair
Of scales to weigh diamonds, and that he was
recognized by Fontana as one of the two who
had robbed him. Finally, q man named
Pierce, and a female named Lawrence, were
arrested at London for attempting robbery
similar to that on Fontana, and that person
recognized them as two Of the six who had
been in his shop. 1t has not been possible to
discover the other two females; and Pierce
and Lawrence have been condemned at
London.
The two in the hands of French Justice
the woman Nathan and the man arrested at
Lyons-were on Friday brought TO trial be-
fore the Court of Assizes. The man repre-
sented himself to be o Seotchman, of the
name of Allen, bat, from the investigations
which have been made, il appears that he is
a native of New York, and that, in addition
to the name of Allen, he has been known by
those of Edmunds, Brands and Stuart. Both
Fontana and his nephew, who was in the
shop with him, positively recognized him as
the man who had called for a watch. The
application at Lyons for the scales to weigh
diamonds was likewise considered most
suspicious circumstance /; and, besides, he
had arrived in that city with o man and
ioItee, WIZ, On uis hrreSt, IyStcIiOuSly ulS-
appeared from the hotel at which they had
put up. The man, it is not doubted, was
Pierce; and, probably, the purpose for which
the scales were wanted was to effect divis-
ion of the booty. None of the diamonds
stolen were found in Aliens possession, but
he had some securities for French rents, a
bank note, watch and some other things,
which turned out to have been stolen at
London; moreover, it was discovered that
he had been condemned more than once in
that city for theft. AS to the female, who is
native Of Alsace, but who for many years
resided at New York, and has gone by the
name of Filette Leon, Mme Georges, and
the Widow Dollard, she was recognized by
Fontana; indeed, he expressed the opinion
it was she who took the diamonds. When
arrested she was found to possess seereted in
her petticoats, b00f. bank note, 20Of. in gold
and some jewelry, and she could not give a
satisfactory account as. TO where they came
| from, nor why she had hid them. None of
| the diamonds, however, could be traced to
her. The jury acquitted the woman but
convicted Allen, who was condemned to ten
years hard labor.