The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-22
THE RIvIERE SCANDAL.

SperulntiOne IN ssuAnO, SHIpS OF Whrs WEI
Materials, Ac.-The Countess Of No Account
According To the Amdavfs.
The very interesting case OF Helene q. siiIe
against the Baron Henry Arnous oe Riviere was
again up before the court yesterday morning. al tho
special term Of tho Superior Court, before Judge
Jones, q motion TO yacate the order OF arrest
against the Baron. Many OF the facts and elrcum-
stances which transpired during the argument OF
and opposition TO the motion have already been
fully laid before the public through the columns OF
this Journal so that II Is unnecessary to repeat tneIa
here
Mr.. Henderson, in moving to vacate the order Of
the Court read the following interesting AFFIDAVIT OF
the Baron, which will be found on peFusa 10 give
clear and succnct history OF MS lite ana mode OF
living for several years past
AFFIDAVIT OF THE BARON HENRI DE RIvIERE.
CITY ana county or Neto FORK, ss.-Baron Henri
Arnous de Riviere being duly sworn further says;
That In the month OF September 1858, arrived IN
THIS city with my family, consisting OF my wife and
wants, and put up at the New York Hotel, and from
there went 10 the Pavilion Hotel on staten Island
g caoer my a@ and sre6 ,s ee soSse No
West Fourteenth street, in New York city, where
left my family and went TO Chile. on my return 10
January last took my family to the Clarendon Hotel,
where remained until left for Paris In FeDru.
AIRY, where arrived with my family in The lore part
OF March, 1852 and there remained until the 9th OF
september, 1852 when returned to the city OF New
YORK with my FANNY and took up nv residence at
am still residing with my family, consisting OF
my wife TWO children and two maid servants. ]
further say that while resided az the Clarendon
Hotel, IN The month OF February last the plaintiff
wrote several letters TO me asking Tor money and
threatening TO Dlackma me unless compiled with
her request all OF which letters Invariably returned
by the bearers thereof unanswered. l lurther cay
that on or about the 2Sth 81 e taoy so
TO pay Dr. Taylors blu, which letter returned 10
her By the bearer with the answer thereto written
that should have her handed over 70 the police Ia
case she wrote me AGAIN. further say
some time in the month OF April, 1865, for
Madrid, In Spain. accompanied by my mother
in-iaw now deceasedl, my wife and two servants
lone valet now In Toreno, Italy and the other adys
maid, now in France}. We arrived IN Madrid in the
month OF April aforesaid ana left in the month OF
| May following and proceeded to Seville and Cadia
In Spain, and from thence TO Lisbon, IN Portugal,
! where arrived June, 1865, and there remained
up to the 18th OF January, 1885, when we left for
Bordeaux, in France, az which last mentioned place
we arrived on the 18th OF January 1865 and as VIII
also appear by my passport from the French minis
ter at Lisbon, c0uDterslEned by the oflcal anthor
ties AZ Bordeaux further say Ihat since the year
1851 had Office in the city OF Paris, and have
still at No. Is Rue de La Victolre, as government
contractor for artillery and ships OF war In the years
OF 1853 and 1854 Icontraced with Mr. James Bullock
OF Liverpool England, for the building OF TWO iron
clads and four steam corvettes for the artillery o.
said ships and for other artillery, for the gross
amount Of u 100000 OF francs acted as agent ana
partner OF Mr.. l.. Arman, OF Bordeaux, and Mr.
profits l. 100000 francs AL the time sold to
the Danish government forty guns and tnelr
ammunition, ana my COMMISSION on hle SAFE
was ZOO francs. in the year 1884
sold to the Prussian government an iron-clan
steamer and the two steam corvettes victoria
and Augusta, for the sum OF 1900 600 francs Tor
account or Mr. L. Arman, for when received
commission of five per cent amounting TO 3'5,ooOi.
