New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-03
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Soou after the New ie.s had beer nsh-
cred into existence, oar: citizens were
| startled by news that one .ol the richest
jewclry stores on Camp st:',et had bccn
dcspoiled o1' a hundred Iij-Gis.nd dollars
worth Of diamonds. watche .tnL other fine
ware. by b..glars o: the nirst desperate
| sort.
| Early IL Tie morning az I..iuenso crowd
of citizens COZ arega,ed al $le corner of
| Came and canal streets. eager 10 gather
| particulars % the great rohhefy. and many
| improbable con;cctureS We're otered.
! Abou. seven o'clock in tho morning. an
"mplovc in the Photograph sai:ery OF Mr..
| Moses. cori.eF ot Camp and C.:ua' streets.
| second story. on entering ,iscny cred that
some one had been there bcto.c him. as
seyera! doors We're found ,oret,s open. \
| door a. tie tooc OF the stars Oh Canal
street. VII. 1le simple ,,.>ten lg-, must
have been the starting point 1c.' the bur
glars. Quietly passing up ant: into the
saioon, the only opposition ilHt WIZ con
sisted OF three OF four doors. .lys on" OF
w!ch ccul,. bc easily forced or ,ae locks
picked
| The r:scais III ctteetlng 2f. eI;rancr al
! that po.t 10 gain ainittance /" -:he lower
.iool Of Mr.. S.oocrs .iewclry >t":e, No. ,
! Camp street seem 70 have beer well
| acc,iante,i with every iI~;h OF c,ou,:d neces-
saiv 10 travel over and to he awars OF the
! amount and nature o+ obstacles the. would
meet. Passing from the photograph gallery
into a store room which fronts Camp
| street. their prize, the iron S.ii-'. was
! accessible without further labor han .'utting
! d sheet Of wall paper which divl'rd tins
| storcraoIi from the second story "t MI.
Scooler's store. The wall dividing tie two
! build.n rs if OF brick. but III former times Il
door l..l,l existed. The aperture and val Were
uapcred over. the space where the '!oot was
locking a- ifpertectlv Soid.alt'.ougr Z TO thing
1erruptvt!, no; even 4 panel door or b.t nj
| boarding. j. was not:!n" more than lolc
| III the wall, ridden by paper. I'll" nIr-
glars seemed 70 have walked directly TO <hls
opening and cut the paper il! the form oG an
| apron. which. undistuihco hung III its
place by its weight. Passing through, Trey
found themselves in the second story. at (hc
, head Of spiral stairs, the lowerend o. VIII
| is close to the coveted safe.
Nothing further dc barring theE from &c
tive operations. they mast nave proceeded
| to place themselves i'll communication with
! an interested person OF persons standing IT
Camp street III front Of No. .. \ out cord
| was rigged. passing from the street up into
The second story % the jewelrv. store run
ming through a small brass screw pulley and
fattacheG TO q stool. SO that the pa outside
coold give signals for DANCE. For instance:
il tho street end wished 10 inform the
fellows Ds>id" that they We're discovered he
| wol!i nlli ana rattle the stool twice, If to
warn them "a make less NOISE. three ranS; If
! 10 !Gte. tour rtpS. all'l SO on. a. might have
been agreed OF previously. il would aIi-
| pear that the sentinel was no. compelled To
| use his telegraph.
The burglars having their inc ,ao,- and
a dark lantern. rea he'd the iron safe, aud
commenced active operations. although Il
| person standing 1T the front door COULD not
| miss seem or hearing them. as e light was
| burning. ana the safe at the further end of
! room. II. :, straight line, with nothing more
than an empty glass ease TO ohstru, the
view. The front glass doors are guarded
by s.r0ug. diamond-shapcd wrought iron
bars. The thieves do not appoar to have
| taken the precau1iOn to construct any ind
| OF screen. canseC ucntly the disagreeable
| conclusion j. arrived at that they mast have
had All understanding with the Camp street
| watchmen. They we're not troubled by i'll
terTuptior from! that direction.
We have now traced the burglars 10 the
safe. They probably lost no time. bat ap-
| piled their tools 10 the iron chest containing
the desired booty. A large clasp covering
| the kevhole was first attacked. A single
| blow from a large oaken maHet snapped
| thai III twain with no trouble. a. il is made
| OF common cast iron. They next inserted
a steel iimny between the doors, then
| driving wedges into the crevice until Il
| large erowbar, with bent end, could be in
| serted. This last instrument. over two feet
long. when entered, could pry open, even a
| stronger safe than the one in question.
The greatest labor. and that which con-
sumed most time, was securing an open
ming fer the first wedge. Every inch
OF the right hand door, at its edge. from
| top to bottom, bears marks of some very
hard instrument having been forced i'll
| The door could not Withstand the power ap.
! pied, and finally. afte, about two hours.
| must have swuur back, revealing TO The
! villains eyes a mine of rare wealth. Ihere.
| closely packed, were hundreds OF diamonds.
| set lii unique patterns Of refined gold;
| watches of cunning workmanship, Iniaid
| with precious stones and pearls: all sorts OF
| rare ieWclry. more precious than coin. and
| other rich articles, such as burglars viii risk
their lives 10 steal. The inside plating OF the
| iron door vas rent asundor. tearing out the
! plaster. Now the raScais BEGAN 10 p.undcr
| discriminatn2ly, for they selected only the
| fnest pieces, Cilening cases huIrieGly. and
! probably with trembling hands. Doing this.
| they sat on the noor. filling bags with the
| precious goods, scattering the common pieces
! all around. IN their great haste u few rare
! gems We're overlooked.
| Il IS estimated that aDoilT one hundred
| thousand dollars worth OF vaiu&hles we're
| taken away.
Anoti4or safe, near the rear corner. was
not disturbed, therefore it is probable that
| the men We're well posted i'll the rules
of the house. Nothing else was dis
turbed, for hen they finished the safe day
| light might have been ncar. Their tools
we're left on the floor. and among them was
small tiasl. of powder and peculiar little
| can, constructed expressly for blowing pow
| der into % small oritice, by means OF two
attached tubes. Powder was not brought
to bear, as leverage was found sufficient to
complete the work.
The villains departed By the routo used
to enter.
Officers Blair and Carroll. whose duty it
was to be On Camp and Canal streets Sun
day night, We're yesterday suspended by
Superintendent Badger. Mr.. McFarlane,
private watchman, was closely questioned,
but was unable or unwilling 70 throw any
light on the subject. The police are now
offered an opportunity to prove themselves
efficient.
Up to one o'clock this morning we did not
learn that any particular tidings had been
obtained Of the men concerned In the Camp
street burglary, nor has any OF the jewelry
been recovered. However, our readers need
not be surprised if some Developments are
made today.
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