New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-09-24
THE J. 8. CLARK ROBBERY
PIERRE BERTIN THE THIEF


The following afiidavits made yesterday
conclusively prove that Pierre Bertin was
one of the parties concerned in the robbery
of the safe of Mr.. j. 8. Clark, at the corner
of Canal and Broad streets, on the four
teenth of February last, as, according t.
the afidavits, one of the diamonds theI
stolen was directly traced to Berth. 1t il
now in the possession Of Mr. Clark, but thu
discharge of Bertin. on Thursday, by thu
Judge of the Sixth District Court extin
guishes the last hope of ever recovering thu
balance of the property stolen from Mr.
Clark, amounting in value to about twenty
thousand dollars:
Amdavit Of Adolphe Haassler.
State Of Louisiana, parish of Orleans. city
of New Orleans. ss-AdOlphe Haassler, be
ing duly sworn, deposes and says that h
resides at No. IS Royal street, in the city Of
New Orleans, and is now employed in thu
Club Louisianais, No. SO Royal street; thai
on the ninth day Of September, 1870, hi
was informed that there was handsome
diamond for sale, upon which he could make
handsome commission.
Deponent made inquiry in respect thereto
and found the diamond in the possession
of one Jean Duviell, q wine merchant, al
No Front Levee street, in the city of New
Orleans. Said Duviell stated to deponent
that he had advanced twelve hundred dol
lars thereon, and desired to sell it for the
purpose of getting back his money.
Deponent took the diamond to several
jewellers, among others, Mr.. A. Bonnet, O.
No. IS Royal street, and showed then
the diamond, and left word with then
if any one wanted to buy a fins
diamond to refer them to him; that within
day or two thereafter a gentleman called
on depOnent, having been sent by one Of the
jewellers to whom deponent had shown thu
diamond, and he asked to see it, and aftel
examining it, entered into negotiation fol
the purchase thereof, and while said neg0
tiation was pending. Mr.. j. S. Clark saw tht
diamond and immediately identified it a
his property. which had been stolen from
him when the safe at his house was blown
up on the fourteenth of February, 1870
whereupOn, becoming satisfied that it was
Mr.. Clark's property. and those who had
given it to me not claiming it, delivered l,
to him ADOLPHE HAASSLER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
twenty-third day of September, A. D., 1870
JOSEPH COIN, Notary Public.
Amdavit Of Jean Duviell.
CIaIc Oh AOulSldud, PARISH VI OIAcdHS
City of New Orleans, ss.-Jean Duviell,
being duly sworn, depOsed and says that he
resides at No. Front Levee street, in the
city of New Orleans that he is acquainted
with one Pierre Bertin that on or about
the end Of the month of August last the
said Bertin placed in the hands of depO-
nent a diamond. the value of which depO
nent did not at first know, but subse-
quently ascertained to be great.
After taking the diamond to Mr.. A. Bon
net, a jeweler on Royal street. and
ascertaining its value in measure,
deponent, at the request of said
Bertin loaned and advanced TO him thereon
the sum of two hundred dollars, and after
ward, also by request of said Bertin,
sought to sell said diamond, and for that
purpose placed it in the hands of Mr.
Adolphe Haassler, in whose possession ii
was found by Mr.. J. S. Clark, who claims
the ownership of said deamOnd, and, as de-
ponent is informed and believes, has fully
established its identity, and that it is the
same stolen from him in the mouth OF
February last. when his house was broken
into and his safe blown open.
Dcponent further says that said Pierre
Bertin was accustomed to take his meals a,
the house Of depOnent, where depOnent
keeps public table for daily boarders.
j. DWELL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
twenty of September, 1870.
ABEL DREYFUS,
Notary Public.