In the meantime sold to Greece, TO the Danuban
Prncipalities, the Tunisian government, TO the
Brazilian government and TO the Paiagnayan gov
eminent several complete batteries OF artery, aDd
made over 0o0 these sales that III the year
1865 my personal fortune was. over and above All my
debts and liabilities OF at least 800 010f, $500 GOO
l
| l.. Arman for the construction OF Two non-ciau
| steamers and Tor the putting up in Chile, souEa
| America, OF government artillery factory for The
sum Of s2SS, 900 sterling, ON which received con-
| mission OF Ave per cent, amounting 10 S59,500 in
\ gold coin. also contracted VITA the governments
OF Chle and Boya for the purchase OF 900 tons
OF guano from the Meliones deposits, and received
commission therefor Sl0J,0vJ in gold besides 1000
shares OF tue stock OF the guano company. suhse-
| quently purchased from said guano company the
| whole OF said 100000 tons OF guano, and sold my
interest in the same to Henry Meiggs, OF Lima for
the sum Of 81 oooo 600 in gold TO be paid as the ex
traction OF the guano goes on at the rate o slxtysx
cents per ton, and still own two.thirds Of the cop
per mines OF Cana co. IN Melillonas, Bolivia.
hereditary in my family, as will more fully
appear by the records Of the noble families OF the
province or Brittany, which are kept IN the archives
| OF the city OF Rennes, In the empire OF France.
further say that am the eldest son OF Baron William
| Arnous dc Riviere, Councillor General OF the be
| partment OF the Loire Inereure IN the empire OF
France, who owns land property IN said depart
ment Of tae vaae 81 2oOoo1o FRANCS ana apwards
city property IN the town OF Nantes.
have an oiiice at No. IL wall street, ana
brought over from Europe one year ago all the
furniture, plate, &c, necessary TO furnish house
which intend to purchase IN the city of New YORK;
with the intention OF becoming permanent resi-
dent OF said city, further say tnat never
any property whatever from my wife Miss Blount,
| or any of her family, but on the contrary | have
| given her all the property she now owns.
3. ii ARNoUS Dr. RivIERR.
| sworn to before this 18Th day of October,
! 1s6s-J. NJ. DIXON, Notary Public New YORK
| county.
nnI n q
Demond, being duly sworn, says:I reside at No So
! Thompson street, IN the city OF New YORK. know
/ the aoovenamed plaintiff, Helene q. Stlie. She ~
crippled in hand; the little finger OF her right
/ hand is very much contracted or drawn up, and
which she says was caused by burn. further say
that have known the plaintiff Tor about twelve
years In the year 1857, think, advertised In the
| a LADY with whom the planrn then boarded in
Union square, in said city, called in answer TO my
advertisements and took me with her 70 Union square
aforesaid, where introduced TO the plaintiff,
| VINO then and there engaged me as nurse to take
OF her little boy George or alleged SON. George
| stille. After my engagement renamed WIN her
in Union square only lew hours, and then she took
me with her to Saratoga; this was about the latter
part OF June, 1851 think. When we arrived st
Saratoga we were met at the railroad depot by Mr..
George W. Beers, whom she then told me was her
husband, and with whom she cohabted
while we remained at saratoga. We left Saratoga
about the 1st OF SeptemDe following for New YORK
city. on our arrival IN said Guy put up al the
Prescott House. corner OF Broadway and Spring
street. after remaining there short time we LEFT
aud went 10 live over Mr. Beers club house. corner
OF Prince and Mercer streets at which place
we renamed until the plaintiff and her alleged hus
band, Mr.. Beers, had quarrel, which was brought
on by her misconduct and they then separated aud
after LETT Mr. Beers told me that she not his
wife ana at the same time called her very bad
names. went with her when she left; she took
the child and myself 10 the 81. Denis Hotel, where
we remained only few days when Beers came
took us 10 the Lapierre House. broadway, where
they had another quarrel in short time afterwards
and she lett him and went back the ciub house
with The chad' ana paatin went 20 rnisaepaa
then returned this city and went To
Pauline Bemonts, IN Thnty-thrd street, 10
live and l went there with her ana
soon became satisfied that IL was bad house and
refused TO live with the plaintiff any longer had
become fully satisfied that she was a prostitute
During the time lived with her, which was about
four months, she used To get me TO take the child
out TO walk aud at the time give me letters TO
piNn Pat HnArne. Henry d. Bacon and others, IN